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Our two veteran columnists disagree on whether the bull market will continue trampling records By Jane Bryant Quinn When Allen Sinai Phoned Me Last week, I heard a lot of [...]

The article reports on financial investments in "green" mutual funds that invest in alternative energy sources, which have grown almost 700% since 2000. Rona Fried, editor and publisher of the newsletter "Progressive Investor," comments on the growing trend to invest in renewable energy and the increasingly widespread recognition that change is imminent.

The article presents advice on how to make the most of retirement funding. The article tells readers to figure out a retirement budget, redo their investment plan, tap their house for cash by moving to a smaller house or getting a reverse mortgage, cover the cost of health care through things like long-term-care insurance, and decide whether or not one should leave their 401(K) plans in their company plan or roll it into an Individual Retirement Account.

An excerpt from the book "Smart and Simple: Financial Strategies for Busy People," by Jane Bryant Quinn is presented. INSETS: A CHECK LIST FOR MAKING CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE;A SHORT, EASY ACTION LIST.

The article offers advice on saving money on taxes. Exemptions have increased due to inflation. People who are saving for retirement will also enjoy increased savings. Tax breaks are available to people affected by Hurricane Katrina, both victims and volunteers. The article also provides information on deciding which tax write-offs are best.

Offers advice on how to teach kids about money. Importance that children learn what the things in their world cost, how to make choices, how to live within limits and how to save; Tips on allowances; Helping them to save money; Prepaid credit cards for children.

Offers advice for managing investments and retirement finances. Efforts of older Americans to maintain financial stability after retirement; Financial status of investors in the baby boom generation; Recommendations for selecting mutual funds; Importance of seeking investment advice and education in retirement planning; Advice for balancing investments in company and outside stocks; Benefits of 401(k) savings accounts; Potential benefits of a personal pension annuity.

Presents a tax-saving guide for 2003. Stashing of money into company retirement accounts; Using up of any dollars left in a company flexible-spending account; New tax cuts; Addition of a 529 plan for college.

Offers advice on how to save money. The importance on making a budget; Deciding which debts to pay off first including college loans; Investigating personal credit history.

Focuses on problems with 401(k) plans, which are used to help plan retirement. Effect of a bear market on 401(k) investments; Use of 401(k) plans to supplement Social Security income after retirement; Idea that 401(k)s should have a limited choice of funds to invest in.

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld Normally I'd say suck it up, cut spending and repay your debt. But not if you're going broke. In January, we're supposed [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld In October, when the stock market went into free-fall, I did the sensible thing. I panicked. I e-mailed the adviser who manages [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; With Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld Tax credits would move people out of group plans and into individual policies where the benefits aren't as good. If you [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld If you're scared, you have reason. We're BATTLING a financial collapse in the teeth of a spreading recession, not only in the [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld One strategy is to look for 'merit aid,' tuition discounts awarded without regard to financial need. For all the scare stories this [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld These aren't the same economies that went through the wringer a decade ago. They're countries with booming growth. China's Shanghai Stock Exchange [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld You're allowed to take money only for things like paying medical bills, buying a home or warding off foreclosure. When you're up [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn It's one thing to write about prenups, and quite another to live through their making. Doing a prenup isn't for sissies. There I stood, in Vera [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld Enough borrowers are still making payments to keep the pools of subprime loans reasonably profitable. We're in a box. The rising pace [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld You'll almost certainly lose if you try to buy and sell as the market churns up and down. Once again, stocks plunged [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld The government had plenty of power to prevent the mortgage crisis. But regulators didn't do their jobs--and still don't get it. Why [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld Call your school, right now, to see if your usual lender is providing funds. If not, start the hunt. How tight will [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn; Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld ***** CORRECTION: Tip Sheet's 'Planners Wanted ASAP' (March 3) reported that 'Virginia Tech in Martinsville offers undergraduate majors as well as master's [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) What are the odds that you'd be able to pay for long-term nursing-home care? Say, $75,000 a year or more? Would enough [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) Omigosh, what does it mean? are we in for it? A recession? Just when investments finally looked good again? How can anyone [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) Funny--we pay a bundle to the rich to get them to save more money, but we pay almost nothing to the poor. [...]

***** CORRECTION: Jane Bryant Quinn's column 'Escape From the Money Pit' (Jan. 29) said mortgage-insurance premiums would be deductible on homes bought in 2007, for couples with adjusted gross incomes [...]

Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) They're out to get you--the nonprofits, I mean. In any year, charities may collect half the money they'll get from individuals in [...]