Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine

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Articles in July 1998 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine

• Credit card issuers take aim at convenience users
  by Kristin Davis
• Fund supermarket wars heat up
• Makeover: when car insurance is a killer
• Are too many people going for broke?
  by Stephanie Gallagher
• Makeover: switching to supercheap term life
• The panic of '98: it lasted less than a day, but exposed a fragile stock market
  by Ann Reilly Dowd
• Sweetheart deals from big banks: cultivating a good relationship with your bank has its rewards
  by Stephanie Gallagher
• Makeover: streamlining coverage for savings
• Dispatches from the 'Dragnet' files: investment fraud is a growth industry in go-go markets
  by Manuel Schiffres
• Help for household employers: software or a 'nanny tax' service can ease your tax-filing chore
  by Catherine Siskos
• Surfing for policies: the Internet is a good place to find cheap term life insurance - but not much else
  by Kimberly Lankford
• Portfolio: leaders of the pack - Borders Group; Fiserv; Lincare; United Rentals
• A midyear money-saving checkup: minor adjustments now can put a smile on your face next April 15
  by Marc L. Schulhof
• The new-and-improved Jim Craig: after several years of mediocre investment results, the manager of Janus fund made big changes. Look out, world
  by Fred W. Frailey
• On the road with Ford and GM: investors need to know, have profits peaked?
• Locking in a superlow mortgage rate: if you fit one of these profiles, ditch the 30-year loan for a cheaper variety
  by Joan Goldwasser
• What your wallet says about you
  by Robert Frick
• Expert's pick: Marquette Medical - this device maker's stock could rise more than 40%
  by Nathaniel Kennedy
• The Bonnie and Clyde of credit card fraud
  by Kristin Davis
• Lighten your load
  by Steven T. Goldberg
• Highflying Cendant lands hard: an auditors' report due this summer could clip share price even more
  by Ken Sheets
• If someone steals your identity
• In search of the ideal designer
  by Jane Bennett Clark
• Host Marriott takes a new turn
  by Nathaniel Kennedy
• Every dog has its day: the strategy of buying a package of out-of-favor Dow stocks could shine even brighter in a market downturn
  by Manuel Schiffres
• But can you get it wholesale? A survey of Internet auction sites finds that some aren't such a deal
  by Ed Henry
• Delafield Fund focuses on reducing risk
• The right insurance at the right price
  by Kimberly Lankford
• Dr. Glass does windows: how Philip Bregstone washes his way to a six-figure income - part-time
  by Marc L. Schulhof