Money 100

Our annual guide to the best investments, strategies, products, and people in the world of money will help you find the upside of the downturn.

Title	Money Rank
Best place to park your emergency cash	1
Best way not to sell your house	2
Best bear market money man	3
Best travel companion	4
Best iPhone apps	5-7
Best age to buy long-term care insurance	8
Best protection against rising prices	9
Best industries for executives	10-14
Best channeling of a money guru	15
Best ways to save $2k a year	16-22
Best tax breaks	23-26
Best cheap flight finder	27
Best funds you couldn't get into – until now	28-30
Best comedies to Netflix	31-33
Best investment in your ticker	34
Best reason to feel better about TARP	35
Best dividend-paying stocks	36-39
Best questions to ask a charity	40-44
Best time to transfer assets to heirs	45
Best tax states for retirees on the move	46
Best new primer on financial markets	47
Best old book that feels new	48
Best decision tool	49
Best unintentional bailout irony	50
Best cars if you want to…	51-55
Best places for affordable vacation homes	56-59
Best values in big-brand stocks	60-63
Best credit cards	64-68
Best way to entertain yourself	69
Best places to find a job	70-75
Best sly money move you don't know about	76
Best update of a depression-era classic	77
Best friend a credit card user ever had	78
Best way to throw away your money	79
Best money-related bloggers	80-83
Best fast fixes to get your house sold	84-87
Best retirement strategy that hardly anyone uses	88
Best low-risk 529 plans	89-91
Best frequent travel deals	92-94
Best stock funds for the very nervous	95-97
Best stiff drinks for a bear market	98-100

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