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2004-07-01	IRAs and Other Retirement Savings Plans
2004-06-01	Participating in Your Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan
2004-05-01	Prescriptions and the Medicare Act
2004-04-01	Selling Your Principal Residence
2004-03-01	How To Plan for Your First Year of Retirement
2004-02-01	Advantages of Diversification
2004-01-01	Enrolling for Social Security and Medicare Benefits
2003-12-01	Year-End Tax Moves
2003-11-01	Guidelines for Auto, Household and Umbrella Policies
2003-10-01	Donations and Your Tax Bill
2003-09-01	The Tax Act of 2003
2003-08-01	Long-term Care Insurance
2003-07-01	Tax and Retirement Planning -- on Your Birthday
2003-06-01	Changing Attitudes Toward Retirement
2003-05-01	An Update on 529 Plans
2003-04-01	Maintaining the Relationship With Your Planner
2003-03-01	Finding the Right Financial Planner
2003-02-01	Reverse Mortgages
2003-01-01	The New 'Retirementality'
2002-12-01	How To Choose Medigap Insurance
2002-11-01	Year-End Tax Planning for 2002
2002-10-01	New (and Improved) RMD Rules
2002-09-01	Reducing Estate Taxes
2002-08-01	Trusts & Powers of Attorney
2002-07-01	Death and Taxes
2002-06-01	Is It Too Late To Refinance?
2002-05-01	Funding Your Early Retirement Years
2002-04-01	Options for the Income Investor
2002-03-01	How To Track the Cost Basis of Mutual Funds
2002-02-01	Estate and Gift Tax Changes
2002-01-01	Keeping Track of Your Records
2001-12-01	The Enhanced 529 Plan
2001-11-01	Changes in Retirement Plan Benefits
2001-10-01	Financial Planning: A Retrospective
2001-09-01	Income Tax Reductions for Investors
2001-08-01	Planning for Retirement (Part 2)
2001-07-01	Planning for Retirement
2001-06-01	Understanding the New IRA Distribution Rules
2001-05-01	Understanding the New IRA Distribution Rules
2001-04-01	Asset Allocation: Does it Really Work?
2001-03-01	New Ways to Save for College Education
2001-02-01	Giving to Charity Can Benefit You, Too
2001-01-01	Financial Resolutions for the New Year
2000-11-01	Year-End Tax Planning
2000-10-01	Joint Ownership of Vacation Property
2000-09-01	Advice for a Recent Widow
2000-08-01	Is It Time to Start Looking at Fixed Income Investments?
2000-07-01	Do You Know How to Determine the Tax Cost Basis for the Mutual Funds You Own?
2000-06-01	IRS Guidelines for Education And Estate Planning
2000-05-01	Here Are Key Tax Numbers For the Year 2000
2000-04-01	Withdrawing Money from Your IRA Prior to Age 59 1/2
2000-03-01	Powers of Attorney, The Living Will, The Living Trust
2000-02-01	How to Minimize Mutual Funds Capital Gains Distributions
2000-01-01	Choices for the Person Who Inherits An IRA from Someone Who Has Died Before their Required Beginning Date
1999-12-01	What Will Happen to my IRA When I Die After I Have Started Taking Distributions?
1999-11-01	Calculating Minimum Distributions from Your IRA
1999-10-01	IRA Required Minimum Distribution
1999-09-01	Strategies for Income and Asset Management
1999-08-01	Withdrawing Money from Your 403(b) Retirement Plan
1999-07-01	What Can You Do to Best Prepare for Y2K
1999-06-01	How Much Tax Is Due When You Sell Your Home?
1999-05-01	Different Gifting Methods Benefit Donor and Donee
1999-04-01	Choosing What's Best For You
1999-02-01	When Was the Last Time You Reread Your Will?
1999-01-01	Contributing to Your Retirement Plan at Work
1998-12-01	Preparing Your Portfolio For The Holidays
1998-11-01	Caring for Your Elderly Relatives
1998-02-01	Start the New Year Out Right...in February!
1998-01-01	Planning for Retirement: An Ongoing Process
1997-12-01	Taking Money Out Of Retirement Plans
1997-11-01	The Roth IRA: What Is It And Will You Benefit?
1997-10-01	Highlights of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
1997-09-01	How to Take Money Out Of Your Retirement Plans
1997-08-01	Financial Calculations of Retirement Planning
1997-07-01	Factors to Consider When Planning for Retirement
1997-06-01	The Deferred Annuity
1997-05-01	Other Retirement Plan Options
1997-04-01	Building Your Retirement Assets
1997-03-01	Some Retirement Planning Solutions
1997-02-01	Retirement Planning: Not a Simple Task
1988-03-01	Building a Real Estate Portfolio
1988-01-01	Balance and Diversification
1986-02-01	How to Prepare for Retirement