Kiplinger\'s Personal Finance 03.2020

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CONTENTS

KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE

FOUNDED 1947

VOL. 74 NO. 3

ON THE COVER: Photo-illustration by Richard Borge

AHEAD

9 TOPIC A Some heirs could face a tax squeeze...

Investors prosper by staying the course... A new

way to repay college loans.

16 BRIEFING Health care inflation may be

slowing... Home prices head higher.

INVESTING

18 IS A DEBT BOMB TICKING? Companies have

loaded up on a record amount of debt in recent

years, thanks in part to superlow interest rates.

Investors should exercise caution when choosing

bonds and dividend-paying stocks.

25 MUTUAL FUND WINNERS Investors pushed

U.S. markets to record highs in 2019, and most

foreign markets dazzled, too. We list the top-

performing stock funds in 11 categories over one-,

three-, five- and 10 years.

34 PROFIT FROM TINY TECH STOCKS For

much of the bull market, tech titans have been

on a tear, but “mini FANGs” may be poised to

catch up. Just be prepared for a wild ride.

37 STREET SMART Benjamin Graham’s time-

less advice, by JAMES K. GLASSMAN.

40 INCOME INVESTING Beware the Roaring

Twenties, by JEFFREY R. KOSNETT.

24 MORE ABOUT INVESTING ETF 20

update (24). News of the Kiplinger 25 (41).

COVER STORY

MONEY

42 YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO SAVE ON YOUR

TAX E S Tackling your return soon will give you

enough time to claim all the tax breaks available

to you. PLUS: Know what you’ll owe for 2020.

DREAMY VACATION

D E S T I NAT I O NS AT

BARGAIN RATES.

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