The Best of 2006 from Kiplinger

In the October issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, they have a list of The Best of 2006, which covers stocks, mutual funds, tools, services, insurance, travel, and shopping. I may not agree with some of their choices, but it’s always good to know that there are other good resources out there in addition to what I already know.

So here’s the list of The Best of

• US Stock Fund: Dodge & Cox Stock
• Money-Market Fund: Transamerica Premier Cash Reserve
• Donor-Advised Fund: Fidelity Charitable Fund
• Fund Revival: Bruce Fund
• 529 College-Saving Plan: College Savings Iowa
• Stock to Put Away and Forget: Johnson & Johnson
• Socially Screened Fund: Winslow Green Growth
• Investing Strategy: Dollar-Cost Averaging
• Low-Minimum Fund: Excelsior Value & Restructuring
• Exchange-Traded Fund: iShare Dow Jones Select Dividend Index
• International Stock Fund: Dodge & Cox International
• Overall Online Investing Site: Yahoo Finance
• Online Broker: OptionXpress
• Forum to Chat with Other Investors: ClearStation.com
• Free Stock Screener: Yahoo Finance
• Bond Investing Site: Investinginbonds.com
• Investing Movie: Other People’s Money
• Fund Newsletters: Noload Fund*X, No-load Fund Analyst
• Stock-picking Newsleter: The Turnaround Letter
• Place to Rub Elbows with Bigwigs: Morningstar Investment Conference
• Investing TV Show: Nightly Business Report
• Investing Book of All Time: The Intelligent Investor
• Contemporary Investing Book: Common Sense on Mutual Funds
• Cost-of-Living Calculator: Moving.com
• Way to Boost Your Take-Home Pay: Don’t overpay your taxes
• Long-Distance Rates: Skype
• Salary Rating Site: Salary.com
• Prepaid Phone Card: Nobel
• Customer Service: HSBC
• Cell-Plan Site: LetsTalk.com
• Music Services: iTunes/Urge All Access to Go
• Do-It-Yourself Legal Advice: Nolo
• Charity-Rating Site: Charity Navigator
• Volunteer Database: VolunteerMatch
• Casoline Credit Card: BP Visa
• Cash-Rebate Card: American Express Blue Cash
• Card for Travel Abroad: Capital One, Platinum MasterCard
• Low-Rate Card Issuers: Capital One, Simmons First, Pulaski Bank
• Card for Business Expenses: Advanta Platinum
• Airline Rewards Card: Citi PremierPass Elite
• Checking Account: EverBank
• Place to Report ID Theft: Federal Trade Commission
• Online Savings Account: HSBCDirect
• Way to Avoid ID Theft: Fellows P-57Cs Shredder
• Sites for Life-Insurance Quotes: Insure.com, AccuQuote.com
• Site for Auto-Insurance Quotes: InsWeb
• Site for Homeowner-Insurance Help: AccuCoverage.com
• Site for Health-Insurance Quotes: eHealthInsurance.com
• Site for Medical Quotes: Medicare.gov
• Long-Term Care Insurance: Genworth, John Hancock
• Health Savings Account: HSA Bank
• 401(k) Plan: It could be yours
• All-Around Retirement Account: Roth IRA
• Low-Cost IRA: Scottrade
• Target-Retirement Fund: T. Rowe Price
• Place for IRA Rollovers: T. Rowe Price
• Place to Manage Your Retirement Income: Fidelity
• Retirement Plan if You’re Self-Employed: Solo 401(k)
• Place to Shop for an Annuity: ImmediateAnnuities.com
• College Town for Retirees: Athens, GA
• Tax-Friendly State for Retirees: Delaware
• Foreign Country for Retirees: Mexio
• Cell Phone: Palm Treo
• Digicam: Canon PowerShot
• Big-Screen Buy: Vizio
• Midlife-Crisis Car: Porsche Boxster
• Energy Saving Gizmo: Smart Strip Power Stirp
• E-Books: Audible
• Chef’s Knife: Misono UX10 Gyuto
• Last-Minute Travel Site: Site59
• Airfare Site: Kayak.com
• Luxury Hotel Site: Priceline.com
• Train Experience: The Rocky Mountaineer
• Stemware: Schott Zwiesel Tritan
• Tennis Racquet: Flexpoint Radical
• Dark Chocolate: Felchlin’s Cru Sauvage
• Steak: Lobel’s
• Flowers: Flowerbud.com
• Wrinkle-Free Shirts: Brooks Brothers
• Walking Sneakers: New Balance 843
  
• Crab Cakes: The Crab Place

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