Political Portfolios
You can tell a lot about candidates from how they made their money and how they invest it.
By Bob Frick, Senior Editor
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, January 2008
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How much cash candidates raise -- and how they raised it -- is the main "follow the money" story in a presidential race. But personal portfolios sometimes become an election issue all their own.
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How the candidates invest -- and how they earned their own money -- can be a character reference, a résumé booster, an inconvenient truth or a political hot potato. In the 2008 election, a lack of money isn't the issue. Almost all the candidates had plenty of money before taking office or made plenty after basking in the political limelight.
See how the candidates' personal finances stack up:
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