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Managing Your Money for the Year Ahead
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Senior Features Editor
On Wall Street, the January Effect refers to the tendency of stocks to rise in the first month of the year as new money enters the market.
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On Main Street, it might as well be the tendency of people to use the new year as an opportiunity to make resolutions that rarely survive the month.
We're not, however, talking about losing weight or exercising; we're interested in the financial decisions that will pay off throughout the year — saving, preserving allocating and investing money.
Such an exercise can be as basic as getting organized or as complicated as finding the right sectors in which to invest.
Our special report, "Your Money Resolutions," is all about taking care of your money: getting organized, improving your balance sheet, maximizing retirement income, assessing risk and identifying the right equity sectors.
Plus, you'll learn what our market prognosticators expect from various markets in 2012.
- The economy is relatively resilient but there are some decisions that could hurt, says this analyst.
- To escape taxes or political uncertainty, millionaires and billionaires are migrating like never before.
- Some places are kinder than others when it comes to selling homes, as these cities seem to be.
- Here are the 15 publicly traded stocks, by value, that are the biggest holdings of Berkshire Hathaway.
- Some restaurants are taking kid favorites like peanut butter and jelly and turning them into adult fare.
- What we have here are the 10 richest counties in America, according to the average income.
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