Kiplinger’s Best List
By Sun on Oct 11, 2007 in Articles
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The November issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine published their annual Best List which covered a range of products, from investments, to financial service, to travel and leisure. I don’t necessarily agree with their selections of best stocks, best mutual funds, or best credit cards, but it does give me some new information that I don’t know. For example, the magazine mentioned Muriel Siebert as the best place to invest in mutual funds. I never heard this firm before and don’t know exactly what they are offering. But it may be worth a look to see why it is recommended.
Anyway, following is the complete list of the best from the magazine. I added the links for your convenience. You may as well find something new
Best stocks and mutual funds
- Domestic stock fund open to new investors: Fairholme (FAIRX)
- Stock to put away and forget: Medtronic (MDT)
- Natural resources fund: T. Rowe Price New Era (PRNEX)
- Foreign stock fund: Dodge & Cox International Fund (DODFX)
- Index fund: Vanaguard Mid-Cap Index Fund (VIMSX)
- Low minimum fund: Excelsior Value & Restructuring Fund (UMBIX)
- Green stock (traditional): Sunpower (SPWR)
- Green stock (nontraditional): General Electric (GE)
- Online broker for fund investors: Muriel Siebert
- Funky exchange-traded fun: Rydex S&P Equal Weight (RSP)
Best financial services
- Checking account: ING Electric Orange
- College-savings fund: State 529 plans
- Student loans: Federal Stafford Loans
- ID-theft prevention: Direct Marketing Association (remove from mailing list) and OptoutPrescreen.com (remove from preapproved credit card offers)
- Health savings account for investors: Health Savings Administrators and HSA Resources Bank
- Green idea: Compact fluorescent lights
Best retirement tools
- All-around retirement account: Roth IRA
- 401(k) option: Roth 401(k)
- Target-date retirement funds: T. Rowe Price
- Online retirement planning: Fidelity Retirement Quick Check
- IRA for kids: Scottrade
- IRA for new investors: Fidelity
- Rollover IRA: T. Rowe Price
- Long-term care insurance: John Hancook, Metlife
- Haven for empty-nesters: Seattle
- Inspirational retirement guide: Encore: Finding Work That Matters In The Second Half of Life, by Marc Freedman
Best travel and consumer deals
- Airline: Jetblue
- Low-cost travel destination: Argentina
- Cars: Nissan Altima, Hyundai Veracruz, and Toyota Prius
- Turkey-day treat: Greenberg Smoked Turkey
- Video game console: Nintendo Wii
Best web sites for investing
- Most informative: SeekingAlpha.com
- Bonds: Pimco.com
- Portfolio tracker: QuoteStream.com
Best web sites for financial services:
- Tax calculator: Kiplinger.com/money/taxes
- Credit card report: AnnualCreditReport.com
- Credit score: myFICO.com
- Personal finance blog: PFBlog.com
- Free budgeting: Wesabe.com
- Student loans: SimpleTuition.com
Best web sites for insurance:
- Life insurance: Insure.com, AccuQuote.com
- Auto insurance: InsWeb.com
- Homeowners insurance: AccuCoverage.com
- Health insurance: eHealthInsurance.com
- Medicare: Medicare.gov
- Customer service: Naic.org/cis
Best web sites for consumer services:
- Consumer blog: Consumerist.com
- Phone service: OneSuite.com
- Online coupon site: RetailMeNot.com
- Charity watchdog: CharityNavigator.com
- Drug information: CRBestBuyDrugs.org
- Customer service: GetHuman.com
- Guide for entrepreneurs: BizStarters.com
Best credit cards:
- Cash rebate card: American Express Blue Cash
- Airline miles card: Citi Premier Pass Elite
- Low rate card: Simmons First National Bank
- Travel card: Capital One Platinum Plus MasterCard
- Gasoline card: BP Rewards Visa
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Lazy Man | Oct 11, 2007 | Reply
This is very helpful. I still can’t believe their favorite PF Blog. I think they just looked at the total number of feed readers and decided that it must be the best. I don’t know anyone who reads them any more.
MoneyNing | Oct 11, 2007 | Reply
Yeah I agree with Lazy on the PF Blog. They should put mine on there!
I bet anyone who gets that kind of publicity will instantly add 20k readers.
Moneymonk | Oct 11, 2007 | Reply
Seems like my PRNEX made the list
Thanks for the great resources Sun, and also for adding the links
Sun | Oct 11, 2007 | Reply
TRP got multiple mentions while Vanguard had only one. I don’t know if it means Vanguard is losing its luster, but apparently indexing is not everything
CreditCardMaven | Oct 12, 2007 | Reply
I have to agree with those credit card listed, my research gives me very similar results