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Personal finance advice, ideas - Money Magazine
  • How to thrive in a barren market
    Some pundits insist that we're not in a bear market, since stocks have yet to lose at least 20% of their value. But they're missing the point. Investing in equities in the past decade has been akin to being marooned on a desert island.

  • Soros: Global investing's godfather
    Broke and friendless in postwar London, having just spent his last penny on food, 22-year-old George Soros made the first of a lifetime of prescient economic calls. "I have touched bottom," he told himself, "and I am bound to rise."

  • Past due: Your savings
    If you think of a contribution to your savings as a 'bill' that you pay every month along with your other expenses, you'll be a much better saver with a much brighter future.

  • Wanted: Free financial advice
    Question: I am reluctant to get a financial planner. Will they do an analysis of your portfolio? Does that commit me to use them? How do you get their advice without hiring them as a financial planner?

  • The incredible shrinking house
    Out on the range is the last place you would expect America's long-running obsession with big houses to be laid to rest.

  • 6 signs of an economic rebound
    By now you've had enough of the endless gloom in today's economic news: record oil prices, slower home sales, deepening loan losses, disappointing corporate earnings. What you're really looking for at this point are a few signs of hope.

  • Will a weak dollar affect my portfolio?
    Currency trends can affect the yields on your international stock funds. Here's how you can protect yourself.

  • What to ask your next mortgage broker
    Dave Pruka, 41, a Minneapolis publishing executive, went hunting for a mortgage earlier this year but didn't bother with a broker.

  • Only 7 investments you need
    It's a tough market, but that doesn't mean you need more weapons for your portfolio. Now more than ever, don't complicate your strategy. Simplify it.

  • 5 new rules for home sellers
    Whether you're buying or selling, the real estate game has changed. To win, you've got to learn a new playbook.