Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 2, 2010Shomari Hearn discusses possible causes for the recent increase in hardship withdrawals from 401(k) accounts.
The End Of Our Company-Paid Health Insurance
For 15 years, I have taken pride in paying the full cost of health insurance for every full-time Palisades Hudson …
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The ‘Risk-Aversion’ Misnomer
Financial advisers often discuss investors who are “risk-averse.” But people, on the whole, are not terribly averse to risk. We …
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The First Alzheimer’s Vaccine: A Helmet
Medical researchers who are furiously trying to develop new tests, vaccines and treatments for Alzheimer’s and other devastating brain diseases …
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Today’s Miserables Confront Javert’s Three-Strikes Law
It cost $47,102 to house an inmate in a California state penitentiary in 2008. For 13 years, Gregory Taylor was …
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One Less Reason To Flee New York
As we conclude this hard-times summer of the “stay-cation,” New Yorkers who are contemplating divorce can finally end their marriages …
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Rooting For Gridlock And A Tax Hike
You don’t hear this very often, but I hope my taxes go up next year — and yours, too. I …
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Eric Meermann in Daily Finance
Eric Meermann discusses investing for people in their 40s.
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How Everyone Came To Have A Second Mortgage
A quarter-century ago, only someone in desperate need of cash would take a second mortgage. Then Congress changed the tax …
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The Kids Are Alright; Parents Will Be, Too
Across the country, families have been packing their children (and a roomful of their children’s possessions) into trucks and SUVs …
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