COLUMN ARCHIVE

• Palm Beach Money: January's Effect - 1/2/09
  
• Palm Beach Money: A Paper Roses Year - 12/30/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: The Stuff That Counts - 12/28/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: More Coal - 12/23/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Why Bernie Why? - 12/21/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Florida's Biggest Crooks - 12/18/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: White Collar Lies - 12/16/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Sophisticated What? - 12/14/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Giving and Geting - 12/8/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Seven Swans a Leaping: 5600 Big Ones - 12/4/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Eleven Down, One To Go - 12/1/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Civilized Money - 11/29/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: A list of 10 - 11/26/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Buy And Hold Forever? Maybe Not - 11/23/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Things To Think About - 11/21/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Up And Down And Back To The Future - 11/20/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Bailout Schmailout - 11/17/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Lost Your Broker? YouÕre Not Alone - 11/14/08
  
• Palm Beach Money: Bogle Says,"Buy"; Schwab Says,"Save" - 11/13/08
  
• Some Thoughts on Greed - 11/10/08
  
• It's ugly out there and could get uglier - 11/3/08
  
• Across My Desk: Across my Desk: "Don't try to catch a falling knife" - 10/5/08
  
• Across My Desk: Gen X Investors - 9/8/08
  
• Across My Desk: Roth IRA - 8/25/08
  
• Across My Desk: Managing Personal Finance In College - 8/11/08
  
• Across My Desk: 401(k) Cash-Out Calculator - 8/4/08
  
• Across My Desk: "Buy Low, Sell High" - 7/20/08
  
• Across My Desk: First-Half Facts and Figures - 7/6/08
  
• Across My Desk: Playing Retirement Catch-Up - 6/15/08
  
• Across My Desk: Wise Words From Thomas Kostigen - 6/2/08
  
• Across My Desk: What to do with your economic stimulus check - 5/12/08
  
• Across My Desk: Index Funds - 5/5/08
  
• Across My Desk: Do's and Don'ts of IRAs - 4/7/08
  
• Across My Desk: National Financial Education Network - 3/31/08
  
• Across My Desk: What's in a name? - 3/24/08
  
• Across My Desk: Don't know what to do in this market? - 3/18/08
  
• Across My Desk: Sin Stocks - 3/10/08
  
• Across My Desk: Capital Gains Payouts - 3/3/08
  
• Across My Desk: Stocks You Have To Trade Today - 2/08/08
  
• Across My Desk: The Can-of-Tuna Market Strategy - 2/04/08
  
• Across My Desk: How The Major Indices Ended 2007 - 1/07/08
  
• Across My Desk: Hedge Funds - 12/10/07
  
• Across My Desk: Roth IRAs - 12/3/07
  
• Across My Desk: Social Security Taxes - 11/4/07
  
• Across My Desk: Louis Navellier's Weekly Marketmail - 10/7/07
  
• Across My Desk: Points 5 through 10 of the Top 10 Wealth-Management Pitfalls - 9/10/07
  
