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Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Stocks That Smart Managers Like Now
These pros use the market’s downdrafts to their advantage.
4 min |
March 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
The Secrets of Women Investors
For starters, they do more research and they panic less. And guess what—they get better results.
10+ min |
April 2016
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
8 Stocks Buffett Is Buying...Or Should Be
Hitch a ride with stocks the master already holds, or take a chance on four firms that he doesn’t own yet.
6 min |
May 2016
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
6 Strategies Women Need To Know About Money
Use our six strategies to weave a financial safety net that lasts a lifetime.
10 min |
June 2016
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Earn Up To 10% On Your Money
Our 29 ideas range from low-risk municipal bonds to high-risk mortgage REITs.
10+ min |
June 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Wielding Weapons Against Cancer
These firms are in the forefront of the cancer wars, and their stocks should deliver healthy gains.
6 min |
June 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Put Your Pension To Work
How you decide to take this endangered asset may be crucial to a secure retirement.
9 min |
January 2016
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Should You Invest In Commodities?
The market has again reminded us that stocks can move in two directions.
5 min |
April 2018
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
The Power Of Living Within Your Means
Creating a budget is crucial at any age, but it’s especially important—and daunting—for us millennials.
3 min |
April 2018
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Get Help With Medicare Coverage
Whew! Thanks for your over-whelming response to my column on the challenges of signing up for Medicare (“Living in Retirement,” Dec.).
2 min |
April 2018
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
To Save More, Tap Into Your Emotions
I am knee-deep in mementos and family heirlooms these days, having cleaned out three separate houses within the past 14 months following my parents’ deaths and an aunt’s decision to downsize.
3 min |
April 2018
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Profit From Being A Patient Investor
Call him Ishmael. On New Year’s Eve, 1948, he is born at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Ishmael’s parents scrape together a “pre–nest egg” of $3,000 out of savings and gifts from relatives. They invest the money in a mutual fund called Lexington Corporate Leaders, which has a portfolio assembled to reflect America’s industrial economy. When Ishmael is 12 years old, his parents tell him about the account but make him promise not to touch the proceeds until the last day of 2008, when he’s 60.
5 min |
August 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Easy Steps To Get All The Money You Deserve
Follow these steps to minimize hassles and get all the money you deserve.
8 min |
August 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
When A Tree Falls, Who Pays?
WHAT HAPPENS IF MY TREE falls onto my neighbor’s property? Does my insurance pay, or does his?M.U., Duluth, Minn.
3 min |
August 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
The Nongambler's Guide To Vegas
Las Vegas is emerging as a trendy tourist destination with quirky attractions, diverse eateries and a funky arts scene. And if gambling is your thing, read our tips before you bet.
9 min |
August 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Why We're Better Buyers Than Sellers
You no doubt think long and hard—and do plenty of research—before you buy a stock. But a new study shows that investors tend to put far less effort into sell decisions, and that can hurt you.
2 min |
April 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
How Much Cash Is In Your Wallet?
Electronic payments are increasing, but a cashless economy has drawbacks.
2 min |
April 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
10 Strategies For IRA Withdrawals
You’re required to take money out of retirement accounts when you turn 70½, but you can minimize the tax bite.
5 min |
April 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
529 Plans Aren't Just for Kids
529 college-savings
3 min |
June 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
The Lesson In The College Scandal
I was as stunned as the next person when news broke recently that 33 wealthy parents were indicted on fraud charges for trying to bribe or cheat their kids’ way into elite colleges.
3 min |
June 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
My Preference For Preferreds
Preferred stocks may sound like humdrum investments, but the category’s performance has been anything but, with year-to-date total returns of about 7.5%.
2 min |
June 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Shareholders Are Shaking Things Up
Hot-button issues this year include climate change and board diversity.
2 min |
May 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
ID Theft
Act now to protect yourself.
10+ min |
May 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Get A Head Start On College Savings
The morning after my husband, Tom, and I learned that I was pregnant, I found him quietly tapping and clicking on his laptop. If I weren’t already sure that we were a match made in personal finance heaven, that moment would have confirmed it: He was looking up projected college costs a couple of decades down the road.
2 min |
May 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
How To Break Up With Your Stock
You've had some good times ogether. You’ve had some bad times. Now you have to decide if it’s time for your stock to start seeing other people. Selling isn’t easy, especially if you’ve been together for a long time.
3 min |
May 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
How To Make A Million (Or More!)
What these success stories have in common is passion and persistence and a vision for what their wealth can achieve.
10 min |
May 2019
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Will White House Worries Hit Stocks?
Forget parallels to Watergate. The economy is in much better shape today.
2 min |
August 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Teaching Skills For The Game Of Life
His nonprofit uses chess to help kids succeed in and out of school.
2 min |
September 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Fly To Europe Without The Frills
Fares from budget airlines may not be such a deal after you add in extra fees.
2 min |
September 2017
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Ready, Willing and ABLE
More states are offering tax-friendly accounts that give people with disabilities the tools to build a financial future.
7 min |