It's Not Too Late

Digital Diagnosis
The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor by Andy Kessler, Finding the Hot Spots: 10 Strategies for Global Investing by David Riedel and Econospinning: How To Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers by Gene Epstein are reviewed by Angele McQuade.

Getting Connected

More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places

by Michael J. Mauboussin, Columbia University Press (June 2006), $27.95, hard-cover, 256 pages.

Investigating Identity Theft: A Guide for Businesses, Law Enforcement and Victims

by Judith M. Collins, John Wiley & Sons (April 2006), $39.95, hardcover, 252 pages.

Which Colleges Will Make the Grade?
Traditional colleges and universities are doomed. Technology, lethargy and astronomical costs will destroy the current model of higher education to create a $100 billion-a-year opportunity for businesses and investors.

Selling Your Principal Residence
If you are considering selling your primary residence, Alexandra Armstrong has some tips that may reduce the tax consequences.

Mortgage Screening Online
Bonnie Biafore reviews the many tools available for comparing mortgages on HSH.com.

Avoiding 12 Common Estate-Planning Mistakes
Alexandra Armstrong and Karen Preysnar take a look at a "dirty dozen" estate-planning mistakes families often commit.

Required Minimum Distribution Rules in Review
The rules for required minimum distributions from an IRA are reviewed by Alexandra Armstrong and Karen Preysnar.

Keeping Track of Your Records
If you were to die tomorrow, would your family be able to locate the information needed to settle your estate?

Free-For-All in Online Trading

Price Controls for Pills

Silicon Medicine
The United States spends $1.8 trillion a year on health care. And unlike the rest of our high-tech economy, health-care services haven't been getting cheaper. In his book The End of Medicine, Andy Kessler provides some convincing arguments for why this might change. The former hedge fund manager believes computer technology will soon revolutionize medicine.

The Importance of Long-Term Care Insurance
Alexandra Armstrong and Karen Preysnar discuss the importance of having long-term care insurance.

Explaining Medicare Part D
Some of the complicated issues to consider when deciding to enroll in Medicare Part D are reviewed by Alexandra Armstrong and Karen Preysnar.

Insurers Roll Out New Medicare Drug Plans
Changes in prescription drug coverage are only part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).

Building on Yields, Diversification and Solid Management
Commercial investors have been "flipping" over real estate, according to Thomas Saler.

Real Estate Expected to Bubble Along
Investors Give Thumbs Down to Automotive

From the CGAB
Chapter Directors from all over the country will gather on Thursday, June 16, for a day and a half of special activities on how to improve our chapter operations. Director Training will be well worth the effort of coming to CompuFest 2005 a day early.

For Most Women, Retirement Planning Begins After 40

Answering Clients' Questions About Retirement Planning
Planners Alexandra Armstrong and Karen Preysnar answer some of the most common questions they hear from clients.

Building Your Retirement Funds
Planners Alexandra Armstrong and Karen Preysnar explain why procrastinating on retirement preparations can prove costly.

Finding Tax Forms at IRS.Gov
Tax season is coming, and with it comes the need for piles of IRS forms. Columnist Bonnie Biafore tells how to obtain most of the necessary documents from online sources.

10 Tips for the 2006 Tax Filing Season
Tax-filing season has rolled around again, and planners Alexandra Armstrong and Karen Preysnar suggest ways to make the task more efficient and perhaps reduce your tax burden.

The New IRS Website
Bonnie Biafore takes a look at the improvements to the IRS website, including better navigation, a new search function and other new home-page tools.