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Real estate prices in Santa Rosa, California are heading higher. What other cities are projected to enjoy home price gains in 2010?
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Question: I'm trying to figure out what to do with my $500 tax refund. I'm looking to save for the long-term rather than waste it on a TV. Any suggestions? -- Chez, Colorado Springs
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When the House votes on a health care package this weekend, it will also consider a proposal to make federal government the one-stop-shop to get cheap student loans.
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Naturally, affording retirement isn't an issue that weighs heavily on the minds of young people just starting off in the workforce. So it's no surprise that only 28% of workers under age 25 contribute to employer-sponsored retirement plans, as reported by tax information service CCH.
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Worried that your genes predispose you to developing cancer, diabetes, or some other disease? Simply curious to unlock the secrets of your DNA -- say, whether you have better-than-average odds of living to 100?
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Question: I have about 10 years until I retire, and I'm wondering whether I should put my 401(k) savings back into high-risk stock funds or a moderate-risk stock fund like a Standard & Poor's 500 index fund. What do you think? -- Paul, Brockton, Mass.
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Hate the mess your home has deteriorated into but you don't have the time or means to do a comprehensive redecorating job? Or maybe it's time to sell your place, but you don't know how to show it off to best effect?
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Internet fraud cases surged by 22% in 2009, and financial losses doubled compared to the year before as scammers took advantage of Americans rendered desperate by the recession.
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Decent job listings are pretty scarce these days -- which is why it's more important than ever to get your résumé in front of the top headhunters in your field. Executive-search professionals serve their client companies by quietly cherry-picking candidates for high-level jobs, many of which are never advertised. And if you're not on the recruiters' radar, you may miss out on prime opportunities. These strategies can help you get on the gatekeepers' good sides:
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Want to know the best day to buy a car next month? It's April 12th, the Monday before taxes are due, according to a new study. Since shoppers will be preoccupied and feeling poor, dealers will be eager to make a deal so they can move some inventory.
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Living with an undersize, outdated kitchen? If so, a sledgehammer may feel like the only solution. But these days you're probably not up for spending the $50,000 or more -- maybe much more -- it would cost to demolish the space and build a new state-of-the-art room from scratch.
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Chris and Janie Peterson have an enviable life. They own a lovely 3½-bedroom ranch house just outside Minneapolis and have work schedules flexible enough to allow them lots of time with their children, Reece, 10, Cecily, 9, and Georgio, 7.
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Money looked for careers with great pay, superior growth prospects, intellectual challenge, flexibility and more.
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Question: I'm 62 and have accumulated about $2.6 million in retirement savings, which is invested in stocks and bonds. My adviser suggests that I take a third of this money and invest it in a guaranteed 6% income variable annuity. The cost of the 6% rider is 0.95% of the account balance per year. Do you think this is a good idea? --J.H., Lansing, Michigan
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Question: I'm 25 and want to start investing in the stock market, but I'm unsure of how to do it. Any advice? --Kyle, Bentonville, Arkansas
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Question: I had the good fortune to be able to retire early at age 52, but last year's market meltdown has made me rethink the decision. I may still be okay, but I don't have the same level of certainty I once had. My question is this: How will Social Security be calculated for me and how does the fact that I haven't worked the last few years fit into the calculation? --Jack Ford, West Newbury, Mass.
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Question: I always heard that you will need 80% or so of your working salary to live on in retirement. But is that a percentage of your gross income or your take-home pay? --Mary Taylor, Chalfont, Pennsylvania
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Question: I'm in my 30's and have a 401(k) from a previous job, 75% of which is invested in a variety of stock portfolios. Although my stock holdings have recovered a bit recently, I'm still down about $7,000 from my peak balance. I'm planning to roll over this old 401(k) into either the 401(k) at my new job or into an IRA account, but I'm wondering whether I should do the rollover now while stocks are still cheap or wait until the market has recovered and then do it. What do think? --Todd Gerecke, Lynden, Washington
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Florida fund signals trillions at risk, protections lacking.
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These freelance gigs are dead-ends.
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These fuel-sippers are your best bet for paying less at the pump.
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These tips will help make your resume stand out to your future employers.
