Anne Kates Smith
Anne Kates Smith brings Wall Street to Main Street, with decades of experience covering investments and personal finance for real people trying to navigate fast-changing markets, preserve financial security or plan for the future. As executive editor, she oversees the magazine's investing coverage, authors Kiplinger’s biannual stock-market outlooks and writes the "Your Mind and Your Money" column, a take on behavioral finance and how investors can get out of their own way.
A student of Wall Street history, Smith has shepherded investors through five bull markets and six bears, and along the way has covered everything from investing, economics, personal finance and real estate to travel, careers, retirement, corporate crime, financial regulation, breaking business news--and, on occasion, minor league baseball. She was one of the first journalists to warn investors away from Enron, a company that later became emblematic of corporate wrongdoing. Later, she was a voice of caution during the dot-com bubble, and led shell-shocked investors back into the market as the country emerged from the Great Financial Crisis.
Smith began her journalism career as a writer and columnist for USA Today. Prior to joining Kiplinger, she was a senior editor at U.S.News & World Report and a contributing columnist for TheStreet. Smith is a graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, Md., known for its rigorous Great Books program and the third-oldest college in America.
Latest articles by Anne Kates Smith
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Treasury’s New Option for Savers: Floating-Rate Notes
investing With these controversial securities, you’ll earn more if rates go up.
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Midyear Investing Outlook: 6 Savvy Market Moves to Make Now
investing With the economy improving, stocks are still the place to be.
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Big Stocks May Not Deserve Their Share Prices
Investor Psychology When top dogs fall to being underdogs, watch out that you're not along for the ride.
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Morgan Stanley's Midyear Advice to Clients: Lean Toward Stocks, Cash
investing Keep your eyes on the second half, when the market will demand improved economic growth and earnings to keep rising.
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The Elusive Rewards and High Costs of Being a Whistleblower
business An army of whistleblowers is being enlisted to fight fraud. Before you join their ranks, consider the toll it could take on your family and career.
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How to Blow the Whistle
business Follow these five steps if you take on wrongdoers.
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How Monopoly Helps Us Make Smart Financial Decisions
Financial Planning You can teach kids some personal finance basics, such as diversification and debt management, by playing the classic board game with them.
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Turn Your Finances Into a Game
Financial Planning Playing games makes people feel good. Can that translate into saving and spending more wisely?
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How to Learn to Love Stocks Again
investing We show you how to get back into the market without heartbreak.
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4 Risks That Could Topple the Stock Market
investing Higher interest rates, continued bipartisan lollygagging and other factors may trip up the current bull market.
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The Lure of Ponzi Schemes
Investor Psychology Educated investors are often too confident in their own capacity to evaluate a deal.
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Foreign Factories Come Back Home
Economic Forecasts The big draws for making things in the U.S.: rising wages abroad, cheap energy here.
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A New Pay-as-You-Earn Student Loan Repayment Plan
Paying for College Some students may get loan relief thanks to a new repayment program that can help ease the pressure on future grads.
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Global Economy Back From the Brink
Economic Forecasts A recovery takes shape in Europe, and growth picks up in China.
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Hurricane Sandy to Blame for Rising Used-Car Prices
Buying & Leasing a Car Used wheels will cost more. Flood damage is an even bigger worry.
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Katherine Nixon: 'Decent' Outlook for Stocks in 2013
investing Katherine Nixon is chief investment officer for the personal financial services business at Northern Trust.
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Making Working at Home Work
business How to succeed in business without showing up at the office.
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Our Investing Outlook for 2013
investing Despite a long list of uncertainties, stocks will once again beat bonds and cash.
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Prepaid Cards Flooding the Market
credit & debt New cards offer lots of choices, but the fees can be tricky.
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High-Frequency Trading Kills Market Confidence
investing Recent glitches have turned up the heat on computerized traders.
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Get Ready to Pay Taxes on Online Purchases
Business Costs & Regulation More states, and Amazon, are collecting from online shoppers.
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Top Fund Managers Fade Over Time
investing A new study finds that investors can’t count on experience.
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6 Big Worries for This Bull Market
investing Stocks have been on a tear this summer. What could go wrong?
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Cheap Clothing Is a Costly Mistake
Smart Buying A few high-quality purchases are a better investment.
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