Who tops the list when it comes to the very best in brokerages, banks, hotels, funds, research, life insurance, software, airlines, PDA's and more?

        Worth magazine's third annual A-list provides the answers — in the July-August edition due out Tuesday. The magazine asked readers to rate, on a satisfaction scale from one to 10 (10 being the highest), the services and products they had used in 18 categories. Those with the highest score were chosen as “top rated.” The “popular choice” heading acknowledges the companies with which the most readers have chosen to do business.

        Here's the creme-de-la-creme of services and products, at least according to the magazine that touts itself as being for “the dynamic wealth market.”

Luxury car:
        Top rated: Lexus
        Popular choice: Cadillac

Airline:
        Top rated: Singapore
        Popular choice: Delta

Luxury watch:
        Top rated: Patek Philippe
        Popular choice: Rolex

Luxury hotel chain:
        Top rated: Relais & Chateaux
        Popular choice: Four Seasons

Palm PDA

Personal digital assistant
        Top rated: Palm
        Popular choice: Palm

Laptop:
        Top rated: Dell computer
        Popular choice: Dell computer

Broker:
        Top rated: Vanguard
        Popular choice: Charles Schwab

Mutual fund family:
        Top rated: Vanguard
        Popular choice: Fidelity

Online research site:
        Top rated: Morningstar.com
        Popular choice: Morningstar.com

Online financial data & news site:
        Top rated: Yahoo Finance
        Popular choice: The Motley Fool

Investment newsletter:
        Top rated: Value Line Investment Survey
        Popular choice: Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street

Financial TV Show:
        Top rated: Nightly Business Report
        Popular choice: Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser

Online bank:
        Top rated: Citibank
        Popular choice: Wells Fargo

Private bank:
        Top rated: J.P. Morgan
        Popular choice: Bank of America

Life insurance:
        Top rated: USAA
        Popular choice: MetLife

Auto & home insurance:
        Top rated: USAA
        Popular choice: State Farm

Financial planner:
        Top rated: Ernst & Young
        Popular choice: American Express

Financial Software:
        Top rated: TurboTax
        Popular choice: Quicken

       

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