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The Mailbag for November 11, 2005
Nov 11, 2005
Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers more of your burning money questions. This week: advice on investing in a health savings account, beating the credit card companies, and gifting property to children.
From the Money Matters Desk: Investing in Your Community
Sep 22, 2011
On this week's Money Matters -- our regular look at how to improve your bottom line -- we learn how to put our money to work in our neighborhoods. Joining Kai to talk about community investment is Shari Berenbach, the executive director of the Calvert Social Investment Foundation.
Mailbag for March 26, 2005
Sep 22, 2011
Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers more of your burning money questions. This week, we tackle tax season with a special mailbag devoted to all of your taxing questions. This week - deducting charitable giving, tracking down an old refund, trying to lower an unusually high tax bill, and paying taxes on an inherited gift.
The "Buzzword": Paris Club
Jan 14, 2005
Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Sound Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance - "Paris Club." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
Rating Charitable Organizations
Sep 22, 2011
You want to donate money, but how can you ensure your dollars are headed to the right place? Daniel Borochoff is the President of the American Institute of Philanthropy. He takes Kai behind the process of rating charities.
Budgeting Donations
Sep 22, 2011
This week, President Bush asked Americans to give private donations for tsunami relief. It got us wondering how much Americans give, and how they should think about budgeting charitable donations. Marketplace’s Scott Tong reports.
The "Best Gift Ever"
Sep 22, 2011
Certain presents -- a beloved childhood toy, that first car, a special favor -- live on in our memory. In this series of vignettes we call the "Best Gift Ever," Marketplace's Cheryl Glaser talks to Maria Bartiromo, the Managing Editor of The <i>Wall Street Journal Report.</i>
Mailbag for December 18, 2004
Sep 22, 2011
Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers more of your burning money questions. This week: advice on stuffing the holiday stocking with mutual funds, helping aging parents with retirement, and hedging against a falling dollar.
Gifts of Stocks and Bonds
Sep 22, 2011
Sound Money offers this gift-giving guide for those who want to spread the joy of personal finance…Listen to advice on how to gift stock from Diane Harris, the Assistant Managing Editor of Money Magazine.
Mailbag for November 20, 2004
Sep 22, 2011
Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers more of your burning money questions. This week: advice on picking a CD or a money market account, investing in real estate investment trusts, and the best way to be generous.
