Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine back issues from June 2006:
Your Fate In 12 Questions.(life expectancy)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: FRED W. FRAILEY Do you think you'll be around for the 2010 baseball season? You can do more than merely speculate about the odds of your demise. Caught in a standstill on the parkway the other day, I started scanning my newspaper. And there, buried in the back pages of ...
Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2006 ... A tax preparer gives the nod to a timely tip. A reader defends editor Frailey's right to just say no. A reader registers confusion over Chase's cash-back card. And five top stock-research firms post strong numbers. ALL IN THE FAMILY Your article on who qualifies as a ...
Question? Ask the Crowd.(Efficient market theory)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: ANNE KATES SMITH Next time you're asked to guess the number of pennies in a jar, see if you can learn all the other guesses and use the average. You'll come close. When you gather the opinions of the many, the consensus usually trumps the opinions of the few--even ...
www: Ride Guide.(theme parks)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Find everything you want (and don't want) to know about popular theme parks, including accident reports, at ...
Still More for Stamps.(Ahead)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Two more postal rate hikes are in the works. On January 1, 2007, first-class stamps will jump 3 cents, to 42 cents each. On January 1, 2008, they'll go to 44 ...
Midwest is Best.(Chad Sandler interviewed)(Interview)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Chad Sandler, 17, is a senior at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck, N.Y. He won $1,000 as a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search. His project, The Highways and Byways of Fund Management, was one of 1,558 entries. While others studied pollution and ...
Fly Through Security.(airports safety increased)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006 ... This month, some travelers can begin signing on to the Registered Traveler program as it starts to roll out nationwide. You'll register locally at participating airports. By paying an annual fee, submitting to a background check and supplying biometric data, such as fingerprints or iris ...
Mild Mortgage Migraine.(Ahead)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: PAT MERTZ ESSWEIN As interest rates rise, worries are mounting that a massive reset of rates on adjustable-rate mortgages will cause an explosion in foreclosures and distress sales, putting pressure on housing prices. But the concern is overblown. It's true ...
College Costs Under Control.(Ahead)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Tuition increases are slowing, in some cases to a standstill. Maryland lawmakers approved a tuition freeze for in-state students at the state's public colleges and universities. A proposal by California's governor to halt increases at state ...
The Boomer Biz.(Ahead)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: JOAN GOLDWASSER As the first wave of the 78 million baby-boomers enters its seventh decade, entrepreneurs are creating a variety of products and services to help this large, affluent group age gracefully. The $10,000 Boomer Business Plan Competition, by the Center for ...
College Grads On Top of the World.(Ahead)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: KATY MARQUARDT Kirsten Lundstrom, a senior graduating from Georgia Tech, kicked off her job search with a whopping 13 interviews last fall. "I was really nervous, thinking it was going to be tough finding the kind of job I was looking for," says the 22-year-old ...
Plug In To the Web.(Ahead)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: CHRISTINE M. VARNER Look out DSL, there's a new kid in town. It's broadband over power line, or BPL. Communication Technologies and Current Communications, among others, offer the service. You plug in a BPL modem to any power outlet and connect ...
What You Need to Know About Air Travel.(Ahead)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Sean O'Neill 1. The aisle seat you thought you had? Gone. Your seat assignment isn't a done deal until you're holding a boarding pass, even if you selected a seat when you bought your ticket. (One exception: Northwest Airlines is testing guaranteed reservations for aisle ...
Pushing Your Financial Clock Ahead.(Sneha and Kaushal Joshi's future planning)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Jeffrey R. Kosnett For Sneha and Kaushal Joshi, New York City is nirvana. They love its energy and they have good jobs there. They've even circumvented the legendary housing crunch by buying a townhouse in Jersey City, N.J., a quick train ride from their offices in ...
Extreme Contrarian Investing.(Ahead)(Column)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: James K. Glassman Things change. That phrase, the title of a fine 1988 David Mamet movie about a shoeshine man who passes as a Mafia don, is one of investing's most important lessons. It inspires courage to persevere with companies you love and to buy stocks ...
