Kiplinger’s Personal Finance — September 2017

18 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE^ 09/2017 Social Security benefits can help cover basic expenses, but you may want to hold off cl ...

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20 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE^ 09/2017 AHEAD It was taken over in 2010 by MSCI; funds that track its indexes have at- tracted ...

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22 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE^ 09/2017 AHEAD ISTOCKPHOTO.COM (Investments in boldface are those I recommend. Prices are as of ...

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28 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE^ 09/2017 SIMON BRUTY MONEY count). Money taken out of a 401(k) isn’t growing, which means you’ll ...

09/2017 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE 29 ownership stake in the company and jettisoned the computer store so that she could focus ...

30 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE^ 09/2017 MONEY market’s best days (which account for big chunks of long-term gains). Even if sto ...

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32 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE^ 09/2017 THAYER ALLYSON GOWDY MONEY (FMILX). Emphasizing shares of large, growing companies, it ...

09/2017 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE 33 ISTOCKPHOTO.COM (4) YOU’VE SAVED $63,000 WHAT YOU NEED TO SAVE PER MONTH $1,250 YOU’ ...

34 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE^ 09/2017 MONEY won’t earn much interest, but you’ll give yourself time to assemble a finan- cial ...

09/2017 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE 35 card. I had not. Capital One turned down the applica- tion, she told me in a sooth- ing ...

MONEY 36 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE^ 09/2017 of fraud-fighting, I had hit a wall of weariness. Finally, in late April, I calle ...

09/2017 KIPLINGER’S PERSONAL FINANCE 37 Social Security bump-up. I’ve read that every year you delay taking Social Secu- rity be ...