Your Money: Preparing for the Inevitable Bursting Bubble

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There’s bound to be another bubble and another one after that. A way to survive their collapses is to honestly assess your long-term goals.


Soaring Mortgage Defaults May Kill The Housing Recovery

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Delinquencies, foreclosure like to put a damper on 2010 recovery.

Forget Your Bank Account–Use Your Credit Card

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What if you used your credit card as a bank account? Believe it or not, this strange strategy could actually work.

It’s Deflation, Stupid: Sell Stocks, Buy Bonds

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Credit contraction means lower interest rates, not higher ones, so profit as the 10-year Treasury yield goes from 3.7% to 2%.

An Ode to Fiscal Responsibility

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Another poem about overdraft fees, this one taking the banks’ side.


Answers About Same-Sex Couples and Taxes: Part 4

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In our fourth installment of Ask the Expert, Tina Salandra, a certified public accountant, continues to answer questions from same-sex couples about taxes.


New Rules Aimed at Increasing Retirement Savings

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The United States Department of Labor announced two rules Wednesday intended to increase the quality of information American workers use to make retirement savings investment decisions.


How Are You Preparing for the Next Bubble?

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Have you become more defensive recently? Or are you trying to take advantage of the uncertainty?


Taxpayer Alert: 1099 Traps Multiply This Year

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Bank consolidations, stock options, and 1099-R changes could create problems. Here’s how to stay out of the IRS’ crosshairs.

Let Us Buy More I Bonds

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Why did the Treasury sharply limit I Bond purchases? Good question.

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