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Harry Gross writes about personal finance for the Daily News.

Harry Gross bids farewell with good advice, as ever
Posted 07/08/2011
Harry Gross: I have enjoyed my many years at the Daily News more than my vocabulary can describe. I always operated without any editorial restrictions on my opinions, for which I have always been grateful. That goes for more than 10,000 columns!
 
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Life-insurance plan has an air of unlawfulness
Posted 07/07/2011
Dear Harry: My father is 84 and in very good health. He has a modest estate and a very decent pension. He has three children who are all making it on their own, but no big shakes. For many years, he had life insurance to protect my mother, but he did not
 
Careful of revealing too much on the Web - 07/06/2011
Dear Harry: This recession almost ruined me. I lost a job that I worked in for 32 years, advancing each year. Since then, I have worked at far less-skilled jobs (four of them) and earned about 70 percent of my last decent salary. We have stopped our IRA c
 
Be wary of stock options - 07/05/2011
Dear Harry: I have been intrigued by your recent columns on options. What is your view of my buying call options on the stock of a company that I feel certain has a good future? If I buy the stock, it will cost me about $5,000 for 100 shares. If I buy opt
 
Robbers stake out funerals - 07/01/2011
Dear Harry: We made a terrible mistake when my father died. At the time of the funeral, we left his home unattended. Robbers got into the place and took all kinds of valuables. They also took several life-insurance policies that named my mother as benefic
 
Safe-deposit box: Good place to store gold, etc. - 06/30/2011
Dear Harry: I have been seriously considering putting a portion of my investments in gold. I think the gold bugs actually have a weak case in linking gold prices to inflation, but our exploding national debt practically mandates printing more dollars. Eve
 
How to be sure Mom's house goes to him & not his brother - 06/29/2011
Dear Harry: My mother is 74 and owns two houses, which she recently remortgaged for $96,000 and $93,000. The larger mortgage is on her home. She got herself into some trouble because she has been helping my younger brother who is a sponge. I have taken ov
 
He has their money, hasn't done the work - 06/28/2011
Dear Harry: I got myself into a handshake agreement with a window contractor. He was to install 12 double-hung windows in our home for $3,800. Payment was to be for $2,500 up front for him to purchase materials with the remaining $1,300 when the job was c
 
Can he get a tax break for being in jail? - 06/27/2011
Dear Harry: I am incarcerated. We had an income-tax discussion last week in which a fellow inmate told us that every penny we spend in the commissary here is deductible on our federal income-tax returns. This applies to everything we buy, even candy bars,
 
An alternative to a reverse mortgage? - 06/24/2011
Dear Harry: I've gotten myself into a bind. We bought our home in 2006, and the monthly payments of $1,344 were a breeze because we were both working at good salaries in pretty secure jobs.
 
In search of a stock anwser - 06/23/2011
Dear Harry: I think the Daily News is the best sports paper in the country. Until recently, I rarely read the rest of the paper. Since I found you, I have found other gems. My mother died last week. While cleaning out her house, my sister found two stock
 
Is he getting soaked by flood-insurance hikes? - 06/22/2011
Dear Harry: I bought my home in 1999. The bank would not approve a mortgage unless I had flood insurance. I purchased it for the $56,000 cost of the home. A few years later, the mortgage was sold by my bank, and there were no problems until 2009. At that
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She needs help to stop her son - 06/16/2011
 
Mortgage servicer's foul-up almost loses him his house - 06/15/2011
 
This cash is likely to stay unclaimed - 06/14/2011
 
Bank, lawyers need scrutiny - 06/13/2011
 
You can get help with credit rating - 06/10/2011


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