Kiplinger. com Highlights: August 2007
Kiplinger. com (www. Kiplinger. com), the leader in personal finance advice and business forecasting, announces its online editorial content for the month of August 2007:
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Cover Story: What $1,000 Can Do
Since the late 1980s, Kiplinger's Personal Finance has been offering readers ideas on how a little bit of money can accomplish a lot: fight poverty, finance an adventure or buy great stocks and funds. We go for a mix of the practical and interesting, and hopefully both.
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Invest in your future:
Make a Bet on Three Cheap Stocks
Shares from these three companies sell for less than they're worth, and they are poised for a turnaround.
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Land Nice Yields
These international closed-end funds can give your income a boost.
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Ease Yourself Into Overseas Stocks
Exchange-traded funds provide a cheap way to diversify your portfolio into international investments.
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Add Glitter to Your Portfolio
Hedge against inflation and a falling dollar with these gold and silver investments.
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Start Small with Top Stock Pickers
These six mutual funds with stellar managers carry low minimum investment requirements.
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Manage your money:
Boost Your Career With Professional Classes
Beefing up your skills can land you a raise or a promotion.
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Let Time Cut Future College Costs
Contributions to a state 529 plan can grow to big bucks by the time Junior graduates from high school.
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Invest in Some College Advice
An admissions consultant can offer personalized tips to get your child into college.
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Earn 18% Guaranteed
Pay down your credit card for a surefire way to improve your finances.
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Reward yourself:
Stock Your Cellar With Wines of the World
Treat your palate with these four great wine values.
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Take an Energy-Saving Tumble
A front-loading clothes washer will cut your water and energy use.
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Rent a Mascot
Your favorite character can perform at your next party.
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Buy Some Safety for a Young Driver
Bolster your teen's driving skills and confidence with a training class.
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Digitize Tapes and LPs
Dust off your vinyl and video and add them to your CD and DVD collection.
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Film a Mini Movie
You can make a professional-quality film for less than $1,000 with the right equipment.
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Be a philanthropist:
Help Teachers Help Students
Donate materials or experiences to a schoolroom in need.
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Do Good With a Donor-Advised Fund
Budding philanthropists can invest their money and give to their favorite charities.
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Fight Poverty With Micro Loans
Make the world a better place with small donations to struggling entrepreneurs in developing countries.
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Investing
7 Under-the-Radar Stocks
Find real deals among companies with little Wall Street following.
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Own Your Piece of Paradise
Enjoy your rural getaway and at the same time diversify your investments.
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Savvy Ways to Tap Your Retirement Savings
Great strategies to make your money last a lifetime.
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Retire on Autopilot
One-stop funds let you invest and forget it.
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No Quick Fix for High Prices
The desired remedy is usually price controls -- a lame idea that the U. S. wisely rejected 30 years ago.
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ETFs That Miss the Mark
The proliferation of weird and increasingly narrow products is perverting a great idea.
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When Exchange-Traded Notes Make Sense
They're essentially bonds issued by their creator, Barclays. If all goes well, they'll act much like ETFs, but with different risks.
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Thrilled and Appalled
What do you do if the CEO of a company starts to sound a little, uh, promotional?
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Getting Rich Off Merger Mania
Whether you're conservative or aggressive, you can profit from the buyout frenzy.
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Awesome Returns
Our income picks surpass expectations.
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New Life for Broken Funds
A company will throw everything it's got to turn around a big laggard that hurts its bottom line.
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A Streak You Shouldn't Overlook
Cambiar Opportunity has regularly topped the market.
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It's Payback Time
Victims of rapid trading are getting some money -- enough for a night on the town.
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Insurer on the Mend
With its scandal behind it, UnitedHealth is looking good.
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Spectra Revives
An old Alger fund is near the top of the growth charts -- again.
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Your Money
Rating Online Financial Planners
We put five programs through their paces. How much should you rely on them?
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You Can Get Health Coverage
Forget the horror stories. Policies are available even if you're sick or retire early.
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Last Chance Tax Move
Starting next year, more kids will lose their favorable rate on investment income.
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Starting Your Own Fund
Just to break even the fund will probably need to have more than $20 million in assets.
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Debit-card Smarts
Strategies to rack up rewards and keep your money safe.
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Planning for Your Disabled Child
The right moves today will ensure that your child's needs will always be met.
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Best Ways to Cash in College Accounts
How to pay the tuition bill and preserve your tax breaks.
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Spending Wisely
The Well-Equipped Home Office
Match your machines to your needs and the space available.
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Get the Breaks You Deserve
If you work from home, you may qualify for the home-office tax deduction.
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This Man Stole My Identity
David Dahlstrom, 44, of Salt Lake City endured 17 years of personal-finance hell while an impersonator in California bounced bad checks, ran up credit-card bills, and, starting in 1990, racked up a string of felony convictions in his name.
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