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Personal finance news - CNNMoney.com Don't lose faith in your 401(k) Even when markets are headed south, a 401(k) is a great vehicle for retirement savings. Do I really need a 'CFP'? Question: I'm looking for a financial planner. Should I find one with who is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)? Savers: Beware of falling interest rates With inflation outpacing yields on savings and money market accounts, what's a saver to do? Can you retire by 55? There are many factors that will help you determine whether you'll be able to retire early. Here's how to figure it out. How financial planners earn their fees Question: Why are you against paying higher fees to planners? Aren't higher returns worth high fees? If someone is providing a superior service, they should be well compensated for that service. How is it any different from other service professions like doctors, lawyers, or even pool cleaners? Fed moves on credit card crackdown The Federal Reserve on Friday pushed ahead with a proposal to stop abuses by credit card issuers, a day after two other key bank regulatory agencies proposed effectively the same package of new rules. 6 ways to cope in a scary market Memo to the market gods: I can't take it anymore. One day fear of recession tanks stocks. The next day it's inflation or a collapsing investment bank. Frankly, the market needs Prozac. Solving a $2 trillion puzzle Reducing health care costs - and insuring the 47 million Americans who have no coverage - is the Rubik's Cube of policy puzzles. And it's one that the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates say they can solve. Stuck in frozen funds Question: I've been parking cash in auction-rate preferred shares of the MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust. Now I'm reading about failed auctions. Are ARPS as safe as I thought they were? - David Schempf, Spearfish, S.D. Safeguarding your 'safe' investments The stock market can be a wild and woolly place. But at least you know you can count on dividend stocks, bonds and other income-paying investments to be a Rock of Gibraltar, right? Why acting bearish is a dumb move If the thought of opening up your mutual statement makes you squeamish or if you avert your eyes whenever CNBC comes on at the gym, it's understandable. This has been one ferocious stock market. Not only has Wall Street been flirting with a bear market - conventionally defined as a 20% decline in the major indexes - but we're now in "the second-worst eight-year period for stocks since the 1930s," says money manager Martha Ortiz of Aronson Johnson & Ortiz in Philadelphia. Farmer payouts, oil nabbed in food price runup Lawmakers on Thursday scrutinized the impact of soaring food costs on American consumers already stung by rising gas prices. Much too young to play it safe There is nothing remotely fuddy-duddy about Mindy and Brad Reese. How to spend your stimulus check Wondering where to put that extra cash? Before you buy a flat screen, try these suggestions and improve your long-term financial well-being. Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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