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Market downturn forces online investors, brokerages to adapt
Recent years have seen stock trading, banking, credit card applications, insurance and loan shopping gain major footholds with Internet users. But online investing, which roared into the new century as a killer application for the Internet, lately has slumped like a dog on the Dow.
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Chips and dips: SOX crunch
Hope for a recovery in the nation's technology stocks has disappeared. That's what SOX - the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index - is telling the stock market.
By Bob Fernandez / Inquirer Staff Writer
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Low rates tempt, but don't lose your head
Jeff Brown | Yesterday, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America reported the 30-year rate had fallen to an average of 5.99 percent from 6.16 percent a week earlier. This is a four-decade low. The 15-year fixed-rate loan fell to 5.4 percent, a record.
By Jeff Brown / Inquirer Columnist
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Selecting tax-friendly investments
Q. I have a lot of money accumulated in nonretirement accounts that are exposed to taxation. I'm pretty clear on what mix of stocks and bonds I want, but I'm fearful of the tax implications of the various choices. How do I select good investments with an eye toward income-tax liabilities?
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Can investor go after broker?
Q: In March 2000, when I retired after 34 years, my company turned my entire retirement portfolio over to me with about $1 million in value. I transferred this money to two brokerage firms. These accounts are now worth about $700,000.
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Benefit varies for retired brothers
Q: My brother and I are both retired and receive Social Security. We worked side by side for almost all of our lives. We receive identical pensions but our Social Security amounts are not even close. He gets a lot more than me. If we had similar careers and earnings, wouldn't we get about the same amount from Social Security? D.B., Alliance
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