Recently added articles from Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine:
My view of the future.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Column)
Sep 01, 2008; ... My friend Jim calls to suggest that I sit back and think about the subtle and not-so-subtle consequences of today's energy prices. That's what Jim used to do for a living. He was the corporate strategist for a multibillion-dollar company. His job was to ask "What if ...?" and then connect ...
Delayed gratification.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008; ... My wife and I have both reached full retirement age. She started drawing Social Security benefits at 62. I have decided to delay benefits until age 70. Until I read your story, I never dreamed that I was eligible for spousal benefits equal to half of my wife's benefit. But within ten days ...
A daughter's windfall.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Your article on little-known Social Security benefits turned out to be very valuable to my family ("Secret Ways to Boost Your Social Security," July). Mary Beth Franklin cited the example of a retiree receiving benefits who remarries and has a child. My situation exactly! What I didn't ...
Home sweet home.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008; ... I would not choose to move to any of the ten great places you listed ("The Best Cities to Live, Work and Play," July). Nearly all of them are subject to heat, drought, high summer humidity, cold winters, tornadoes, floods and severe storms. Where I live now, I can drive ...
Au current.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Bravo for covering the upcoming surge in demand for electric vehicles ("Drive Time," July). And there is precedent. Electric cabs cruised New York City streets as early as 1898. The Electric Storage Battery Company of Philadelphia supplied rechargeable batteries to 27 manufacturers in ...