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Award-Winning Funds
It may have been the roughest five years in mutual fund history, but some managers dodged the worst of the crash, pounced on every opportunity and produced double-digit returns for their investors. Here are 15 of the best.
PLUS: 5 Big Funds to Reconsider
Roth Plans: Taxes Now or Taxes Later?
Thanks to recent changes in the tax code, millions of upper-income taxpayers can now move their retirement savings into Roth accounts. Why the opportunity is good for some people—and too good to be true for others..
The Attic Upgrade
As the economy forces many families to remodel rather than move, they're looking to the dark, drafty place usually home to steamer trunks. The latest action under the eaves.
Profits From Abroad
Buying foreign stocks isn't the only way to benefit from growth in overseas economies. Investors are capturing a big chunk of it by looking to U.S. firms that get more than half their sales outside the country.
Too Sick to Work? They Disagree
More firms are scaling back or dropping disability coverage—creating a crisis for ill and injured workers. We examine a troubling hole in the workplace safety net.
PLUS: Disability Insurance: Who Gets Denied?
Ten Things Your Taxi Service Won't Tell You
Put it this way: In Las Vegas, it's not just the casinos profiting from visitors. Being stuck in traffic isn't the reason, though. How not to get taken for a ride.
Portfolio Play
Investing in the firms other companies are hiring.
Fund Watch
A top-ranked mutual fund doesn't guarantee top returns.
The Corner Office
Sprint-Nextel's CEO wants to change people's idea of his phone company.
ETF Watch
Are active ETFs worth a try?
Fund Insider
Firms charge marketing fees on funds they don't market.
Sector Watch
Scoring with utility stocks.
Strategies
Companies are buying back stock again. Should you care?
Buy/Sell/Hold
Prospects for biotech firms.
Vacation Homes for One Buck
Trial stays. Lease-to-own offers. Dirt-cheap deals. The vacation-ownership industry, battered by a 40 percent plunge in sales, may have more bargains these days than the overall real estate market. Does this spell opportunity for time-sharing vacationers—or buyer's remorse?
New Ways to Track Your Kids
Most teenagers who begged Mom and Dad for a cell phone probably didn't realize what they were in for when they finally got one: Their parents can use it—and a number of other new gadgets—to monitor their whereabouts.
Smart Consumer
How to swap cars, homes and more online; getting a sweet deal from your tax pro. Plus: a designer wardrobe for less.
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