Kiplinger's Personal Finance

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Contents

Five Ideas for Your Money
16
Southwestern Energy Co (Securities), T. Rowe Price New Era Fund Inc, Railroads (Securities)
The Great Jobs Recovery
24
Employment forecasting
How Storms Rattle the Economy
26
Mark M. Zandi (American economist) (Interviews), Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Economic aspects), Economic forecasting
What You Need to Know about Buying Online
32
Internet shopping
When a Transfer Leads to Extra Cash
34
Employees (Transfer), Portfolio management
Who Will Profit in Disasters' Wake
78
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Economic aspects, Reconstruction), Hurricane Rita, 2005 (Economic aspects), Sector investing, Stocks (Price forecasting)
Better Than Buffett
80
Ian MacNeill Cumming, Joseph S. Steinberg, Leucadia National Corp (Securities)
Where to Put Your Money
82
Investments, Economic forecasting
A Fortune in an Hour a Day?
85
Michael Parness (American motion picture director and screenwriter.); 1963-, Day trading (Securities) (Study and teaching)
Rankings
90
Mutual funds (Rate of return, Rating)

Waiting for the Big Bang
36
Stocks (Price forecasting), Investments (Risks), Political forecasting
Real Estate
41
Real estate investment, Housing (Costs), Home ownership
Gems in the Rough
42
Real estate investment
My Own Private Mayberry in Southern Indiana
45
Housing (Costs), Brownstown (Ind.) (Housing)
Late to the Nittany Valley Gold Rush
49
Real estate investment, Housing (Costs), State College (Pa.) (Housing)
Lure of the Land in the West Texas Scrub
50
Real estate investment, Housing (Costs), Ranches (Texas), Ranches as an investment, Abilene (Tex.) (Housing)
When Bubbles Burst
53
Housing (Costs), Real estate investment (Forecasting)
Time to Move On?
56
Real estate investment, Housing (Costs), House selling
Remodeling that Makes Sense
64
Houses, Remodeled, House selling, Real property (Valuation)
What it Takes to Get Done on Time and On Budget
67
Houses, Remodeled, Remodeling (Architecture) (Costs)
Battle of the Binge
72
Neuroeconomics, Investments (Psychological aspects), Brain (Localization of functions)
Top Ten E-Banks
98
Online banking (Services, Rating)
Don't Get Hooked by a Crook
104
Electronic mail messages, Fraudulent, Identity theft (Prevention), Internet (Security measures)
Online Allies
106
Investments (Internet resources, Reviews), Personal finance (Internet resources, Reviews)
States Keep a Cut
108
Inheritance tax, State taxation
Singing the 403(b) Blues
111
403(b) plan (Rollovers and transfers, Laws and regulations), Variable annuities (Fees)
A Part D Primer
112
Medicare (Drug benefits)
Gaps in the Network
114
Insurance, Health, Hospital care (Costs)
Who Needs Flood Insurance?
115
Insurance, Flood
Last-minute Connections
122
Travel (Economic aspects, Internet resources)
If the Boot Fits
126
Hiking boots (Rating)
No-Hassle Car Buying
130
Automobiles (Electronic commerce), Automobile dealers (Internet resources)

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