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Title Collection Author Date
Is Your Fund Loaning Out Its Shares? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 05/22/12
Mind if I Borrow Your Shares? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 05/15/12
Don't Discount Value of Low Fees Over the Long Term The Short Answer Adam Zoll 05/08/12
Estimating Stocks' Fair Values a Complex Process The Short Answer Adam Zoll 05/01/12
When Mom and Dad Help With Housing The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/24/12
Watch Your Weightings When Investing in Index Funds The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/17/12
When Investors Cross Borders The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/10/12
Dos and Don'ts of College Savings The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/03/12
What Happens if My Broker Goes Bust? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 03/27/12
Correlation Building Between REITs and Other Stocks The Short Answer Adam Zoll 03/20/12
What Is Your 401(k) Really Costing You? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 03/13/12
Making the Most of Child-Care Tax Breaks The Short Answer Adam Zoll 03/06/12
When 'Married Filing Separately' Makes Sense The Short Answer Adam Zoll 02/28/12
Don't Let an UGMA Leave You Saying 'Ugh' The Short Answer Adam Zoll 02/21/12
Do Municipal Bonds Have a Place in My Portfolio? The Short Answer Morningstar.com 02/17/12
How Tax-Efficient Is Your Mutual Fund? The Short Answer Morningstar.com 02/16/12
Deciding on Retirement-Account Type Requires Crystal Ball The Short Answer Adam Zoll 02/15/12
Get a Tax-Smart Plan for In-Retirement Withdrawals The Short Answer Christine Benz 02/14/12
What Can You Do if Your 529 Expectations Change? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 02/07/12
How Individual Stock Investors Can Save for College The Short Answer Christine Benz 01/31/12
Dividend Payers Hold Appeal, but Be Mindful of Risks The Short Answer Christine Benz 01/24/12
A Happy Surprise for I-Bond Buyers The Short Answer Christine Benz 01/10/12
Six Tips for a (Nearly) Paperless Home Office The Short Answer Christine Benz 01/03/12
Year-End Portfolio Checkup in Five Steps The Short Answer Christine Benz 12/27/11
Keep These Dividend Payers Out of Your Taxable Account The Short Answer Christine Benz 12/20/11
How Safe Is Your Cash? The Short Answer Christine Benz 12/13/11
The Best Ways to Give a Financial Gift to Children The Short Answer Christine Benz 12/06/11
Risk Calibration for Retiree Portfolios The Short Answer Christine Benz 11/29/11
The High and Low Points of the Bond Ladder The Short Answer Christine Benz 11/28/11
How to Find the Best Core Bond Funds The Short Answer Christine Benz 11/16/11
The Right Investments for Short-Term Goals The Short Answer Christine Benz 11/16/11
Do Municipal Bonds Have a Place in My Portfolio? The Short Answer Morningstar.com 11/16/11
How to Stress-Test a Portfolio's Interest-Rate Sensitivity The Short Answer Christine Benz 11/15/11
Is a Health Savings Account Right for You? The Short Answer Christine Benz 11/08/11
Are Mutual Fund Expense Ratios Tax-Deductible? The Short Answer Christine Benz 11/01/11
Is My Fund a Closet Indexer? The Short Answer Christine Benz 10/25/11
Avoid These Four Investment Mistakes The Short Answer Morningstar.com 10/21/11
Keeping Tabs on Your Portfolio The Short Answer Katie Rushkewicz Reichart, CFA 10/20/11
How Often Should You Rebalance? The Short Answer Christine Benz 10/20/11
How Dollar-Cost Averaging Can Smooth Your Returns The Short Answer David Kathman, CFA 10/20/11
Five Tips for Your Emergency Fund The Short Answer Christine Benz 10/17/11
Assessing the Student Loan Landscape The Short Answer Christine Benz 10/11/11
Six Tips for a (Nearly) Paperless Home Office The Short Answer Christine Benz 10/04/11
Can You Afford to Live on One Salary? The Short Answer Christine Benz 09/27/11
Is an 'Annualized' Return the Same as an Average? The Short Answer Karen Wallace 09/20/11
Should You Switch to an ETF From a Traditional Index Fund? The Short Answer Christine Benz 09/14/11
Active or Passive Strategies: How to Choose? The Short Answer Christine Benz 09/12/11
How to Cash In (or Not) on Currency Exposure The Short Answer Esther Pak 09/06/11
What Does My Fund Really Own? The Short Answer Esther Pak 08/30/11
Do Municipal Bonds Have a Place in My Portfolio? The Short Answer Esther Pak 08/23/11

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