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Where the stimulus money went.
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No down payment needed, but homebuyers should sweat the details.
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These public retirement plans still have lots of quirks.
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Court papers indicate Shahid Khan will pay more in tax shelter case, but will fight 40% penalty.
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More Americans will be handing down IRAs to their kids. A new decision suggests it might be a creditor proof inheritance. But nothing is certain yet.
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Social networks continue to trump hardheaded due diligence.
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Hailed as a genius of finance, the former head of AIG helped steer the insurance powerhouse into its present sorry state.
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The kids are grown and you're ready to make a move. Here's what to look for--from location, to taxes, to universal design.
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The best retirement savings plan: start early and keep fees low.
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A plan you stick to is vital to investment success at any age.
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Sure you want the best for junior. But for most parents, retirement savings should come first. One big reason: The way college financial aid formulas work.
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You have no savings, but you've got a job. Don't panic. Here's what you need to do now.
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Funds aren't being exhausted as quickly as some think, and it's not just retirees who qualify for benefits.
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Financial advice for a prosperous future.
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Inflation drove part of plan to debase dollar and Treasury debt.
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Equity Residential signals recovery with pace-setting deals.
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House Rules Committee uses daylong meeting to establish procedure for Sunday's vote on massive health-care overhaul proposed by Obama and congressional Democratic leadership.
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In case you missed them, here are the top 10 videos that appeared on MarketWatch for the week of March 15-19:
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In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of March 15-19:
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Hedge funds enjoy a certain glamour that the humble mutual fund lacks, including wealthy investors, the promise of outsized returns and billionaire money managers. Now this rarefied club is open to individual investors, and many are eagerly signing up.
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More mortgage lenders are offering modifications to troubled homeowners on their own without going through the government's HAMP process.
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You would be hard pressed to find a more solid, well-built vehicle that will last a long time, take on the worst of winter and still give the owner a dose of luxury, practicality and comfort. Winner! Subaru!
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More than 15 million people will get an unexpected tax bill this year or next thanks to the Making Work Pay credit, according to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
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Since the new law specifically targets those who have been out of work a while, it will hopefully provide some relief to the folks who need it most.
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The new federal jobs bill may provide the beest way for you to get a new job fast. But there are specific rules for who qualifies.
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Sterling could continue to drop against the dollar, equity strategists at Credit Suisse said on Friday as they recommended investors should upgrade their stance on U.K. shares.
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By Emma Geraghty Competition between banks to provide online personal finance tools to their own customers will heat up in coming months as BNZ joins Kiwibank and ASB in creating tools to track spending habits and forecast savings. Unlike in EFTPOS
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During the recent recession a great number of consumers turned jobless and some others encountered significant paycheck slashes. Due to this their budgetary organizing went haywire and many people have been powerless to pay back their loans. The money
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Enter your email to receive Daily Email Updates: Nationwide, one in every 200 residential loans funded last year, totaling $14 billion, involved fraud, according to First American CoreLogic. Despite what looks like an unsettling amount of shadiness
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The first time I read Jane Bryant Quinn's book "Making the Most of Your Money," it struck me as the personal-finance equivalent of "The Joy of Cooking." Everything you ever wanted to know was somewhere in those pages. But with more than 1,000 pages, the
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cbuck@sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee Sitting at the computer to pay your bills, go shopping or do your banking is common. It's quick, convenient and oh-so-green. But it's not without risks. And while most transactions go through seamlessly, you can
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Where the stock market will be tomorrow, next week, or even next year is anyone's guess. And considering the enormous size of the global financial markets and all of their moving parts -- including the new ones coming out of Washington -- such
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Homeowners who can't afford their mortgage payments may want to take a look at the federal government's new alternative to foreclosure: the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative program, or HAFA, which intended to encourage lenders to facilitate short
