Kiplinger's Personal Finance

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Contents

Rockin' the Rockin' Chair
10
Retirement income, Aged (Employment)
Correction
12
Automobiles (Prices)
States Bask in Cold Cash
18
State finance
Google This: The Right Price
20
Scott Kessler (American investment analyst) (Interviews), Google, Inc (Securities)
What You Need to Know about Weight-Loss Programs
26
Dieting industry (Ethical aspects)
Our Fund Picks Shine
58
Mutual funds (Rating, Rate of return)
Rankings
60
Mutual funds (Rate of return, Rating)
The New Rest of Your Life
64
Retirement income
How Much is Enough?
68
Retirement income, Saving and savings
The One-stop Solution
80
Lifecycle funds

Partners in More Ways Than One
27
Married couples (Economic conditions, Employment), Portfolio management, Residents (Medicine) (Economic conditions)
From Piggy Bank to Pension
28
Retirement income, Stocks (Rate of return), Investments
The Rocky Road for the Stars of '99
34
Robert Loest, IPS Millennium Fund, IPS New Frontier Fund, Mutual funds (Rate of return), High technology industries (Securities)
Dividends with Room to Grow
40
Meredith Corp (Securities), TCF Financial Corp (Securities), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (Securities), Dover Corporation (Securities), LCA-Vision Inc (Securities), Dividends
Builders Hit the Wall
46
Construction industry (Securities)
Clunky Name, Snazzy Record
48
David Williams (American investment manager.), Excelsior Value & Restructuring Fund (Investments), Value investing
A Winning Year for Stocks
50
Stocks (Price forecasting)
The Beauty of Bond Funds
55
Bond funds
Big Mo with Less Risk
56
Shawn Price (American investment manager.), Touchstone Large Cap Growth Fund (Investments), Apple Computer Inc (Securities), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc (Securities), Prudential Financial Inc (Securities), UnitedHealth Group Inc (Securities)
Best Values in Public Colleges
84
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Colleges and universities (Evaluation), College education (Costs), State colleges and universities
Smart Ways to Study Abroad
91
Foreign study, College education (Costs)
Protect Against Net Threats
93
Internet (Security measures), Computer viruses (Prevention), Computers (Security measures)
Shrink Your Loans
95
Student aid, College graduates (Employment), Community service, Debt
A Narrow Window of Opportunity
99
Energy conservation (Economic aspects), Energy tax credits
Clicks & Stones
102
Diamonds (Electronic commerce), Diamond jewelry (Purchasing)
Cool Deals in Used Cars
106
Automobiles, Used (Purchasing), Luxury automobiles (Purchasing)
Smaller Prices Come to the Big Screen
110
Television receivers (Flat panel displays, Prices), High definition television receivers (Prices)

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