Articles by Kiplinger
Turbulent Days Ahead for Bond Investors
5/23/2013, 8:24 am from Kiplinger in Investing, Insurance
Remember the early 1980s, when Pac-Man and MTV were brand new?
That era also marked the birth of a bond-market bull run--a
three-decade stretch of strong performance that taught a generation
of... Read >>
10 Things You Must Know About Medicare
5/22/2013, 8:27 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
10 Things You Must Know About Medicare Heading into your retirement years brings a slew of new topics
to grapple with, and one of the most maddening may be Medicare.
Figuring out when to enroll,... Read >>
6 Ways Retirees Can Cut Health-Care Costs
5/22/2013, 8:26 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
6 Ways Retirees Can Cut Health-Care Costs Medical expenses are likely to be one of your biggest expenses
in retirement, and people totally underestimate the cost: Nearly
half of the... Read >>
Harbor Bond
5/22/2013, 8:25 am from Kiplinger in Investing, Insurance
Symbol: HABDX Expense ratio: 0.54% 800-422-1050 Run by Bill Gross, this high-quality bond fund is a near-clone
of his leviathan, Pimco Total Return, the world's biggest mutual
fund. At... Read >>
Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade
5/22/2013, 8:24 am from Kiplinger in Investing, Insurance
Symbol: ( VFSTX
) Expense ratio: 0.20% 800-635-1511 If interest rates rise, this fund can provide some shelter. The
high-quality portfolio holds mostly corporate bonds and... Read >>
Tax Deductions for Student-Loan Interest
5/21/2013, 8:24 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Taxes
What are the rules for deducting student-loan interest on my
tax return? Up to $2,500 in student-loan interest can be tax-deductible in
2013 if your modified adjusted gross income is less than... Read >>
Try Something New With an Encore Career
5/17/2013, 8:26 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
Jeff Landre is in the vanguard of a new type of retiree: the
encore careerist. For most of his working life, Landre held
management positions in field service and global logistics at
technology... Read >>
Pimco Looks to Clone ETF Success
5/16/2013, 8:26 am from Kiplinger in Investing, Insurance
How do you follow up one of the most successful exchange-traded
fund launches in history? You start three more, of course.
Ba-dum-bum-CHING Last year, Pimco, the Newport Beach, Cal., bond giant,... Read >>
Automatic 401(k) Saving Features No Fail-Safe to Retirement Success
5/15/2013, 8:03 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
If your 401(k) is on autopilot, it may be time to grab the
wheel. A growing number of employers are adding automatic features to
these workplace retirement-savings vehicles, typically sweeping... Read >>
7 Transportation Stocks Pulling Strong
5/10/2013, 8:21 am from Kiplinger in Investing, Insurance
The economy may be limping along, but it's full steam ahead for
transportation-related stocks. Over the past year, the Dow Jones
transportation average, which includes airlines, railroads,... Read >>