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When you bought your home, did you give much -- or any -- thought about how you'd title it?'Many homeowners don't think about it,' says Matthew Drewes, an attorney at Thomsen & Nybeck in Bloomington, Minn. 'Some don't even realize there are options until
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With so much volatility in the stock market, investors saving for retirement must decide what investment approach may work best over the long term. Some market players question the wisdom of a 'buy and hold' investment strategy, embracing active
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With General Motors' sale of Sweden's Saab Automobile AB to the Netherlands' niche sports carmaker Spyker Cars N.V. completed, the new owners slashed prices for Saab's 2010 models and disclosed some future product ideas for the brand. The 2010 Saab 9-3
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Dear Real Estate Adviser, My wife and I have mortgage problems. We are struggling to pay an FHA loan and applied for the FHA Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, but were denied. However, our bank notified us that we can qualify for a
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Small-business tax rule No. 1: Don't mess with the IRS.Bankrate's 2010 Tax GuideCharitable givingBut that doesn't mean you should cheat yourself. Take every legal deduction you can. Here are a dozen that even savvy small-business owners and entrepreneurs
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Dear Dr. Don, I have a mortgage loan with Wells Fargo Bank. On Jan. 29, I made an additional home mortgage payment to the principal balance in the amount of $45,000. That amount was posted on Feb. 1 and placed in a suspense account. My monthly mortgage
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Tax Tip No. 52 Even if your self-employment income isn't very much, you still have to report it to the Internal Revenue Service. Bankrate's 2010 Tax GuideCharitable givingBut depending upon your earnings and expenses, you may be able to file a much
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You'll notice some changes in today's Sentinel. The good kind -- as in, more news with the Wall Street Journal Sunday and more entertainment with expanded and enhanced Sunday comics. We're dramatically increasing the number of comics we run on Sundays,
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If you can barely scrounge up enough cash to pay the bills, saving for retirement might be relegated to your good-intentions list. But with the nation deeply in debt and concerns mounting about Social Security and Medicare, Americans are going to need
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Personal Finance startup, Perfios has raised Series A from individual investors and here is a QnA with the team on personal finance business, monetization plans and more. The investors who have bet big on the Perfios proposition are all well known
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If you can barely scrounge up enough cash to pay the bills, saving for retirement might be relegated to your good-intentions list. But with the nation deeply in debt and concerns mounting about Social Security and Medicare, Americans are going to need
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Short-term options have trade-off Where can my parents park $132,000 for a year or two to get a better return than the 1.1 percent on their current CD? Unfortunately in these days of low interest rates, your parents do not have many options without
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rich with 50p tax rate GORDON Brown vowed last night to CLOBBER the rich to pay off Britain?s mountain of debt. And high earners are liable to be hit both BEFORE and AFTER the election if his party stays in power.TPConnect = }; TPConnect.tpc_url =
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Gary Fowler, head of insurance and sales operations for the building society, said that policyholders will be more aware of the terms of their cover under the new flexible package because they had chosen it themselves. He added: 'For too long home
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Of the assets that were moved, 80 percent were rolled over into IRAs, 10 percent were taken in cash distributions, 8 percent were moved into new employer plans, and 2 percent were taken in other forms of distributions. Comments 0| Recommend 0 More people
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EIGHT of Britains biggest companies are paying bonuses early so their high earners can avoid the new 50% rate of tax. Tesco, Whitbread, SAB Miller, Land Securities and the London Stock Exchange have brought forward payments to avoid the new rate, which
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EIGHT of Britain?s biggest companies are paying bonuses early so their high earners can avoid the new 50% rate of tax. Tesco, Whitbread, SAB Miller, Land Securities and the London Stock Exchange have brought forward payments to avoid the new rate,
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For years, many communities in Alaska have laid claim to the highest sales tax rates in the nation. But no longer, according to a report by Vertex, Inc., a provider of sales tax research data and compliance solutions for enterprise businesses. The Vertex
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If we rewind back our memories a couple of years, to the beginning of 2008 we can vividly picture the buoying financial situation. The year after that, we saw things take a 'U' turn, startling us like a wave that suddenly rises to twice the height you
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A new survey carried out by YouGov on behalf of the Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg) has found that four-fifths of parents think it is important to have financial education in primary schools. Other findings include: Children are strongly feeling
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--- Richard P. Slaughter Associates, an Austin, Texas-based wealth management firm, has launched a new division that will provide 401(k) services to small and mid-sized companies. --- Richard P. Slaughter Associates 401(k) Services will be that the firm
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