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What Works Financial Newsletter - October 2011

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What Works in Personal Finance Newsletter: October 2011 Newsletter
Identity Theft Protection and Prevention: An extensive article about identity theft protection and prevention techniques.
The Best Investment Strategy: This personal investment planning summary provides strategies that have a demonstrated basis in this research literature.
What is a Well-Diversified Investment Portfolio?: Only a very small minority of mutual funds and ETFs actually pursue very broadly diversified strategies with much lower costs.
Measure Your Investment Portfolio Diversification: Understand the relative contribution that each of your investments makes to the sensible goal of holding a very broadly diversified investment portfolio.

Vantagepoint 500 Stock Index mutual fund Class II Shares (VPSKX) +9 Fund Authority Score

Vanguard 500 Index mutual Fund Admiral Shares (VFIAX) +10 Fund Authority Score

USAA S&P 500 Index Member Shares (USSPX) +9 Fund Authority Score

United Association S&P 500 Index Fund II (UAIIX) +10 Fund Authority Score

American Funds - AMCAP Fund - Class A Shares (AMCPX) +1 Fund Authority Score

American Funds - American Balanced Fund - Class A Mutual Fund Shares (ABALX) +1 Fund Authority Score

Dodge and Cox Stock Fund (DODGX) +8 Fund Authority Score

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund (VINIX) +10 Fund Authority Score

T Rowe Price Equity Index 500 mutual fund (PREIX) +8 Fund Authority Score