Kiplinger's Personal Finance - 01.2018

KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE provides down-to-earth advice on managing money and achieving financial security. We provide our readers with trustworthy information and practical guidance on saving, investing, planning for retirement, paying for college, buying an automobile, home and other major purchases, as well as reliable advice for all stages of their financial lives. Our readers are affluent and influential men and women who are actively involved in their personal-finance decisions, and we are guided by the expectation that they will act on what we write about and benefit from doing so.

*** WHERE TO INVEST IN 2018 The slow-and-steady bull market rolls on. But investors would be wise to be selective and emphasize quality. RIDE ALONG WITH THE SCAM POLICE We spent time with the investigators tracking down the bad guys who engage in ID theft, investment fraud and elder abuse. THE VACATION LESS TRAVELED Beat the crowds by trading a popular destination for one that may not be on your radar screen. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 401(K) As the retirement savings plan turns 40, we ask, Is it working? ***