Here are five relatively painless steps you can take this month that could benefit you in a big way come tax time in April. So take a break from all the holiday hoopla and focus on maximizing your tax position for 2010.
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Overspending can kill the Christmas spirit and ruin your finances for months. Writer Zoe FitzGerald Carter used the poor economy to cure herself of the destructive habit. Here's how she learned to create more Christmas magic for her family by spending less.
The dismal November jobs report has commentators pointing derisively to a "jobless recovery." But investors shouldn't overreact: Employers have historically held off on hiring when the stock market has been volatile.
Meir Statman, one of the nation's leading experts in behavioral finance (the study of why people do irrational things with their money), has written a new book that shows investors how their mistakes are usually caused by their own deep-seated emotions.
The stock market's powerful two-day rally nearly fizzled out Friday after the unemployment rate unexpectedly jumped to 9.8%. But traders managed to find a silver lining even in that grim news, and stocks found a way to eke out a gain.
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| 4.45 | +0.03 +0.68% | 360.81M | |
| 11.86 | +0.18 +1.54% | 164.55M | |
| 122.89 | +0.33 +0.27% | 151.29M | |
| 15.18 | +0.05 +0.33% | 90.95M |
| 1,998.00 | +1,997.99 +19.98M% | 200.00 | |
| 6.70 | +1.91 +39.87% | 3.91M | |
| 7.91 | +1.95 +32.72% | 972,636.00 | |
| 3.34 | +0.56 +20.36% | 531,854.00 |
