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Tax-friendly health-savings accounts now allow you to invest in equity mutual funds. But should you? AS EMPLOYERS LOOK FOR new ways to slash their health-care costs, consumer-directed health plans are getting a sexy new spin. A consumer-directed plan is one that typically marries a high-deductible insurance policy with a health …

Last year, I received a substantial long-term capital gain. Could this make me subject to the AMT? There’s only one way to find out for sure: Fill out IRS Form 6251. We aren’t being flippant. When it comes to the AMT, there are no hard and fast rules as to …

NEW YORK – Joaquin Phoenix (search) denies tabloid reports that he had a breakdown while filming the upcoming Johnny Cash biopic and says he was merely acting, according to a magazine report. Phoenix banged his head on the bedpost while shooting a scene that recalled Cash’s brother’s death in “Walk …