Receive notifications of when the latest edition of the AAII Journal has been posted to AAII.com. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Measuring Managers' Mettle: A Revealing Investment Gauge" -- A critical part of the investment evaluation process is gauging management effectiveness, quality, and character. Surprisingly, this is often disregarded by Wall Street. What to look for to determine whether management can be trusted. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Will Your Savings Last? What the Withdrawal Rate Studies Show" -- Determining a "safe" withdrawal rate for retirement savings is a tricky balancing act for retirees. If it is too large, they may run through assets too quickly, but if it is too little, their lifestyle will be below where it could be. Many studies have attempted to determine the "maximum" safe rate. Lessons from what the studies have found. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "AAII's 2008 Direct Purchase Plan Guide" -- Want a simple, low-cost way to invest in a firm? One approach is to go straight to the source, using direct purchase plans, which allow you to buy shares directly from the company without a broker. This year's annual guide lists over 430 plans. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Turmoil in the Muni Market: What's Going on With Municipals?" -- Losses from the current credit market crisis have affected bond insurance firms--firms that guarantee municipal bonds--and placed the entire municipal bond market under a cloud. There has been little clarity about how the problems affect the bonds under guarantee. Shedding some light on what's going on in the muni markets. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Peerless Performers: The Top Funds Over 5 Years" -- To be rated tops, a mutual fund must beat a benchmark, and the crucial benchmark is peer group performance over five years. Who are the current top performers, and how did they outperform their peers? A look at the top funds and how they managed to distinguish themselves. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "2008 Discount Broker Guide" -- AAII's annual survey can help you find the right broker. This year's survey covers 52 firms that refer to themselves as discount, 45 of which offer on-line trading. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Master Strategists for 2007: AAII's Top Stock Screens" -- The fiercest battle in 2007 was not among the strategists, but against the market itself. Nonetheless, the top strategist's win was decisive: The O'Shaughnessy Small Cap Growth and Value methodology closed the year up 43.9%. http://www.aaii.com/journal Our year-end tax guide is now on-line and available for your review. The guide is a simple tool that helps members keep up with ever-changing tax laws and diminish the bite of the tax collector. It includes last-minute reminders for the current year and an investor?s tax strategy guide for the coming year. http://www.aaii.com/guides/taxguide Take a moment and review our on-line collection of the best AAII Journal articles from 2007. It?s a must-see collection of investment information and knowledge--hand picked for your review by AAII?s own Maria Crawford Scott. http://www.aaii.com/journal/bestof.cfm Featured Article: "A Performance Tape Measure: How to Benchmark Your Portfolio" -- Is your fund portfolio on the right track to achieve your goals? Benchmarking provides a performance tape measure to see how well your funds have done individually and as a whole. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "The Rule #1 Approach to Finding Wonderful Companies" -- Warren Buffett?s #1 rule of investing is: Don't lose money And how do you accomplish that small feat? By investing in wonderful companies at attracive prices, according to Phil Town, author of a new book that outlines his approach. A look at AAII's new stock screen based on Town's methodology. http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "AAII's Best of the Net: Guide to the Top Investment Web Sites, 11th edition " -- Our Best of the Net ratings go to investment Web sites that provide investment information or services that are useful, substantial and available for free or at a reasonable price. http://www.aaii.com/journal