The Bush tax cuts are likely to expire after the holidays. Both large and small investors will feel the pain.

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Mutual fund investors who converted to a Roth IRA last year but now regret it have until Oct. 15 to reverse the move and get back any taxes they paid under a little known IRS rule.

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Mutual fund investors continued heavy buying in bond funds in July while stock funds again posted net outflows.

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These gold mutual funds that can put sparkle in your portfolio if gold continues to shine.

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Remember, though tax day is in April your investments are considered on a calendar year basis so that means you only have until the end of December to get your portfolio in order and make the best investment decisions to reduce your tax load.

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With the United States and other developed countries teetering on the brink of a double-dip recession, one place IRA investors and others can find growth is in emerging markets mutual funds.

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Investors will pay any price these days, it seems, for investments they expect to hold up in dire economic times. There is no yield too low for Treasuries and money market funds, no price too high for gold. Bear market strategies abound. But health care stocks? Who needs ’em!

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With savvy investors already declaring a bubble in the bond market, what does the recent return of the 100-year bond mean?

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They don’t come any bigger than Vanguard mutual funds. With $1.3 trillion in assets and more than 100 mutual funds, Vanguard offers a lot of top 401k fund options to investors looking for a one-stop shop. Its rock-bottom expenses make it the low-cost fund family – and lower expenses boost returns for your 401k.

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Stop the presses – a Fidelity fund with just $117.7 million in assets rated four stars out of five by Morningstar. A fund that has beaten the S&P 500 and its Morningstar Large Growth category over the past three and five year periods won’t fly under investors’ radar for long.

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T. Rowe Price is one of the largest and most respected “no load” mutual fund firms in the country. It was recently rated the top mutual fund family by Morningstar – with nearly 100 funds to choose from.

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Mutual fund returns have hardly been stable as the stock market has become increasingly jittery over the last year or two. Particularly, mutual fund investment over the last year’s general exuberance has given way to economic worries and other news-driven fears – meaning mutual fund performance has likely suffered for many in the short-term.

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It pays to find mutual funds that are still outperforming.

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If you are changing jobs for any reason, but especially if you have been laid off, you are faced with a financial decision no less important than your career choices. Keeping on top of your retirement funds may seem like a fighting a losing battle with all the information out there about Roth IRA conversion, individual retirement accounts and other 401k investing issues. But the choices you make now will have effects that matter deeply down the road.

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