• Across My Desk: Top 10 Wealth-Management Pitfalls - 9/4/07
  
• Across My Desk: Target-date funds - 8/27/07
  
• Across My Desk: What happened last week? - 8/20/07
  
• Across My Desk: For those who love long and short - 8/13/07
  
• Across My Desk: Insurance companies licking their chops - 8/6/07
  
• Across My Desk: Dividend Growth Slows During Second Quarter - 7/30/07
  
• Across My Desk: Retirement Portfolios and Diversification - 7/23/07
  
• Across My Desk: Outlooks from the pros - 7/16/07
  
• Across My Desk: What Today's Woman Needs to Know - 7/9/07
  
• Across My Desk: Midyear Portfolio Checkup - 7/2/07
  
• Across My Desk: Retirement Portfolios and Diversification - 6/25/07
  
• Across My Desk: Janus Pays Back What? - 6/18/07
  
• Across My Desk: Graduation Time - 6/11/07
  
• Across My Desk: Baby Boomers - 6/4/07
  
• Across My Desk: S&Ps Birthday - 5/21/07
  
• Across My Desk: Return Reality - 5/7/07
  
• Across My Desk: Louis Navellier's Newsletter - 4/16/07
  
• Across My Desk: S&Ps Birthday - 4/2/07
  
• Across My Desk: Gen-X'ers - 3/19/07
  
• Across My Desk: S&P 500 - 3/5/07
  
• Across My Desk: Dipping into your IRA - 2/12/07
  
• Across My Desk: Uncle Sam Season - 2/6/07
  
• Across My Desk: Factors Driving Markets - 2/1/07
  
• Across My Desk: 2006 Fund Results - 1/25/07
  
• Across My Desk: The Hottest-selling Mutual Funds - 1/15/07
  
• Across My Desk: 2006 Market Performance - 1/8/07
  
• Across My Desk: Common sense tips - 1/02/07
  
• Across My Desk: End of Year Advice - 12/18/06
  
• Across My Desk: Have you saved enough for retirement? - 12/04/06
  
• Across My Desk: Hedge Funds - 11/27/06
  
• Across My Desk: Spending Money - 11/20/06
  
• Across My Desk: Value of the Dollar - 11/13/06
  
• Across My Desk: Look Beyond DJIA - 11/6/06
  
• Across My Desk: Social Security - 10/16/06
  
• Across My Desk: International Funds - 10/2/06
  
• Across My Desk: 401(k) vs. Defined Benefit Plans - 9/18/06
  
• Across My Desk: If you haven't had your fill 9/11 comments, I think you might find highlights of this special report interesting... - 9/11/06
  
