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

• Well, so much for the boom in REITs
• A checking account for your child: some banks are more willing than others to set one up
  by Janet Bodnar
• International stocks
• Portfolio: stocks under suspicion
• Now what happens?
  by Manuel Schiffres
• In defense of bond funds: why these investments remain easy to love, even as interest rates settle lower and lower
  by Steven T. Goldberg
• Dell defines a weak computer market: business keeps growing, but that's not always good enough for the stock
  by Ken Sheets
• Winners every year: these 12 funds consistently outrun the rest
  by Kimberly Lankford
• Taxable bonds
• A $300 billion lost and found: Steve Forbes can afford to turn his back on found money, but can you?
  by Stephanie Gallagher
• The Oakmark mystique
  by Robert Frick
• Tax-free bonds
• Sit down to savory savings: for soup-to-souffle bargains, try a discount dining plan
  by Jessica Wu
• 'Give me your money.'
  by Steven T. Goldberg
• Single-state munis
• It's risky to invest too cautiously: and too many women are too timid when it comes to saving for retirement
  by Mary Beth Franklin
• And the winners are…
• A bargain hunter's tour of Asia: the region's financial bust is a boon for U.S. travelers and shoppers
  by Lynn Woods
• Did you earn too much in 1997?
  by Stacy Stower
• The winning edge
  by Marc L. Schulhof
• This writer takes a stab at success: Frank Baldwin scores with first novel about game of darts
  by Elizabeth Razzi
• New deals in old-fashioned docs
  by Jane Bennett Clark
• Finding your way around the tables
• Can you save by borrowing online? It's easy to find a good mortgage rate, but not necessarily the lowest
  by Elizabeth Razzi
• U.S. stocks
• Check your home insurance: replacement-cost guarantees are quickly disappearing
  by Melissa Mikesell
• Submerging markets: payoffs from emerging markets have been a long time coming. Maybe it's time for even the most patient investor to bail out
  by Robert Frick