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Snake Massage? 10 Bizarre Spa Treatments
From "20 hands" rub-downs in Hawaii to snake massages in Israel, we reveal 10 highly unusual offerings.
Refinancing Craze Spreads to Car Loans
Fewer Incentives for Fuel-Efficient Cars
Your Share of Fannie, Freddie Losses: $1,300
5 Retail Price-Tag Tricks
How to Deduct Your Commuting Costs

Total Return

Has There Ever Been a Better Time to Be an Investor?
The era we invest in today is as good as any ever has been. To see why, contrast it with the Wall Street of the 1970s.
BlackRock's CEO: Buy Stocks Now!
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Hard Times for Social Security Lovers
Continued inaction on the part of both parties endangers the solvency of Social Security, Munnell writes.
Anxiety Ratchets Up Retirement Planning
When Should Seniors Lose Driving Privileges?
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Pay Dirt

Ikea's YouTube Comedy of Errors
Designed to help customers screw together wardrobes and beds, the furniture giant's instructional got some unwanted attention.
Daily Deal's Cheap Movers (Truck Not Included)
Will American Consumers Regain Their Mojo?
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The Wealth Report

How to Tax the Rich: A Lesson From Ancient Greece
Ancient Athens offers lessons in how to tax the rich.
“Struggling” on $350,000 a Year
Romney's Top 10 Wealth Gaffes
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Is New BofA Plan Worse than $5 Debit Fee?
Real-Time Advice: Experts say Bank of America's new fees may be even less desirable than the ill-fated $5 debit card charge proposed last year.

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At 3000, the Nasdaq Is No Bargain
Real-Time Advice: Hough: After shooting higher this year, the tech-heavy index no longer looks cheap.
Real-Time Advice
Labor Unions Clobber Stocks
Real-Time Advice: As Mitt Romney stirs conservatives with anti-union talk in Michigan, new research suggests investors from both parties should keep union exposure low.
ROI
Main Street's $100 Billion Stock-Market Blunder
Arends: The market may be back to pre-crisis levels, but many regular investors have missed out.
Sunday Journal
When Investing, Think Outside the Box
Barron's Insight
You Can Bank on a CIT Turnaround
The Intelligent Investor
Is 'Derisking' Even Riskier?
Upside
Apple at $500: Double Down or Walk Away?

Retirement
Retirement
Retire Here, Not There: Iowa
In a state known mainly for its farms, four places for cultivating a fulfilling retirement.
Tip of the Week
Find Benefits for Seniors
The BenefitsCheckUp tool helps seniors figure out which of 2,000 federal, state and private benefit programs they're eligible for to help pay for health care, food, utilities and other expenses.
Next
To Be Working and Happily Retired
Juggling retirement and work, especially if it's an extension of a fulfilling career, can be easily managed—and even rewarding—by keeping a few basic ideas in mind.
Conquering Retirement
A Pension-Plan Health Checkup

Taxes
Business
In Lieu of Toasters, Bank Customers Burned
After banks lured new customers with awards such as department-store gift cards and frequent-flier miles, the customers are getting a most unwelcome bonus: a visit from the tax man.
- Deal Journal: Best Free Gifts
Tax Tips
The Tax Benefits of Refinancing
Bischoff: If you refinanced your mortgage in 2011, make sure you get all your rightful tax breaks.
The Tax Guy
Your Tax-Cheating Spouse May Cost You
Bischoff: What to do when you suspect a spouse or ex of tax misdeeds.
Tax Report
More Uncertainty for 2013

Family Finance

Too Rich, Too Soon
Many people fantasize about getting a life-changing windfall. But too few know how to make sure it lasts. Here's a game plan.
Personal Finance Calculators
Signs Your Pension Plan Is in Trouble

Investing

Trouble in Paradise
Marin County, Calif., should be one of the last places to be suffering deeply from the nation's wave of foreclosures following the financial crisis.
Sell Signal: Surging U.S. Stocks
Investors Gird for Dividend-Tax Rise

Taxes

The Pitfalls of Investing in Your Employer
One dollar in your employer stock for every two dollars spread across all the other companies out there? It makes no sense.
Tax Prep for the Novice
Can I Deduct Losses on Investment Property?

Retirement Planning

The Private Pension Plan
If you're self-employed and in the top echelon of earners, there's a big potential retirement-plan tax break available to you—and you don't even have to be Mitt Romney to get it.
The Disappearing IRA Charitable Donation
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Are You a Default Risk?
Family value
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New Resources for Caregivers

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More Uncertainty for 2013
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Is 'Derisking' Even Riskier?

Real Estate

Crime (Writing) Pays: Authors' Desert Retreat
Best-selling novelists Jonathan and Faye Kellerman write at their four-building compound outside Santa Fe, N.M.
A French Chateau in Texas
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Autos

Showdown on the Texas Highways
A growing number of Texans are bucking up to buckle up behind the wheel of some of the smallest cars around, such as the Mini Cooper and Fiat 500.
Flying-Car To Debut At New York Auto Show
A Mercedes Roadster With a Righteous Roar

Fitness & Health

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FDA Warns on Statin Drugs
The FDA warned that patients taking cholesterol-fighting statins face a small increase in the risk of higher blood-sugar levels and of being diagnosed with diabetes.
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Schools Navigate State Birth-Control Patchwork
Debate Over Sick Leave Intensifies

Careers

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At Small B-Schools, Struggling to Lure Recruiters
Small academic programs tout a superior faculty-student ratio and personalized recommendations for student job-seekers, but they are often omitted from a busy recruiter's circuit.
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Saving Grace for U.S. Jobs
Does Paternity Leave Hurt Women?

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Weekend Investor

Too Rich, Too Soon
Many people fantasize about getting a life-changing windfall. But too few know how to make sure it lasts. Here's a game plan.
Are You a Default Risk?
If you are underwater on your home, your lender may be keeping a wary eye on you.
Mortgage Fees Are Creeping Up
Consumers should pay attention to increases in mortgage fees because they could very well be a sign of what's to come: increasingly higher costs to get a government-backed mortgage.
Hot Item: Pre-IPO Facebook Shares
Investors are scrambling to try to buy private shares of Facebook in hopes of getting in early on the social network's expected IPO.
- Timeline: Facebook's Rise
- Chart: Track Tech IPOs
Living to 100? That Will Be $3.5M
The average centenarian will spend more than he or she may expect in their later years. Here's where it goes.

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Loan Types	Rate	Last Week	Chart
1 yr CD	0.74%		see chart
6 month CD	0.45%		see chart
3 month CD	0.25%		see chart
$10K MMA	0.52%	up ↑	see chart
MMA	0.43%		see chart

Loan Types	Rate	Last Week	Chart
30 yr fixed mtg	3.88%	down ↓	see chart
15 yr fixed mtg	3.15%	down ↓	see chart
5/1 ARM	2.83%	down ↓	see chart
30 yr fixed jumbo mtg	4.67%	down ↓	see chart
30 yr FHA mtg	3.85%	down ↓	see chart

Loan Types	Rate	Last Week	Chart
36 month new car loan	3.68%	down ↓	see chart
48 month new car loan	3.80%	down ↓	see chart
60 month new car loan	3.97%	down ↓	see chart
36 month used car loan	4.46%	down ↓	see chart
48 month used car loan	4.25%	down ↓	see chart

Financial Adviser

Voices: Steven Reents, On Advising Teachers
"An educator will take a significant pay cut the day after they retire if they haven't saved on their own."
The Good Leads
Voices: Mindy Rosenthal, On Coordinating Wealth Advisers
Is There Confidence in the Economy?
The Good Leads
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