• Across My Desk: Medical Expenses - 9/3/06
  
• Across My Desk: The Pensions Protection Act - 8/20/06
  
• Across My Desk: Diversifying Your Portfolio - 8/7/06
  
• Across My Desk: Index Funds - 7/31/06
  
• Across My Desk: Retirement - 7/17/06
  
• Across My Desk: Interest Rates - 7/02/06
  
• Across My Desk: Funds for the 50+ - 5/22/06
  
• Across My Desk: Stay-At-Home Moms - 5/7/06
  
• Across My Desk: Using Past Performance - 4/30/06
  
• Across My Desk: Alternative Investments - 4/17/06
  
• Across My Desk: Beneficiaries - 4/03/06
  
• Across My Desk: Retirement - 3/20/06
  
• Across My Desk: Taxes - 3/03/06
  
• Across My Desk: Baby Boomers & Retirement - 2/20/06
  
• Across My Desk: The Truth Behind Credit Card Debt - 1/23/06
  
• Across My Desk: Retiring - 1/23/06
  
• Across My Desk: 2006 Predictions - 1/3/06
  
• Across My Desk: New Resources for Consumers and Advisors - 12/19/05
  
• Across My Desk: Year-end Tax Planning - 12/05/05
  
• Across My Desk: Year-end Spending - 11/21/05
  
• Across My Desk: Fund Family Withdrawals - 11/6/05
  
• Across My Desk: The Secret for Successful 401 (k) Investing - 10/17/05
  
• Across My Desk: Markets Move in Cycles - 10/3/05
  
• Across My Desk: Roth 401(k) & S&P 500 Index Funds - 9/19/05
  
• Across My Desk: Hurricane Katrina - How Might It Impact Fed Thinking? - 9/4/05
  
• Across My Desk: All Mutual Funds Aren't Created Equal, ICI Says - 8/22/05
  
• Across My Desk - 8/8/05
  
• Across My Desk - 7/18/05
  
• Across My Desk - 7/5/05
  
• Across My Desk - 6/20/05
  
• Across My Desk - 6/6/05
  
• Across My Desk - 5/2/05
  
• Across My Desk - 4/1/05
  
• Across My Desk - 2/07/05
  
• Across My Desk - 12/21/04
  
• Across My Desk - 12/02/04
  
• Across My Desk: Closed-end Funds - 11/8/04
  
• Across My Desk: The Schwab Report's special election edition - 11/1/04
  
• Across My Desk: Short-Term Election Year Gains and Losses - 10/18/04
  
• Across My Desk: Vanguard's Rules For Financial Success - 10/04/04
  
• Golfers Tee Off On Investing - 7/12/04
  
• Got Enough To Retire? Survey Says: Maybe Not - 6/10/04
  
• Scandal? What Scandal? - 4/26/04
  
• The Naughty Fund Family List - 3/29/04
  
• MFS Taking Care of Business - 3/15/04
  
• Investment Advice for 2004: Diversify - 3/1/04
  
• Marriage, Money and Real Expectations - 2/23/04
  
• Investment Advice For 2004: Diversify - 2/16/04
  
• Sierra Club Stock Fund: Sierra Club's Stock Fund Seeing Green - 2/9/04
  
• Fund's Performance In 03: 2003 A Great Year For Equity Funds - 2/2/04
  
• New Year Investment Ideas: Investment Advice for 2004 - 1/26/04
  
• Know What You Want: Mutual Funds Not A Risk-Free Ride - 1/19/04
  
• T. Rowe Price Media & Telecom Fund: Spanning The Globe For Telecom Holdings Pays Off - 1/12/04
  
• Thornburg Income Builder: New Fund Goes For Both Income And Growth - 1/04/04
  
• Along With Fund Performances Come Tax Consequences - 12/29/03
  
• Fund Problems: Funds Doing Well In Spite Of Industry Problems - 12/22/03
  
• Emotions And Fund Problems: Keeping A Cool Head During Troubling Fund Times - 12/15/03
  
• Funds Doing Well In Spite Of Industry Problems - 12/08/03
  
• Gabelli Utility Fund Likes Old-Fashioned Utility Stocks - 11/24/03
  
• A Weak Dollar Makes International Funds Appealing - 11/17/03
  
• The Patriot Act And Mutual Funds - 11/10/03
  
• Fund Minimums And More: It Doesn't Take Much To Invest In Funds - 11/3/03
  
• Recent Fund Problems Need Correcting - 10/27/03
  
• When Gold Shines, It's Best Held In Dribs And Drabs - 10/20/03
  
• SPDRs: Sector SPDRs Getting Popular With Investors - 10/13/03
  
• Long-term Savings Ideas - 10/06/03
  
• Leuthold Core Investment: A Flexible Fund With Muscle - 9/29/03
  
• Little Things: Little Expenses Can Make Big Differences - 9/22/03
  
• Polaris Fund: Opportunities Abound Worldwide - 9/15/03
  
• 529 Plans: Getting to the Bottom of 529s - 9/8/03
  
• Delaware Select Growth: Growth Funds Looking Good - 9/1/03
  
• Dalbar Study: Fund Returns Often Depend Upon You - 8/25/03
  
• T. Rowe Price Mid Cap Value: Mid-cap and Value Rolled Into One - 8/18/03
  
• Survey Says: Golfers, Like Investors, Go By The Numbers - 8/11/03
  
• How to Make a Million - 8/4/03
  
• Investing Mistakes - We All Make Them - 7/28/03
  
• Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund: Short-term Treasury Funds also have risks - 7/21/03
  
• Bonds: There's more to understand - 7/14/03
  
• John Hancock Numbers: Stocks are Volatile and That's OK - 7/7/03
  
• Lipper Leaders - 6/30/03
  
• A Bond Fund Alternative - 6/23/03
  
• Phoenix-Duff & Phelps Real Estate Securities Fund: Real estate can be rewarding provided know where to look - 6/16/03
  
