Personal Finance Daily: States that are tax-friendly for retirees

Personal Finance Daily MARCH 29, 2012 Thursday's Personal Finance Stories By MarketWatch Don't miss these top stories: Tax-friendly states for retirees 10 surprising steps to staying cancer-free 30-year fixed-rate mortgage back under 4% Millennial Media shares nearly double in IPO Is the state where you're planning to retire tax-friendly? Robert Powell takes a close look at how all the states tax many different types of retirement income, and comes up with a list of which are the least burdensome. His report includes his column, a slide show on the best states, from a tax perspective, as well as extensive state-by-state data. How does your state measure up? Also on MarketWatch today, Kristen Gerencher has an interview with Dr. David Agus, an oncologist, professor of medicine and author. He has 10 surprising tips on how to avoid altogether or delay many types of cancer. — Anne Stanley , Managing Editor, Personal Finance You're invited: MarketWatch ETF event If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area and you're interested in exchange-traded funds, we'd like to invited you to a free live event in April. Join us for an evening of cocktails and conversation about the risks and opportunities of trading ETFs. Our guest panelists will be Tom Lydon, president of Global Trends Investments and editor of ETFtrends.com; John Nyaradi, publisher of Wall Street Sector Selector; and Jim Wiandt, publisher and chief executive of IndexUniverse.com, Exchange-Traded Funds Report and Journal of Indexes. The event will be on the evening of Tuesday, April 17, in downtown San Francisco. To get more details and RSVP, send an email to MarketWatchevent@wsj.com by Tuesday, April 10. Most tax-friendly states for retirees Is the state that you have designs on retiring to tax friendly or not? And the basic questions to answer are these: How does the state tax your income? How does it tax your property and your consumption? And what's the overall tax burden? Read more: Most tax-friendly states for retirees. 10 surprising steps to staying cancer-free When it comes to fighting cancer, the good news is that many kinds are subject to delay or avoidance by making smart life-style choices. Some of the behavioral tweaks recommended by a leading cancer doctor may surprise you. Read more: 10 surprising steps to staying cancer-free. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage back under 4% Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell back below 4% this week, after weaker housing economic indicators were released, Freddie Mac's chief economist said on Thursday. Read more: 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage back under 4%. ECONOMY AND POLITICS Obama urges repeal of tax breaks for Big Oil Seeking to tap into voters' frustration with rising gasoline prices, President Barack Obama on Thursday called again for Congress to strip a host of tax breaks from big oil companies. But a repeal bill died in the Senate shortly after he spoke. Read more: Obama urges repeal of tax breaks for Big Oil. Weekly U.S. jobless claims fall slightly The number of Americans who sought jobless benefits last week fell by 5,000 to 359,000 under the government's newly revised formula for counting applications. Read more: Weekly U.S. job claims fall slightly. U.S. grew an unrevised 3.0% in fourth quarter Fourth-quarter U.S. economic growth clocks in at 3.0% annual rate, unchanged from the government's previous estimate, as data show a buildup in inventories as delivering a boost. Analysts expect this to be reversed in the first quarter. Read more: U.S. grew an unrevised 3.0% in fourth quarter. China survey: Hard landing possible but not likely The possibility that China will suffer an economic shock within the next three years is remote, but risks are very real, and the country may have to navigate several major hazards to avert it, according to fund managers and economists polled by MarketWatch. Read more: China survey: Hard landing possible but not likely. INVESTING Latin American stocks surging? A letter with an unusual regional specialty starts with a bang. Peter Brimelow asks whether it's a flash in the pan or the first step in a 1,000-mile journey. Read more: Latin American stocks surging? Millennial Media shares nearly double in IPO Shares of Millennial Media nearly doubled Thursday as the mobile advertising company made a strong public trading debut, a surge one analyst says points to the firm's strong market position. Read more: Millennial Media shares nearly double in IPO. 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