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| Review: Drive a Maserati GT and youll be swept off your ... If you can talk about the Maserati Gran Turismo high-performance coupe for more than two minutes without using a naughty innuendo, you should get a prize. Well try to remain prizeless. | Resolve to try these money-saving tactics in 2009 Feeling a bit pinched financially? For 2009, resolve to take some simple steps that will save you money. |
| Investors: Try these strategies to build your portfolios The stock market has gained an average 9.6% a year since 1926, according to Chicagos Ibbotson Associates, not a bit of which has been earned in the past decade. | In need of cash? Check Savings Bonds Times are tough, and a lot of us are short on cash. Selling unwanted holiday gifts on eBay might raise a few bucks, although you probably wont attract a lot of bids for that beef-scented body spray you got from your manly cousin. You could shake out the sofa cushions, but that probably wont produce much of a profit, unless you had Warren Buffett at your last Tupperware party. |
| For more income, savers have to take more risk Lets say you saved $1 million for your retirement. Given the stock markets recent woes, youre reluctant to park your million mackerels in a stock mutual fund. You want something safe. | Volkswagens 09 Jetta brings diesel back to U.S. mainstre... After a three-year break that seemed interminable to fans, Volkswagens back in the U.S. diesel-car market with a clean-burning diesel in its popular Jetta compact sedan. |
| How to ease the pain of mandatory IRA withdrawals for se... Lawmakers gave retirees a present last week, but like many holiday gifts, it wasnt exactly what they wanted. | If oil prices recover in 2009, so will natural resources... Should the world economy move up from recession to normality, its a good bet that the price of oil will rise late next year and that means, in turn, that energy stocks and natural resources funds will be the chief beneficiaries. |
| Challenge of 2009 Dodge Challenger: Resist the whee! Challenger is as impractical and aggravating to use as it is fun to drive. That conclusion is based on drive time in three regular-production test cars: SE V-6 automatic transmission, R/T Hemi V-8s with automatic and a six-speed manual. | Power of attorney can be valuable and dangerous tool The power-of-attorney document is a powerful estate-planning tool that can be used to protect your interests if you become incapacitated. But in the hands of someone who is dishonest or desperate, it can also create a powerful incentive to steal, advocates for the elderly say. |
| Junk bond yields are crazy high, but tread carefully Junk bonds the industry prefers the more genteel "high-yield bonds" are long-term IOUs issued by companies with poor credit ratings. These companies have to offer high interest rates to get lenders attention. | Another perk to giving to charity: A nice tax break The Bureau of Economic Research revealed Monday that the economy has been in recession since December 2007. For a lot of American families, thats sort of like announcing that the sun has been rising in the east. |
| 2010 Mazda3 has snappy appeal for a small car Whatever formula Mazda used to jazz up its compact Mazda3 sedan for 2010 certainly included two squirts of ugly. | A few useful indicators can help with investing in stock... Trying to find stocks or funds that dont fall in a recession takes far more time than the average U.S. worker has. And its tough sledding in any event: By definition, the vast majority of stocks fall in a bear market. If you want reassurance that youre doing the right thing, you can look at a few useful indicators. |
| Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTec diesel SUV: Dont go there If gas prices surge and high-mileage diesels again seem like salvation, itll be important to remember that not all diesels are equal. For instance, the BMW 335d diesel sedan reviewed in last Fridays Test Drive was terrific. The Mercedes-Benz ML320 diesel SUV evaluated this week isnt. | Investors in specialized funds need to know when to sell Most financial advice says that you should buy a mutual fund and hold it until the mountains fall into the sea, the stars fall from the sky, and your insurance company resolves a dispute in your favor. |
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