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Online Money: Fidelity Web site redesign puts financial news front and center
AP Personal Finance WriterBOSTON (AP) — Fidelity Investments is joining the rush to satisfy investors' growing appetite for news about financial market turmoil. The nation's largest mutual fund company planned Thursday to announce a redesign of http://www.fidelity.com, with...Tags: Internet
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The skinny on credit card balance transfers
baltimoresun.comIf you’ve been counting on transferring your credit card balances to another card with friendly terms, Bill Hardekopf has some bad news. Hardekopf is CEO of LowCards.com which tracks credit card deals. Remember the days when you could transfer... -
Know the law before pulling from retirement accounts
Tribune Media ServicesThe shaky economy and plunging stock market are leading many Americans to cut back on their spending. If you're retired, you might also be inclined to pull less money out of your retirement account. But efforts to preserve as much of your depleted...Tags: Government, John McCain, Wages and Pensions, State Budgets, Henry Paulson
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Variable annuities' living benefits popular in times of market turmoil
A financial adviser suggested I roll over my entire $380,000 401(k) balance into a variable annuity within an IRA. The annuity has a seven-year surrender-charge period but guarantees 5 percent a year even if the market does worse and more if the market...Tags: Retirement
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Huge stock markets losses have seniors seeking relief from retirement account withdrawal mandates
South Florida Sun-SentinelThere's rarely been so much fuss and fury over the prosaic subject of seniors taking money out of their retirement accounts. The AARP is trying to convince the federal government to suspend a requirement that people over age 70 1/2 have to take some...Tags: State Budgets, Retirement, Personal Income, 401K, Internal Revenue Service
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Ease the stress of dealing with debt collectors
Marissa Ruiz learned about debt collection the hard way.
After struggling with credit card debt for years, the Pasadena social worker answered an advertisement from a debt-settlement firm last December.
She followed its instruction to stop making...Tags: Court Administration, Consumers, Credit and Debt, Justice System, Trials
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Out of your pocket
Special to The Morning CallU.S. workers who get health insurance through their employer can expect to shoulder more of the ever-growing financial burden again next year. Many employees are in the midst of reviewing their 2009 medical options during their company's annual ''open...Tags: Employees, Insurance, Healthcare Policies, Health Insurance, Medical Services
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Taking control of finances eases the pain
When it comes to your money, you may be having trouble finding any reason to be thankful. With the stock market down sharply and many a bond fund hit by the credit crisis too, 401(k)s and other savings have been brutalized by one of the worst financial...Tags: Social Security, Wages and Pensions, Morningstar Incorporated, Employers, Mutual Funds
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Seizing a teaching moment in downturn
Special to The Morning CallJob losses are mounting. The stock market is setting all sorts of records--mostly bad. And the economy might be headed into a prolonged recession. What better time to teach your children about finances and managing money? I'm not suggesting you explain...Tags: Credit and Debt, People, T. Rowe Price, Mathematics, Tribune Co.
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Before you buy an annuity, check out the insurer
With the economy in trouble, many people's personal finances aren't far behind. Personal Finance Writer Harriet Johnson Brackey is answering readers' questions, trying to help identify strategies for making it through this crisis. She'll focus on...Tags: Insurance, Allianz AG Holding, Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Tamarac
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Act now for a more secure retirement
Chicago TribuneWhen it comes to your money, you might have had trouble finding any reason to be thankful. With the stock market down sharply and many a bond fund hit by the credit crisis too, 401(k)'s and other savings have been brutalized in one of the worst financial...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Health Insurance, Stock Broking, Medicare, Employers
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Investments, money not the same thing
The Associated PressTrillions in stock market value — gone. Trillions in retirement savings — gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll — gone, gone, gone....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Mutual Funds, Stock Broking, Tuition Planning Services, Retirement
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