St. Petersburg Times personal finance editor Helen Huntley writes about money topics and answers questions about financial planning, investments and personal income taxes.
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If high gas prices have you thinking about donating that gas guzzler, don't count on a getting a great tax break. Your deduction is based on what the charity sees when it sells the car, often at auction, unless the transaction qualifies under a couple...
Q: I invested in several FDIC-insured CDs through my broker at Fidelity and recently had one at First Heritage Bank of California "go south" in these economic times. According to Fidelity, accounts were transferred to the Bank of Omaha.
Stocks have gone up, down and sideways, which in the end got investors exactly nowhere. We're on track for the worst decade for stocks since the Great Depression.
If you don't have an estate plan, there's no time like the present to get your affairs in order. That's the subject of this week's column. Here are the essential elements of every estate plan.
