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Highlights of the
June 25, 2007
Issue of FORTUNE
Available on newsstands June 18, full stories are available at www.FORTUNE.com.
SPECIAL INVESTOR'S ISSUE: RETIRE RICH THE FORTUNE 40: STOCK PICKS TO RETIRE ON, by David Stires, page 30 Even with the market soaring to new heights this past spring, there are still ample reasons for caution. That makes this a perfect time to revisit the FORTUNE 40, the portfolio we've designed — and recalibrated annually — to help you thrive in markets both rocky and calm and build for retirement. Once again we're happy to report that our 40 favorites turned in a banner year, trouncing even the S&P's glitzy performance. Since its inception in 2002, the FORTUNE 40 has delivered an 18.3% annualized return, easily besting the S&P's 14.7%. It ain't broke — so we ain't fixin' it: FORTUNE is sticking with the strategy it's employed the past two years to update its portfolio and choose this year's stocks. THE ULTIMATE MUTUAL FUND PORTFOLIO, by Yuval Rosenberg, page 41 For the past two years FORTUNE has selected standouts in several basic categories — what we call the Ultimate Mutual Fund Portfolio. The group is designed to produce robust long-term gains, but our choices have delivered in the near term too. Here are FORTUNE's ten sterling choices for consistent growth in five essential categories. HOW TO PLAY IT SAFE, by John Eade, page 46 John Eade, president of Argus Research and leading stock and bond expert, tells FORTUNE readers to do their stock shopping among the ugly ducklings, not the swans, and why the best opportunities tend to be in areas that many investors are ignoring. A VALUE MAESTRO'S ENCORE, by Jon Birger, page 48 As Jean-Marie Eveillard, formerly one of Wall Street's best value investors, strolled the streets of Paris on the first night of this spring, coming out of retirement was the furthest thing from his mind. But on returning to his apartment, Eveillard was greeted by a half-dozen messages from his former employer, New York City's Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisors. "They wanted to know if I could be back in the office on Monday," he recalls. In his first major interview since coming back, Eveillard spoke with FORTUNE and made it clear that his two-year hiatus didn't do anything to soften his contrarian streak. BARGAIN HUNTING FOR CONDOS, by Eugenia Levenson, page 57 Thinking of retiring to a formerly hot market? Fast-flipping investors aren't the only ones who love condos. For many empty nesters, nothing beats selling the big old house in the suburbs and hightailing it to a luxury development where sun and golf are plentiful and maintenance is minimal. The real estate slowdown has made parts of the Sunbelt a lot more affordable. To get the real picture, FORTUNE zeroed in on five once-scorching cities and talked to brokers, analysts, buyers and sellers. FORTUNE offers a guide to finding the best retirement real estate bargains today. So get ready to sell the lawn mower. ARE YOU SAVING TOO MUCH?, by Yuval Rosenberg, page 67 Two men with two opposing viewpoints. On the one side is economist Laurence Kotlikoff, who worries you may be spoiling the best years of your life by scrimping and saving for retirement. On the other side is economist Jonathan Skinner, who thinks your golden years could cost more than you've bargained for. Who's right? FORTUNE asked the two professors to sound off on the topic. TARGETING SUPERSTAR STOCKS, by Tom Gardner, page 85 One of the very best and very worst approaches to investing is to "play the trends." But one sort of trend investing is worthy of your time and rapt attention. Patiently investing in long-term demographic trends will set up your portfolio for sustained supergrowth. Tom Gardner, co-founder of the Motley Fool website which has a proven track record in analysis such as this, explains six demographic supertrends he believes will drive select industries to sustained market outperformance over at least the next five years. LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP, by Jia Lynn Yang, page 95 Home Depot's Frank Blake called in the company's retired founders for help. It's working. FORTUNE gives a glimpse into this past-present relationship. THE BIG MONEY IN MEDICAID, by Bethany McLean, page 97 Saving money is critical for Medicaid, the $330 billion program that covers more than 50 million of the poorest Americans, including the elderly, the disabled, and children and their mothers. While Medicare gets most of the headlines, Medicaid — which funds over a third of all births in the U.S. and is paid for jointly by the states and the federal government — is just as apt to break the bank. On average, Medicaid now eats up the largest share of state budgets — around 22%, which is more than education — and is growing by 8% a year. States have been putting their Medicaid populations into managed-care plans since the early 1990's, but in the past few years they have awarded contracts to a brand-new crop of companies which have experienced remarkable growth and generally stellar stock performance. FORTUNE investigates how this boom in HMOs for the neediest leads to litigation, controversy — and lots of profits. YOUR PERSONAL TAX TOOLBOX, by Jia Lynn Yang, page 104 With all due respect to Ben Franklin, death may be certain, but taxes are not. At least not the amount of taxes you will have to pay on your retirement savings. Yes, Uncle Sam lies in wait for the day you retire, but you can still control how much money you fork over in the end. FORTUNE has the tools you'll need to build a better retirement plan and keep your savings intact. HOW TO RUN A BUDGET LIKE AN IDIOT, by Matt Miller, page 109 America's got war, Social Security and Medicare, to name a few. Why can't all these "tough on spending" GOP candidates get real about taxes? LESSONS FROM THE FIRST YEAR, by Ellen Florian Kratz, page 110 People with money who aren't happy in retirement? Nice problem if you can get it. We're not going to kid you: Money, and plenty of it, is still one of the backbones of a long and contented rest of your life. But retiring with a nice mound of money doesn't mean instant bliss. And it's going to be great — once you get over the hump and start to create the life you've always wanted. To help you get there, FORTUNE put together five battle-tested rules for surviving that dreaded "now what?" stage of retirement. RETIRED YOUNG AND LOVING IT, by Corey Hajim, page 118 Is it possible for someone who isn't a media mogul or a lottery winner to retire at 50 (or so)? Yes. FORTUNE profiles five people who did just that — and how they made the transition to the next stage. BEN STEIN'S PERFECT PORTFOLIO, page 126 Ben Stein, the actor turned economist, talks with FORTUNE to answer readers' question…with a dose of humor, of course. Quotes from Stein:
WORKING FOR YOUR KIDS, by Anne Fisher, page 130 Going to work for one of your kids, as more and more retirement-age executives are doing, is a challenge. It requires a huge psychological shift on both sides. Parents are taking instructions, rather than giving them. For a grown child, managing Mom or Dad can be fraught with issues too: What if you have to (gulp) fire a parent? Experts say that many an enterprise has gone down in flames because parents and their children can't shed old habits and adopt new, businesslike roles. Still more and more families are becoming co-workers without anyone having to take a time-out. FORTUNE gives a few tested strategies to avoid turning the workplace into dysfunction junction. RETIRE AT WORK!, by Stanley Bing, page 140 Stanley Bing says we need a middle ground. Something between the executive grind and the long sleep. The good news is that he believes that he's discovered the answer: retirement while employed. Bing gives a glimpse into a day in the life of an employed retiree.
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