GETTING STARTED   STOCKS Build a Strong Stock Portfolio Four Questions to Ask Before You Buy How to Make Sense of the Earnings Report   FUNDS Growing a Fund Portfolio Pick Funds the Right Way Time to Ditch Your Fund?   BONDS Add Balance with Bonds Bonds Made Easy MORE... TOOLS   STOCKS Kiplinger's Stock Finder Test your risk tolerance Pick the Best 'Bankerage' Company   FUNDS Kiplinger's Mutual Fund Finder Which fund is better? How do growth and income funds compare?   BONDS Which bond is better? What is my bond's yield to maturity? What price should I pay for a bond?

PORTFOLIO DOCTOR
Need Investment Help?

Sick of a sluggish portfolio? Feeling uneasy about reaching your goals? Suffering from disorganized investments?

The Portfolio Doctor is in.

We're looking for people who want help sorting out their investments. We'll select portfolios to analyze and we'll share our suggestions each month in the pages of Kiplinger's Personal Finance.

If you'd like to put your investments under our stethescope, write to portfoliodoc@kiplinger.com.

(You must be willing to let us publish your name and hometown.)