Money

Throughout the form, there are hot spots for savings, but also easily overlooked danger zones. Here's a guide to finding both--and handling them properly.

Six investment gurus with topnotch track records recommend securities to snap up for the long haul.

Investments, Mortgages, Computers, Taxes, Insurance, Stocks

Utilization Review; Medical Records; Abortion; Quoteworthy; Aids-HIV; Teen Health; Capitation

These investments have done well. But if the indexes themselves lose steam, you can do better with actively managed alternatives.

For doctors in the Golden State, its squeeze, squeeze, squeeze—until there's not enough money in the system for the system to function.

You'll recognize the author's symptoms. But he didn't--he was too busy being a doctor to go see one.

Equities; Taxes; Travel; Tax Reminder; Trivia; Cars; Mutual Funds

Home sale profits. Refunded mortgage interest. Bond interest. Undistributed mutual fund gains. Limited partnership profits. IRA withdrawals. Disability insurance benefits. Interest-free loan.

This young doctor's goals may sound unreachable, but they're not. Here's how a financial expert advised her to proceed.

Primary care doctors are adapting a simple technique to address emotional problems that may underlie patients' physical symptoms. And it won't make office visits longer, proponents say.

Uncertain about your direction in medicine or life? So were these doctors, until they turned to a new breed of consultant.

Financial Beat

Spotlights shine on portfolio managers, but the research departments that stand quietly behind them can be just as important

Crushed dreams and financial losses characterize some high-profile deals. But that hasn't stopped physicians from trying, as these examples show.

Yes, there are standards against which CAM professionals are judged. Here's a primer to help you with referrals or new hires.

Solvency may be closer than you think. These strategies worked; they might do the trick for you, too.

Bumpers beg for a redesign, etc., etc.

All-in-one ratings give you a quick take on performance, but there are better measures.

Auto Insurance, Banks, Travel, Mutual Funds, Retirement, Taxes

Finbeat

You can't just let the chips fall where they may. You'd better see how the pile has grown and whether you're measuring its true value. (This is the net worth article for the 2000 Financial Guide.)

The best online stock brokerages, what they offer, how much they charge: and what you should watch out for before signing up.

This article discusses the best ways to invest money that you'll need within 3 to 5 years, and how you can keep pace with inflation while not taking on too much risk.

Are your investments "on plan"? Or have they gotten dangerously far afield? Here's how to decide.

Here's what to guard againstplus what you need to know to choose the right course.

FPs Gregory and Diana LyonLoftus, who were featured in a FAMLIV in 1987, are the subjects of this financial makeover, to run in the 2000 Financial Guide.

This is the Editor's Memo for the 2000 Financial Guide.

A look at some of the stocks and mutual funds our experts recommended in last year's Financial Guide.

Few doctors have the time or energy to find the best stock mutual funds. We've done the drudgework for you.