Practice Finance

Barbara A. Tyler, an FP in College Station, TX, has won the $2,000 prize in our taxquiz contest, which appeared in the Feb. 7 issue

Index funds boast low expenses, and they guarantee you'll do about as well as the markets they track. But they have downsides.

Our informal poll elicited an amazing flight of fantasies.

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

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

C99ExpHow practice costs wash away income

From the start, the HMO was a house of cards. Yet regulators did nothing--until the money to pay physicians had blown away.

The stocksonly choices are aheadway ahead

Founded on a dream in the 1930's, the Burns Clinic collapsed in a nightmare of the '90s, as the cozy collegiality of its physicians gave way to managed care anxiety and a me first attitude.

Ten months ago, three investment pros told us where they'd put $50,000. The most aggressive approach is way out front.