Kiplinger's Personal Finance

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Contents

The Little Book that Can
10
Joel Greenblatt (American financial executive.), Stocks (Rating)
Clarification
12
Initial public offerings (Securities), Savings and loan associations (Securities)
Business Braces for Disaster
18
Avian influenza (Economic aspects), Economic forecasting, Crisis management in business
What You Need to Know about College Aid
26
Student aid
Parceling Out a $500,000 Windfall
28
Real estate investment, House selling, Portfolio management, Capital gains
Rankings
66
Mutual funds (Rate of return, Rating)
Back in Balance
72
Housing (Costs)
The Mortgage Squeeze
78
Mortgages
A Pause that Refreshes
82
Sabbatical leave
Boost Your Score
86
Credit scoring systems

My 10 Stocks for 2006
30
Stocks (Price forecasting)
Stocks for the Times
36
Kohl's Corp (Securities), International Game Technology (Securities), Adobe Systems Inc (Securities), Fastenal Co (Securities), WellPoint, Inc (Securities), Harman International Industries Inc (Securities), Carnival Cruise Lines Inc (Securities), Large capitalization stocks (Price forecasting), Growth companies (Securities)
Five Ways to Ride the Revival of Big Companies
39
Large capitalization stocks, Growth companies (Securities), Mutual funds
Doing One Thing Well
46
Spencer Davidson (Interviews), General American Investors Company, Inc (Investments)
Oceans of Opportunity
50
Shipping (Securities)
Why I'm an Optimist
52
Economic forecasting, Optimism
Raves for an Off Wall Street Firm
54
Thomas Putnam, FAM Value Fund, FAM Equity-Income Fund
A Class Act
56
John R. McKernan (American governor.); 1948-, Education Management Corporation (Securities)
The Dark Side of Spitzer
59
Eliot Spitzer (American governor) (Ethics), John C. Whitehead (American investment banker.), New York (State) Attorney General's Office
Stock Picking as Chess
60
Michael Carmen (American investment manager.), Hartford Growth Opportunities Fund (Investments), Abercrombie & Fitch Company (Securities), Cephalon Inc (Securities), Schering-Plough Corp (Securities), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc (Securities)
Time to Trash Your Junk
62
Junk bonds (Yields, Prices)
Chalk One Up for Parents
88
Credit scoring systems, Youth (Economic conditions), Credit cards
Refund Guaranteed
91
Insurance, Life (Return of premium term policies)
Head Into Battle with Backup
92
Tax records, Tax return preparation
Passions Pursued
104
Camps
Where Guitars Do the Talking
106
Jorma Kaukonen (guitarist.), Fur Peace Ranch (Pomeroy, Ohio)
More Than Just Icing on the Cake
108
Institute of Culinary Education (New York, N.Y.), Cake decorating
Lacing Up a Pair of Golden-age Gloves
110
Gleason's Gyms, Boxing camps (New York (State))
You're Gonna Know when to Fold 'em
112
Poker (Game) (Study and teaching), Sports camps (Nevada)
Camry's New Body, Old Soul
115
Toyota Camry (Automobile), Automobiles (Rating)
Simplify Your Life on the Road
118
Travel (Equipment, Rating)

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