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Why a 'Balanced' Portfolio May Not Work
Arends: That 60/40 portfolio of stocks and bonds your adviser is pushing might not work.




Cut Travel Costs with Free Gas
Deal of the Day: Hotels can help fund – and fuel -- a summer roadtrip.




What End of Bush Tax Cuts Would Mean for You
Bischoff: Unless Congress takes action, it's not just the "rich" who will see higher tax bills.




Grad School: Higher Degrees of Debt
As Congress searches for ways to alleviate the loan burden for undergrads, graduate students are sinking deeper into debt.




Unlimited Data Options Grow Limited
Real-Time Advice: Verizon is the latest carrier to force consumers out of unlimited data plans and into tiered billing.




What's Keeping the Euro From Sinking
Casey: To the chagrin of many currency traders, the euro refuses to sink. What's behind its stickiness?




Banks: Back to Risky Business?
Real-Time Advice: J.P. Morgan's $2 billion loss suggests risky derivatives trading didn't end with the financial crisis.




Avoid Retirement Health-Care Mistakes
Coombes: The typical health-care tab will run $240,000, but could run much higher.




How Smaller Investors Can Play Facebook
With pre-IPO shares going mostly to Wall Street's top clients, advisers are seeking alternative ways to be part of the action.




Who Should Regulate Investment Advisers?
Zweig: Investment advisers are being examined infrequently, inconsistently and incompletely. It's time to put computers on the case.




The Case for Extreme Couponing
Deal of the Day: Shoppers looking to cut their grocery bills may need to expend more effort to get deals.



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