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CLARK'S TIP TOPICS
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- Beware of impostor money market fund investments
- Investigate charities thoroughly before giving them money
- Clark's 529 Plan Guide has been updated!
- Mandatory private accounts may solve SS dilemma
- Free budgeting tools online!
- Avoid the full-commission stock broker trap
- Avoid the full-commission stock broker trap
- Scams heat up when economy cools down
- The dangers of purchasing employer stock
- Free budgeting tools online!
- Clark explains confusing investment terms
- Avoid money-market funds that break the buck
- Don't let the state decide what to do with your estate!
- 75 million have no access to retirement-savings plans
- New rules coming for 401(k) investments
- Variable annuities stink!
- AARP's financial products not all they're cracked up to be
- Exploring the world of online peer-to-peer lending
- New Fidelity and Schwab checking account options
- Clark's advice for tough economic times
- Could recession be coming?
- Beware of impostor money market fund investments
- Diversify your investments to minimize risk in a volatile stock market
- 70 million Americans have no retirement plan
- Is your 401k plan ripping you off?
- Fidelity 529 card changing; other rewards cards
- Raymond James in trouble for risky funds
- The best and worst 529 plans
- Stock market dip actually good for you
- Term life insurance can't get much cheaper
- Changes to church donations affecting you
- Hackers break into brokerage accounts
- Companies with happiest workers earn most money
- Stockholders tired of exec's spending
- Save $400k with three easy steps
- Inflation report is good
- A third of people are saving nothing for retirement
- Stock brokerages cheat you on interest
- Don't be swept up by investment ads
- A new solution to e-banking
- Check your dormant accounts too!
- Merrill Lynch in trouble with NASD
- Lifecycle funds are perfect for you!
- Do your banking with a brokerage house
- Feds raise rates again, so lower your debt
- Get a Roth for Pete's sake!
- Create a "family aura" of saving money
- Americans nearly the worst at saving
- Britain considering new retirement law
- Housing prices in inflated areas hit plateau
- Company social contracts are going away
- Feds raise interest rates; great for savings
- Top companies to work for also have top stocks
- Bonds are still a great deal
- Hurricanes, the economy and cars
- Low-cost vs. high-cost fund results
- Brokerage firms gipping you on interest
- People continue to buy into Nigerian scams
- Pension plans are a thing of the past
- Changes in open enrollment, Roth 401ks
- Find a fee-only financial planner
- Be smart about "getting rich" off real estate
- Beware of text messages with stock tips
- Fidelity pushes for automatic 401k enrollment
- Newspapers talk daily about the bubble
- Save for retirement first, then college
- The best brokerage houses
- Clements comments on annuities
- Roth 401K is on its way
- What to do with a 401-k when you leave a job
- What kind of investor are you?
- You can become a millionaire
- Gen X'rs spend way too much on flash
- Who are your beneficiaries?
- Teachers getting scammed in retirement
- Current tax code needs major overhaul
- 4 out of 5 people want the Feds to provide retirement
- Why people don't invest in 401k plans
- Rule of 3's helps you with investments
- Survey: We don't know jack about money
- Bankruptcy law scaring people into paying down debt
- Easy roadmap for people in financial trouble
- Will you have enough at retirement?
- Stop eating out at lunch and gain financial freedom
- Traditional savings bonds slowly disappearing
- Low cost funds v. commissioned funds
- Start "Christmas Club" account now!
- One in three save nothing
- NASD considers halt of annuity sales contests
- Renting smarter than owning in areas
- Discount brokerages getting cheaper, better
- 80% want the gov't to handle retirement
- Get rid of your "Latte Factor"
- Fidelity lowers costs on mutual funds
- What to do with your savings
- Why people don't invest in 401k plans
- Greenspan on social security
- Some annuities don't pay until age 115
- Social security issue divides generations
