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Savings Goals
How much do you need to save each year to meet your long-term financial goals?
Personal Inflation Rate
Is your personal inflation rate higher or lower than the CPI?
College Funding
Use this calculator to estimate the cost of your child’s education, based on the variables you input.
Estate Taxes
Use this calculator to estimate the federal estate taxes that could be due on your estate after you die.
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Making Moves to the Money Market
Money market funds are mutual funds that invest solely in cash-equivalent assets that are categorized as low-risk, low-return investments.
Confident in Consumer Confidence?
The consumer confidence index can be a useful tool, but it should play only a minor role in an investor’s overall outlook.
HOT TOPIC: Investors Flock to Bond Funds, But What Happens When Rates Rise?
Investors are on track to invest 11 times more money in bond funds in 2009 than they will invest in stock funds. This is not surprising, considering the market volatility in 2008, but are these investors operating on false assumptions about the capabilities of bond funds?
HOT TOPIC: What's Ahead for 2010?
Economists expect the economy to grow by a respectable 3% in 2010, but they don't hold out much hope for the employment situation. What else can investors and consumers expect from the coming year?
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