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2010 Back Issues

The 2010 issues of SMI are listed below from the most recent back to the beginning of the year. When you see a title of interest, click on it to view the complete article. (Note that links with the key [Members Exclusive Content] are to Web Member's only content.) To download an issue in its entirety (in PDF format), click the link at the end of the monthly listing.

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Cover Article: Your 10 Most Important Financial Moves for 2011 Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: First Love Members Exclusive Content
Level 1: This Christmas, Involve Your Children in Charitable Giving
Level 2: Free Checking Accounts: Endangered Species? Members Exclusive Content
Level 3: Diversifying Your Stock Investments
Level 4: Five Years In, Sound Mind Investing Fund Looks Solid
Looking Ahead: Do You Need Disability Insurance? Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire December issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: In the Father's Vineyard Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: "You Must Be Present to Win."
Level 1: "This Just Isn't Working for Me": 10 Reasons Budgeters Give Up Members Exclusive Content
Level 2: Five Spiritually Unhealthy Motives for Building up Savings
Level 3: Competition Continues to Cut Investors' Costs Members Exclusive Content
Level 4: Strong Results Mask a Volatile Third Quarter
Looking Ahead: Preparing For a 2011 Tax Bite Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire November issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: The Realities of Market Timing
Editorial: Revisiting the Declaration of Independence Members Exclusive Content
Level 1: Finding the Right Prescription: How to Save on Medications
Level 2: Don't Confuse "Yield" with "Total Return"
Level 3: Are Stocks A Bargain Right Now? Members Exclusive Content
Level 4: The Impact of the Election Cycle on Annual Seasonality Members Exclusive Content
Looking Ahead: Health Savings Accounts: A Primer Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire October issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: Fine-Tuning the Risk in Your IRA, 401(k),
and Other Retirement Accounts
 Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: Facing Your Fears: What If We Have A Market
Like We Had During The Great Depression?
Level 1: Big News on Campus: New Law Limits Credit Card Pitches to Students Members Exclusive Content
Level 2: Mortgage-Backed Bond Funds: Higher Yields for Long-Term Savers Members Exclusive Content
Level 3: Profiting from Monthly "Seasonality" in the Stock Market
Level 4: Preferential Treatment: Preferred Stocks Outpace Bond Yields Members Exclusive Content
Looking Ahead: Guiding Your Children Toward Their Career Calling
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: What Is Your Most Valuable Possession? Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire September issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: Questions to Ask Before Deviating
from Your Long-Term Investing Plan
 Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: Worshipping the Lord Daily — Your Duty or Your Joy?
Level 1: Know the Score: Credit Scores Come
in Many Flavors — Which is Best?
 Members Exclusive Content
Level 2: For Savings You Won't Need to Draw On for Two Years or More
Level 3: Contingency Plans: Giving a Broker
Buy/Sell Instructions Ahead of Time
 Members Exclusive Content
Level 4: Second Quarter Review: Summer Swoons and Market Turning Points
Looking Ahead: Why It's Important to Have Your Affairs in Order Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire August issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: Feeling the Father's Pleasure
Editorial: Inflation or Deflation? Governments Pick Their Poison Members Exclusive Content
Level 1: Close-to-Home Options Can Help Cut Your Entertainment Budget
Level 2: It's Not a Lock: "Bump-Up" CDs Allow You to Change Your Rate Members Exclusive Content
Level 3: Earnings Expectations, P/Es, and Assessing Risk
Level 4: Radical Diversification Members Exclusive Content
Looking Ahead: Donor-Advised Funds: A Great Tool for Tax-Efficient Giving Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire July issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: The Millionaire Next Door Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: What I Should Have Said
Level 1: What You Need to Know About Debit Cards
Level 2: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again: Multiple Savings Accounts Members Exclusive Content
Level 3: What the Price/Earnings Ratio Can Tell You About Risk
Level 4: Individual Bonds: A Safe Haven From Rising Interest Rates? Members Exclusive Content
Looking Ahead: Withdrawing Money From Your IRA Before Retirement Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire June issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: Your Work Matters to God Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: On the Outside Looking In?
Level 1: Planning a Wonderful, Enjoyable, Affordable Wedding
Level 2: Should You Move Your Savings to a Short-Term Bond Fund? Members Exclusive Content
Level 3: The (Un)Importance of Fund Expenses for SMI Upgraders Members Exclusive Content
Level 4: First Quarter Review: Market Rally Keeps Rolling
Looking Ahead: "529" Fallout: Parents Feeling Skittish
About College-Savings Risk
 Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire May issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: Making the Most of Your IRA Opportunities Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: An Easter Meditation: "What Is His Name?"
Level 1: Cutting Car Costs by Doing Things "The Right Way" Members Exclusive Content
Level 2: Faith-Based Credit Unions: An Option for Christian Savers
Level 3: A SMarT Way To Boost Your Saving & Investing
Level 4: Buying Only Our 5 Top-Ranked Funds Still Trounces the Market
Looking Ahead: The Roth 401(k): All That Glitters May Not be Gold Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire April issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: Funds Across the Water:
A Primer on International Investing
 Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: Help Wanted: Financial Writer/Editor
Interests: Investing, Writing, Helping/Teaching Others
Level 1: Phone Apps Are Making It Easy to Track Finances On the Go
Level 2: SEC Issues Rules on Money Funds, More Changes Yet To Come Members Exclusive Content
Level 3: Choosing Funds in Your 401(k) When Your Options Are Few
Level 4: Adventurous Bond Investors Roam the World for Higher Returns Members Exclusive Content
Looking Ahead: New Credits, Deductions Could Reduce Your 2009 Income Tax Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire March issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: SMI's 2010 Broker Review:
Choosing the Broker That's Right For You
 Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: Diversification Is the Biblical Answer to Economic Uncertainty Members Exclusive Content
Level 1: Invest in Your 401(k) — or Pay Down Your Home Mortgage?
Level 2: Low and Lower: '09 Was "Terrible Year" for Money Funds Members Exclusive Content
Level 3: How to Calculate Your Rate of Return for 2009
Level 4: Fourth Quarter Review: Strong Finish To A Weak Decade
Looking Ahead: Wise Stewardship Includes Having a Will
That Protects Your Children
 Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: Further Thoughts on Sector Rotation and
the New Optional Inflation Hedges
 Members Exclusive Content
An Invitation from Austin: Come Hang Out!
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire February issue Members Exclusive Content
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Cover Article: Should've Seen That Coming! Members Exclusive Content
Editorial: Diversifying Further Against the Risk of Inflation Members Exclusive Content
Level 1: Getting in Shape in 2010: Taking a "Fiscal Health Day"
Level 2: It's Purchasing Power that Counts
Level 3: A Written Plan is the Key to Long-term Investing Success
Level 4: Balancing Competing Risks as We Look to 2010 Members Exclusive Content
Looking Ahead: Seizing an Opportunity: Converting a Traditional IRA to
a Roth in 2010
 Members Exclusive Content
MoneyTalk: New Fund Recommendations Members Exclusive Content
» Click here to download an Acrobat file of the entire January issue Members Exclusive Content

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