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Test Your Knowledge of Financial Aid Holding out hope your child can snag some assistance with staggering college bills? This quiz can serve as a primer to an often baffling world of direct aid and loans.
Bad News For Europe, Good News For U.S. Tourists The weak euro, hard hit by the Greek debt crisis, could make this a perfect summer for spending U.S. dollars abroad.
Health Care Reform: Tax Hikes on the Way The new law is chock full of new taxes for individuals and businesses. But it will be years before most of them take effect.
In Tough Times, Don't Give Up On Stocks There are always plenty of reasons to worry about a collapse in equity prices. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't be a big part of your portfolio.
America's Recovery Advantage The Japanese were putting our car industry to shame. The euro, reflecting Europe's united economic clout, was trouncing the dollar. But things look different now.
10 More Things You Should Know About Long-Term Care Do you know the average cost of a year's nursing home stay? What about the most common setting for long-term care? This quiz tests your knowledge.
The Deficit: How To Protect Yourself What do today's huge budget shortfalls mean for you and your finances. From avoiding long-term bonds to snapping up a long-term mortgage, there are steps you can take.
Confused About Roth IRA Conversions? These Answers Could Help This year's change in rules about converting a traditional IRA to a Roth has generated misconceptions as well as opportunities.
7 Million Lost Jobs: Gone Forever? A two-year string of job losses appears to be near an end. But most economists don't expect the employment picture to significantly improve this year—or even during the next few years.
The Federal Estate Tax Is Dead: Now What? This day has been coming for almost a decade. But now that the estate tax is temporarily no more, it throws long-term estate planning into turmoil.
Home Buyers Need Good Credit Score Even With 20% Down Payment Five years ago, if your application for a mortgage included a 20% down payment, your bank would have approved your loan by sundown and sponsored a parade in your honor. Now, it's different.
Jobs Are on the Way! Almost everyone, from the left and the right, has been wrong about the impact of government efforts to fix the economy. Now, even unemployment may begin to ease.
10 Reasons You Shouldn't Retire Your 401(k), social life, and even your health could benefit from a few more years in the workforce.
Boost Your Social Security Benefits These strategies will help you make the most of what you have coming to you.
Conscious Capitalism: Doing Good Via Self-Interest The profit motive, not government or charity, will create the kind of socially responsible world we want our kids and grandkids to grow up in.
Reading The Economic Tea Leaves—And The Employment Outlook—To Find Signs Of Recovery Here's what professors, economists, and company bosses in a range of industries need to see during 2010 to convince them the economy is really turning around.
10 Resolutions for Retirement Readiness The new year takes you one year closer to retirement. But few Americans will be better prepared in 2010 than they were in 2009. These ideas could help.
Emulate The Very Wealthy: Be Frugal If you want to be rich, you need to stop acting like you have money in the bank and start living beneath your means. That's the message in the most recent book from Thomas J. Stanley, author of "The Millionaire Next Door."
How to Pick the Best Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Drug costs can be a make-or-break item in retirement budgets, and premiums for Medicare insurance plan are on the rise. Shopping around now could help.
Reviving Your Retirement Plan: What To Do Now You may be down after the past year's problems, but you certainly don't need to be out. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of strategies for rebuilding your nest egg.


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