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INSIDE MONEY: INFLATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
For Immediate Release
Highlights of the July 2008 Issue of MONEY
[Full stories also available online at www.CNNMoney.com]
ON THE COVER
INFLATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
Oil prices are soaring. Eggs cost 30% more than a year ago. Medical and college bills keep rising. This is for real — and you need a strategy. MONEY's Amanda Gengler, Janice Revell, and Penelope Wang provide you with the approach you need to survive the high cost of living. Package features include: Three Big Questions, Four Ways to Protect Your Assets, and Eighteen Ways to Beat the Rising Cost of Living.
FEATURES
LIFE WITHOUT PLASTIC
MONEY's Donna Rosato reports on the surprising benefits of giving up your credit cards — even if you never carry a balance. Studies find that paying with a card turns you into a different shopper, one who is less price sensitive and more extravagant. Forgo credit cards and you'll run up a smaller tab when you shop, plan and simple. Once you consider all the upsides to quitting your card, what sounds like a radical proposal becomes, well, a remarkably obvious thing to do.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (AND HAD BETTER FIND OUT) ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE'S MONEY
A growing body of research shows that married couples are astonishingly clueless about many aspects of their financial life together. But you can't come to smart decisions — or even joint decisions — if you don't know what assets and liabilities you're working with and what your partner's goals and priorities are. Fortunately, the solution is simple: Mostly, what you have to do is talk to each other. MONEY's Marlys Harris lays out the big questions you need to tackle and how to approach them.
BEAT THE CRUNCH IN COLLEGE LOANS
For families with children heading off to college, this has been the year from hell. Lenders have been leaving the student-loan market in droves, threatening to cut off funds for the coming academic year. But don't worry. MONEY's Carla Fried explains how you can still get the money your child needs, on terms your family can afford to pay.
IF YOU KNEW SUZE...
To spend time in public with Suze Orman is to see how famished Americans are for financial advice they trust — and how much they trust Suze. When MONEY managing editor Eric Schurenberg interviewed her, Women and Money, her ninth personal finance book, had just hit No. 1 on the New York Times business bestseller list, and Time magazine had just named Orman one of the world's 100 most influential people. MONEY delivers the excerpts from her sit-down with Schurenberg.
IN SEARCH OF A SIMPLER LIFE
Tired of urban living, Kathy and Josh Gunn ditched their corporate life and six-figure income to work on the family farm. They love their new life, but did it simplify their finances? MONEY's Donna Rosato explains why a simple life doesn't mean simple finances.
DEPARTMENTS
START: Three Things To Know About... Buying a foreclosed home. PLAN: Do It Now Offset rising gas prices with cheaper car insurance. Right On Your Money A life of monthly pension checks usually beats taking a lump sum. The Long View Ignore talk about the "number." There's a better way to plan for retirement. INVEST: One World, One Fund Buying "global" funds may be the best way to invest in U.S. and foreign stocks. Money Makeover Real estate was very good to this investor. But what now? SPEND: Home Security 2.0 New monitoring systems let you keep an eye on your place while your away.
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