In Search of Good Advice.(Greg and Michelle Anderson)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Jeffrey R. Kosnett Anxiety is rare for Greg Anderson, a hard-driving man who grew up "eating a lot of squirrel," went to West Point, earned an MBA and became a globe-trotting management consultant. He's motivated and organized. When he appealed his property assessment, ...
Hedges for Everyone.(Investing)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: David Landis If you feel excluded from the elite club of hedge-fund investors, get over it. Yes, it's true you need deep pockets to get beyond the velvet rope (minimums can range as high as $1 million). But the club itself is no great shakes. Hedge funds are overpriced ...
The New Calculus of Designer ETFs.(Exchange-traded funds)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Joshua Brockman Exchange-traded funds are dull. How can we say that about the fastest-growing segment of the mutual fund business? Simple. The overwhelming majority of ETFs track traditional indexes--such as Standard & Poor's 500--or slices of them. Because index funds, ...
Big Returns from Cowtown.(Investing)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Katy Marquardt These days, trying to find a good small-company fund that will take your money is like rummaging through a picked-over bushel of apples. That's because most of the first-rate funds in this category long ago shut their doors to new investors. Those that ...
The Economics of Buybacks.(Investing)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Jeremy J. Siegel Why are dividend yields so low despite record corporate profits? You need look no further than "share buybacks"--stock repurchased by the very firms that issued it. Last year, companies in Standard & Poor's 500-stock index repurchased a startling $349 ...
Dogs On the Move.(Investing)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Andrew Tanzer Why are the big New York City brokerages abandoning their in-house mutual funds--and should you, too? In December, management of Citigroup's Smith Barney mutual funds passed to Legg Mason. Soon Merrill Lynch will outsource management of its fund group to ...
Investing On Target.(Introduced by Vanguard)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: STEVEN T. GOLDBERG For years, Vanguard's target-retirement funds have been Caspar Milquetoasts. Bonds, bonds and more bonds were the order of the day for the cautious wizards who engineered the funds. Now the wizards have turned adventurous. Instead of offering some of ...
Betting Against the Bond Market.(Investing)(Brief article)(Column)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: KATY MARQUARDT If ever the time seemed right to bet that long-term interest rates would rise, it was June 2004. Long-term bond yields were at 40-year lows, and the Federal Reserve was about to embark on a lengthy campaign of raising short-term interest rates. What better ...
4 Ways to Simplify Investing.(Investing)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Steve Savage and Jeremy DeGroot We are big believers that people should stick to what they're good at. In investing, though, you have to make decisions whether you're good at it or not--and even doing nothing is, by default, a decision. One of the reasons we like mutual ...
Old Names, New Ideas.(Investing)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Thomas M. Anderson Getting big is one measure of a company's success. But when a company grows too big, it becomes harder to grow quickly enough to excite investors. So Joe Milano, manager of T. Rowe Price New America Growth (symbol PRWAX; 800-638-5660), favors midsize ...
Dow Ups and Downs.(Dow and Company Inc.)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: JEFFREY R. KOSNETT No one could have expected us to be right about every stock when we assessed each of the Dow industrials a year ago ("How Now, Dow?" June 2005). We weren't. In large part, though, our calls were correct. The 16 stocks we designated buys gained 10.0%, ...
Rankings: Top-Performing Stock Mutual Funds--One Year.(Investing)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006 ... RANKINGS: Top-performing stock mutual funds--one year HOW TO USE THE TABLES: Diversified funds are categorized by the average market value of their holdings. Funds that invest in stocks of all sizes are included in the Midsize category. Investment Style describes the kinds of ...
50 Smart Places to Live.(Your Money)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: MAGALI RHEAULT, PATRICIA MERTZ ESSWEIN, THOMAS M. ANDERSON, JANE BENNETT CLARK, ROBERT FRICK, SEAN O'NEILL Not too many of us have the opportunity--or the inspiration--to quit our jobs, sell our homes and travel the country in search of the perfect place to live. But ...
A Model Remodel.(Your Money)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Anne Kates Smith In hindsight, the red flags were waving, says Karen, a suburban Atlanta homeowner. But in the hubbub of her home-remodeling project she didn't spot them in time. If only she had. "The financial dealing over this addition has been a nightmare," says ...
