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Student Loans
Jan 9, 2008
Question: A few weeks ago you advised a woman with a college-age daughter that there was not a big advantage to paying off her student loan early....
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How Safe Are Money Market Funds?
Jan 8, 2008
Question: In the past few years of following the financial news and your program, I've come to see the Money Market fund as a stable place for...
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Retiring in Europe
Jan 7, 2008
Question: My wife and I are 60 and plan to retire at 62. My question is this: We're considering selling our home upon retirement and basically...
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Getting Personal
Jan 4, 2008
In the first Getting Personal of the new year, host Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell tackle everything from buying a very expensive engagement ring to giving stock to another person.
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The Bi-Weekly Mortgage Payment
Jan 4, 2008
Question: I have a monthly mortgage of $786.33. I've been offered a deal where I pay $394.17 every 2 weeks, or $1 more per month. They state I'll...
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Savings for a Stay-At-Home Mom
Jan 3, 2008
Question: I'm currently not in the paying workforce while I take care of my infant son. Besides the obvious large loss of income, I'm concerned...
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Custodial Accounts
Jan 2, 2008
Question: I opened brokerage accounts for my 16 and 17 year old girls last year. I am the custodian for these accounts and the daughters had and...
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Happy New Year
Dec 31, 2007
Happy New Year. I'll be back answering your questions in the new year.
Yours,
Chris
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Getting Personal
Dec 28, 2007
Economics editor Chris Farrell answers your money questions with Tess Vigeland in this holiday version of Getting Personal.
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The Falling Dollar
Dec 28, 2007
Question: How can I hedge against the falling value of the dollar? I have 400K in TIAA/CREFF, half in TIAA and the other half split between Social...
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