• Morningstar's New Categories - 6/9/03
  
• Bonds and Other Things: Stocks Tend to Cool off in the Summer - 6/2/03
  
• Forester Discovery Fund: A little fund that could, maybe. - 5/26/03
  
• Returns Down But Not Out - 5/19/03
  
• First Quarter Returns Down But Not Out - 5/5/03
  
• Royce Special Equity Fund: Micro-cap and Value Together in One Fund - 4/27/03
  
• The market Rallies, but Will it Last? - 4/20/03
  
• In War or in Peace, Diversification Shines - 4/13/03
  
• Break Points Can Save You Money - 4/6/03
  
• John Hancock Strategic Income Fund - 3/31/03
  
• Scudder Balanced Target Maturity Funds - 3/24/03
  
• What's Best: Value or Growth? - 3/17/03
  
• Wall Street and Wars - 3/10/03
  
• What's Best: Value or Growth? - 3/03/03
  
• Half of US Households own Mutual Fund Shares - 2/24/03
  
• Financial Services: Where the money is - 2/17/03
  
• Investing during War Time: Vietnam and Today - 2/10/03
  
• Survey Says: Investors Optimistic About '03 - 2/03/03
  
• Bridgeway Ultra-Small Tax Advantage fund - 1/27/03
  
• Planning for the New Year - 1/20/03
  
• Investing During Wartime: (Part I of An Occasional Series) - 1/13/03
  
• Investing Advice from Santa - 1/06/03
  
• UGMA/UTMA: Grandma, Here's a Great Gift Idea for the Kids - 12/30/02
  
• More Plain Talk from Vanguard - 12/23/02
  
• Growth & Value Stocks - 12/16/02
  
• Yacktman Focused fund: Value investing paying off for this focused fund - 12/9/02
  