Hurricane Alley?(Your Money)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Kimberly Lankford Insurers paid out more than $50 billion in claims for hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma in 2005, swamping the previous record of $27.3 billion in 2004. With the streak of storms predicted to continue, homeowners in the affected areas shouldn't be ...
Healthy Choices.(health insurance policies)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: THOMAS M. ANDERSON Although finding a job may be the top priority for most new college graduates, parents are often more concerned about continuing their children's health coverage. Insurers typically drop kids from their parents' health plan once they grab that diploma ...
Down to Business.(Your Money)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Elizabeth Kountze Google's founders were just 25 when they launched the company that turned them into billionaires. That dream is alive among young adults fresh out of school, who have enthusiasm and creativity to spare. In fact, 25- to 34-year-olds start businesses more ...
Good News for GEN Y.(Your Money)(Column)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Janet Bodnar Judging from the press releases clogging my e-mail in-box, there seems to be an upsurge in financial angst among twentysomethings--or at least an upsurge in media coverage of youthful angst. Plagued by a tight job market, high housing prices and student-loan ...
Trash that Paper.(tax returns)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: KIMBERLY LANKFORD Now that you've filed your tax return, naturally you should keep a copy for your records. But it's okay to chuck much of the other paperwork you've been accumulating over the past year, or longer. Start by dumping all of your supporting ...
Backyard Vows.(used as a wedding venue)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Amy Esbenshade Hebert Shortly after Jonelle Kunkle's future husband, Bob, popped the question, she made a proposal of her own. As other couples and their parents were plunking down hefty deposits to snag a prized venue for their wedding reception, Jonelle suggested ...
Plastic Rules.(credit cards and debit cards)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Joan Goldwasser Deciding whether to use a credit, debit or travel card on a trip abroad this summer? We'll make it easy for you: Use your credit or debit card to make purchases and your debit card to get cash when you need it. Both Visa and MasterCard charge ...
Credit Cards: What's In a Name? Plenty.(Your Money)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: JOAN GOLDWASSER In April, we named Chase Rewards Plus Visa the best of the cash-back credit cards ("The Ultimate Savings Guide"). We have since heard from readers who were sure that the $493 rebate we anticipated exceeded the card's annual cap of $300 (see "Letters," on ...
Quick! Boost Your Credit.(Your Money)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Kimberly Lankford We recently shopped for a home loan and got a credit analysis from Equifax. We disagree with two factors listed in the report. One showed a delinquency, but we always pay our bills on time and have never had a late fee. The report also said we had too ...
Expensive Jewelry For Rent.(Rewards)
Jun 01, 2006 ... WEAR WITH ALL: A company that rents high-end handbags, ...
Score Great Tickets.(Rewards)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Sean O'Neill Brandon Tesmer celebrated his 40th birthday in fine style by holding a mini reunion in March with three college buddies at a Rolling Stones concert in Las Vegas. His fourth-row seats at the MGM Grand Garden Arena were so close that he could read the ...
5 Things to Ask About Gas Grill.(Rewards)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: JESSICA ANDERSON PRICE: $260 This grill features a 13,000-Btu side burner in addition to the main four-burner cooking surface. PRICE: $1,710 (with side burner) With stainless steel throughout, a rotisserie that has its own infrared ...
Cost-Conscious Comfort.(Rewards)(Buyers guide)
Jun 01, 2006; ... Byline: Mark K. Solheim What kind of car do you buy when you have enough money to splurge a little, but you don't want your payments to rival your mortgage? Most people browse the entry-luxury category, loosely defined as cars that cost between $30,000 and $40,000. But many of ...
Kiplinger.com.(Rewards)
Jun 01, 2006 ... See photos and stats for more entry-luxury cars. Plus, we rank ...
From the Marines to New Rigors in Business School.(My Story)
Jun 01, 2006 ... Byline: AS TOLD TO JESSICA ANDERSON I worked for a software company for a year after college graduation, but I knew I wanted something more out of my career. I considered teaching or joining the Peace Corps, but I had family that had been in the Marines and it seemed like the ...