Article Archive: The Short Answer

Title Collection Author Date
Opening a Coverdell May Require Shopping Around The Short Answer Adam Zoll 05/21/13
Roth IRAs vs. 529s: A College-Savings Smackdown The Short Answer Adam Zoll 05/14/13
College-Planning Tips for Special-Needs Families The Short Answer Adam Zoll 05/07/13
Don't Get Carried Away With Floating-Rate Funds The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/30/13
Monte Carlo's Role in Retirement Planning The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/23/13
How to Stress-Test a Portfolio's Interest-Rate Sensitivity The Short Answer Christine Benz 04/19/13
Do Municipal Bonds Have a Place in My Portfolio? The Short Answer Morningstar.com 04/17/13
For Safety-First Savers, Stable-Value Funds Are Tough to Beat The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/16/13
What's the Difference Between 'Maturity' and 'Duration'? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/15/13
Unearthing the Roots of Fund Performance The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/09/13
Understanding Capital Gains Tax Brackets The Short Answer Adam Zoll 04/02/13
Lifting the Hood on Bond-Fund NAVs The Short Answer Adam Zoll 03/19/13
When It Comes to 529 Plans, No Need to Share The Short Answer Adam Zoll 03/12/13
Cost-Basis Choices Not Set in Stone The Short Answer Adam Zoll 03/05/13
A Taxing Dilemma: Foreign Investments and Your Retirement Account The Short Answer Adam Zoll 03/01/13
How Are Annuity Payments Taxed? The Short Answer Christine Benz 03/01/13
Get a Tax-Smart Plan for In-Retirement Withdrawals The Short Answer Christine Benz 02/28/13
A Second Chance at IRA Contributions The Short Answer Christine Benz 02/26/13
Derivatives Often Part of Fund Managers' Toolkits The Short Answer Adam Zoll 02/19/13
How Saving Too Much in Your 401(k) Could Cost You The Short Answer Adam Zoll 02/12/13
A Taxing Dilemma: Foreign Investments and Your Retirement Account The Short Answer Adam Zoll 02/05/13
Making Sense of Survivorship Bias The Short Answer Adam Zoll 01/29/13
P/E Methods: Looking Back vs. Looking Ahead The Short Answer Adam Zoll 01/15/13
Does Dollar-Cost Averaging Out of a Position Make Sense? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 01/08/13
How Category Changes Affect Fund Metrics The Short Answer Adam Zoll 01/01/13
Don't Rely on Brokerages or Fund Companies to Fix Your Missing RMDs The Short Answer Adam Zoll 12/18/12
How Are Annuity Payments Taxed? The Short Answer Christine Benz 12/13/12
Do Municipal Bonds Have a Place in My Portfolio? The Short Answer Morningstar.com 12/12/12
Dividend Payers Hold Appeal, but Be Mindful of Risks The Short Answer Christine Benz 12/11/12
Family-Friendly Tax Breaks at Risk From Fiscal Cliff The Short Answer Adam Zoll 12/04/12
Get the Lowdown on Load-Waived Fund Metrics The Short Answer Adam Zoll 11/27/12
A Key Tool to Measure Profitability The Short Answer Adam Zoll 11/20/12
How to Cash In (or Not) on Currency Exposure The Short Answer Morningstar.com 11/15/12
How to Trade Foreign Stocks Without Leaving the U.S. The Short Answer Adam Zoll 11/15/12
529 Rollover Can Have Tax Impact--For Good or Bad The Short Answer Adam Zoll 11/06/12
Seeing (Hollow) Stars? Here's Why The Short Answer Adam Zoll 10/30/12
Is Dollar-Cost Averaging Overrated? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 10/23/12
6 Big Myths About 529 Plans The Short Answer Adam Zoll 10/16/12
Don't Know an ETN from a CEF? We Can Help The Short Answer Adam Zoll 10/09/12
Navigating the NAV The Short Answer Adam Zoll 10/02/12
Should Coverdell Account Owners Run for Cover? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 09/25/12
Grandparents: Study Up on How Best to Help With College Costs The Short Answer Adam Zoll 09/18/12
Get a Tax-Smart Plan for In-Retirement Withdrawals The Short Answer Christine Benz 09/13/12
12 Questions to Ask When Saving for Retirement The Short Answer Adam Zoll 09/11/12
S&P 500 vs. Total Stock Market: Which Is Right for You? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 09/04/12
How Much Will My RMDs Be? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 08/28/12
How Are Annuity Payments Taxed? The Short Answer Christine Benz 08/21/12
A Gift Tax Loophole for 529 Plans The Short Answer Adam Zoll 08/07/12
Is Working Past Age 65 a Realistic Option? The Short Answer Adam Zoll 07/31/12
Preferred Stock May Not Be Your Best Choice The Short Answer Adam Zoll 07/24/12