• Maybe the Worm is Beginning to Turn - 12/2/02
  
• Rip Van Winkle's investment story - 11/25/02
  
• How one savvy female built a sweet nest egg - 11/18/02
  
• Mutual Funds - 11/11/02
  
• Third quarter of '02 a rough one for stock funds - 11/4/02
  
• Vice Fund - 10/28/02
  
• Hedge funds now come in registered form - 10/20/02
  
• Looking back at the market's future - 10/13/02
  
• Reading annual and semi-annual reports - 10/6/02
  
• Don't be afraid to open those monthly statements - 9/29/02
  
• Real estate funds still holding their own - 9/22/02
  
• Investing for the long-term - 9/15/02
  
• Something new: bond ETFs - 9/9/02
  
• When the worm turns - 9/2/02
  
• Need diversification? How about an emerging markets fund - 8/26/02
  
• Out-of-favor companies can pay off - 8/19/02
  
• Bear Claws - 8/12/02
  
• Dark quarter for equity funds - 8/05/02
  
• Johnson Intl. Value: Going international the quant and value way - 7/28/02
  
• Even though the market's down, it will turn around - 7/21/02
  
• Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund - 7/14/02
  
• Morningstar's style boxes updated - 7/8/02
  
• Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund - 6/30/02
  
• Hedge Funds, they're hot and garnering interest - 6/23/02
  
• John Hancock Technology Fund - 6/17/02
  
• A quiz, retirement info and a video - 6/10/02
  
• Who says growth funds can't pay off? - 6/3/02
  
• Closed-end Funds - 5/27/02
  
• ETFs: Exchange traded funds gaining attention - 5/20/02
  
• Guarantees may be good but so can the markets - 5/13/02
  
• Not much particularly rosy in first quarter returns - 5/6/02
  
• State Street Research Aurora - 4/29/02
  
• Oakmark Equity & Income - 4/22/02
  
• Post 9/11 stocks make sweet strides upwards - 4/15/02
  
• Investec Asia Focus Fund - 4/08/02
  
• Past Performance - 4/201/02
  
• Taxes/Eaton Vance Study - 3/25/02
  
• Oppenhemier Developing Markets Fund - 3/18/02
  
• Salomon Brothers Capital Fund - 3/11/02
  
• Federated Market Opportunity Fund - 3/4/02
  
• Pioneer's Uni-K - 2/24/02
  
• Perritt Micro Cap - 2/17/02
  
• Catch-up: Over-50s Can Still Save a Bundle - 2/10/02
  
• First Eagle So Gen - 2/3/02
  
• The New Year:New Year's bring New Markets - 1/27/02
  
• S & P Funds: Hold'em or Fold'em - 1/20/02
  
• Next Year's Outlook - 1/13/02
  
• A year-end checklist for savvy investors - 1/06/02
  
• Mutual Funds: Beware of Fund Rumors - 12/30/01
  
• Treasury Bonds - 12/23/01
  
• Thornburg's Limited Maturity Muni Fund Delivers - 12/16/01
  
• Bond Funds: A Good Buy Today or Yesterday? - 12/9/01
  
• Rockhaven Premier Dividend Fund - 12/2/01
  
• Exchange Traded Funds: A Combo of Funds And Stocks - 11/26/01
  
• Stein Roe's Young Investors 6th annual essay contest - 11/18/01
  
• Mutual Funds: Socially Responsible Funds - 11/11/01
  
• Q & A - 11/4/01
  
• Quarter Returns - 10/28/01
  
• Gold and more - 10/21/01
  
• Listening to your guts today can pay off tomorrow - 10/7/01
  
• Good Reads - 9/30/01
  
• JP Morgan Mid Cap Value - 9/23/01
  
• Attach Strikes Heart of Fund Family - 9/16/01
  
• John Hancock Real Estate Fund - 9/9/01
  
• It's always smart to save and invest - 9/2/01
  
• Ideas on where to invest - 8/26/01
  
• Phoenix-Seneca Bond Fund - 8/20/01
  
• Bridgeway Ultra-small Co. Tax Advantage Fund - 8/12/01
  
• Granum Value - 8/5/01
  
• 1st Half Results - 7/29/01
  
• Wired Index - 7/22/01
  
• OppenheimerFunds Quest Balanced Value - 7/15/01
  
• Wired Index - 7/8/01
  
• The Janus 2 fund does its homework - 7/1/01
  
• Baron iOpportunity Fund - 6/24/01
  
• The FBR Fund - 6/17/01
  
• Calvert Social Investment Fund & Calvert Income Fund - 6/10/01
  
• A couple of things - 6/3/01
  
• Fidelity/Retirement: Getting your money out of an IRA just got easier - 5/27/01
  
