Life Savings Rights of the billed When stocks head south, investors are entitled to straight communication and strong decisions from advisers. • Be careful using stop-loss orders • Move over, mutual funds Rest easy with your 401(k) How do the pros pick mutual funds for retirement plans? Here are some of their expert gauges, which you can use as well. Personal Adviser Make a financial windfall last If you're in the money, be careful or you could lose it quickly. • Take a hard look at your adviser • Ignore the market's tantrums • Recession-proof your portfolio with bonds Portfolio protection Are we there yet? Watch for these signs of a market recovery in the making. • How to surf Wall Street's big waves • The decade's money-making stock funds Cushion the blows A properly diversified portfolio is more important now than ever. • Stashing cash is no answer • Ten market rules to remember | | Chuck Jaffe Fire your fund manager Goodbyes are tempting after last year's failure, but ask questions before you pull the trigger. • Fund stories that will make headlines in 2009 • Gone and best forgotten • Stupid investment of the Week year in review Fundwatch Merging right Arbitrage Fund breaks even in 2008 with stakes in mergers and acquisition deals. • Better bets with bonds • Opening to closed-end funds • Closed-end funds to consider now The Stockpickers Step by step Wasatch fund manager plays defense with stocks, cash. • Bargains in beaten-down shares • Solid footing, solid stocks • Mutual-fund Manager of the Year • How we chose the top manager A basket for your nest egg You can rest easier and achieve financial goals without loading up on stocks, writes Jonathan Burton. • Are stocks cheap? It's all about the earnings • Avoiding hazards to your wealth The high price of panic Spooked investors may be tempted to sell into periodic rallies at this point, in an effort to at least recoup some losses. But that hopeful strategy is full of flaws. • Keep investments cheap and simple Flight, not fight Investors are unloading stocks for the safety of cash and bonds. Many won't return for a long time. Mutual Understanding Doing well by doing good Socially responsible investing reaps rewards in an uncharitable market environment. Adding insult to injury Fund investors not only face stock losses this year, they're also likely to be hit with a big capital gains tax bill. Paul B. Farrell Happy lazy new year Lazy Portfolios predict upbeat 2009 for stocks. • Introducing the Lazy Portfolio Center • Visit the Lazy Portfolio Center • Behind the 'Lazy Portfolios' John Prestbo No quick fix Don't expect a rapid recovery once the bear market ends. • Introducing The Global Dow • Ten stocks for the road Special focus: TAMING THE BEAR Bogle: Bear-market survival tips Jack Bogle, the outspoken founder of Vanguard, tells how to weather the market storm. • Hugh Johnson: Play defense • BlackRock's Doll: Bear is 'terminal' Picking over the pieces For bargain-hunting, deep-value mutual funds, the market's meltdown has been a time to feed, reports Jonathan Burton. • Investing in a post-bailout world • Making money with munis Buyer of last resort This bear market offers bargains -- if you know the traps. Worst is yet to come Strategist has dire outlook for U.S. stocks, credit markets and the independence of some major financial companies • Duck and cover • Four Horsemen of the market
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