Marketplace Money for Friday, June 4, 2010

Marketplace's Ashley Milne-Tyte weighs the pros and cons of moving your money to a community bank.

Personal bankruptcies have been on the rise since the Great Recession, and with it, perhaps a decline in the stigma against throwing in the hat when your finances become too much.

Tess Vigeland talks to a personal finance columnist Nancy Trejos, whose own personal finance mess is detailed in her new book "Hot (broke) Messes."

Host Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell take your questions on personal finance. This week we hear how a clumsy bike trick led to a credit score of zero, how Warren Buffett's neighbor hopes to pass his own fortune down to the next generation and why a future politician is nervous about how a personal bankruptcy could affect a run at public office.

Tess Vigeland talks to Pete Gerica, a third-generation fisherman in New Orleans, about his outlook on the future of his livelihood.

Host Tess Vigeland reads some of your thoughts on our recent coverage of retail rebates, kids and allowances and on paying -- or not paying -- for music.

Tess Vigeland talks to Professor Gary Chaison about the drastic career changes the fishermen, oystermen and other workers on the Gulf coast may have to make.