• Mosaic - 5/20/01
  
• Rydex Funds - 5/13/01
  
• American Century Global Gold Fund - 5/6/01
  
• "A" Quarterly Review - 4/29/01
  
• Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund - 4/23/01
  
• The Rolling Beauty of the Market - 4/15/01
  
• Buffalo USA Global Fund - 4/8/01
  
• Hancock's Focused Value Fund - 3/25/01
  
• Needham Growth Fund - 3/18/01
  
• 3 Q & A's - 3/11/01
  
• Franklin Convertible Securities Fund - 3/4/01
  
• Alpha Analytics - 2/25/01
  
• TIAA-CREFF - 2/18/01
  
• Asset Management Stocks - 2/11/01
  
• Tech fund Q & A - 2/4/01
  
• New Year's Resolutions - 1/28/01
  
• Year-end Comments - 1/21/01
  
• MRDs - 1/14/01
  
• Hedge Funds - 1/7/01
  
• Lord Abbett Mid-Cap Value - 12/31/00
  
• Century Small Cap Select Fund - 12/24/00
  
• Great Stocking Stuffers - 12/18/00
  
• Montgomery - 12/10/00
  
• State Street Research Mid-Cap Growth Fund - 12/3/00
  
• Dresdner RCM Biotechnology - 11/27/00
  
• Mutual Funds - 11/20/00
  
• Babson's Enterprise Funds - 11/12/00
  
• Q & A Additions - 11/5/00
  
• Quarterly Roundup - 10/30/00
  
• MFS Equity Income Fund - 10/23/00
  
• College Education Q & A - 10/16/00
  
• TCW Galileo Large Cap Growth Fund - 10/8/00
  
• Excellent Free Stuff from Two Mutual Fund Families - 10/1/00
  
• Firsthand Technology Value Fund - 9/24/00
  
• Exchange Traded Funds - 9/18/00
  
• Waddell & Reed's Advisor Vanguard Fund - 9/11/00
  
• Mosaic Investors Fund - 9/3/00
  
• PIMCO Real Return Bond Fund - 8/27/00
  
• Assortment/Investment Styles - 8/20/00
  
• The Ivy International Fund - 8/13/00
  
• Second Qtr. Roundup - 8/4/00
  
• IPS's Millennium Fund - 7/30/00
  
• A Pioneering Fund - 7/23/00
  
• Transamerica's Premier Funds - 7/16/00
  
• Strong's Small Cap Value Fund - 7/9/00
  
• Great Free Information - 7/2/00
  
• StockJungle.com - 6/25/00
  
• The Grand Prix - 6/19/00
  
• Market Advice - 6/12/00
  
• Money Market Q & As - 6/4/00
  
• After Tax - 5/28/00
  
• Q & A with Marty Whitman, CEO of the Third Avenue Funds - 5/22/00
  
• Bits & Pieces - 5/15/00
  
• Asset Allocation - 5/8/00
  
• Bits and Pieces from February and March - 5/1/00
  
• Wireless World Fund - 4/16/00
  
• Using Bond Funds - 4/9/00
  
• Health/Biotech - 4/2/00
  
• REITs - 3/26/00
  
• Tax stuff - 3/19/00
  
• Fund Profile: Franklin Global Communications Fund - 3/12/00
  
• Online Stuff - 3/5/00
  
• B2B Funds - 2/27/00
  
• Profit Value - 2/21/00
  
• What To Do With Last Year's Hot Funds - 2/14/00
  
• New Year Outlook - 2/7/00
  
• Year-end Equity Returns Based on Mid-December 1999 Numbers - 1/31/00
  
• Fund Family Giving - 1/23/00
  
• Assortment - 1/16/00
  
• Stretch IRAs - 1/10/00
  
• Traditional Value - 1/3/00
  
• Index Funds and Active Managers - 12/26/99
  
• High-yield Bond Funds - 12/19/99
  
• Multi-managed Outside the Fund Family - 12/12/99
  
• Mutual Fund Q & A - 12/5/99
  
• Taxes - 11/28/99
  
• Investing Online - 11/21/99
  
• Third Quarter Comments - 11/14/99
  
• Stock Exchanges are Expanding Their Hours - 11/7/99
  
• Where to Find Income in a Pricey Market - 10/31/99
  
• INVESCO'S Growth & Income Fund - 10/17/99
  
• A Couple of Things... - 10/10/99
  
• Different Values - 10/3/99
  
• What's in a Name... - 9/26/99
  
• Golf Fund - 9/19/99
  
• Fund Families Help Fend Off Bad Heir Days - 9/12/99
  
• China Region - 9/5/99
  
• Emerging Growth and Fund Tidbits - 8/29/99
  
• 2 New Index Funds - 8/22/99
  
• Money Market Funds - 8/15/99
  
• Strong Enterprise Fund - 8/8/99
  
• The Second Half - 8/1/99
  
• Don't forget about Investing for College over the Summer - 7/25/99
  
• Worried about Outliving your Money? - 7/18/99
  
• Bob Markman, President of Markman Mutifunds - 7/11/99
  
• Investment Literature available in Languages other than English - 7/4/99
  
• How High can those Internet Funds Fly? - 6/27/99
  
• What do Today's Nurses have to concern Themselves with that Florence Nightengale didn't? Saving for Retirement. - 6/20/99
  
• Japan. Investing there has been Hot, Cold and Now..... - 6/13/99
  
• Got Salsa Fever? Closed-end Funds Invest Everywhere - 6/6/99
  
• World Equity Funds are Heating up Again - 5/30/99
  
• Having Faith Takes on a New Meaning in Religious Funds - 5/23/99
  
• One of these Days Funds Investing in Small-Cap Companies are Going to Sizzle Again - 5/16/99
  
• If You're Not Participating in this Bull Market You're Not Alone - 5/09/99
  
• 2 Mutual Funds at 75 Years Old - 5/02/99
  
• Mark Greenberg - 4/25/99
  
• Index Funds - 4/18/99
  
• Quantitative Funds - 4/11/99
  
• Some Q And As - 4/4/99
  
• How's Your Fund Performing? - 3/29/99
  
• Tips On Reading Morningstar's Pages - 3/21/99
  
• Taxing Tips - 3/14/99