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Giving your kid more financial control
Apr 15, 2011
Tess Vigeland awards the inaugural Marketplace Money Piggy Award to a father who developed a new system of allowance for his daughter.
An emergency fund calculation
Chris Farrell Apr 4, 2011
Question: The concern I have is whether I am determining 6-12 months worth of living expenses correctly. The range I get when attempting to...
Our relationship with food and money
Sep 22, 2011
A new book says it's no accident that our attitudes and feelings about food and money are connected. Author Geneen Roth joined host Tess Vigeland to talk about her new book, "Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations about Food and Money."
A single parent and savings
Chris Farrell Mar 30, 2011
Question: I am a student right now. My husband left me with our two small children a year and a half ago, and I had no money and no job. I enrolled...
Virtual reality and impulse savings
Chris Farrell Mar 28, 2011
Companies have long mastered the art of triggering an impulse buy. From the grocery store to the shopping mall, companies are really good at...
To take or not to take on college debt?
Ron Lieber Sep 22, 2011
We're starting our series on life through a financial lens at our teens. Tess Vigeland talks to the New York Times's Ron Lieber about a teenager who's trying to balance financial responsibility and college debt.
The financial lives of the 'Boomerang Generation'
Tess Vigeland Sep 22, 2011
Tess Vigeland visits one 20-something who's living with her parents, loaded with debt and facing slim job prospects.
New accounts let anyone bet against the dollar
David Brancaccio Sep 22, 2011
The new yuan-denominated accounts at the Bank of China in New York and California are the latest sign of the end of dollar dominance.
Want get rich from the lottery? Start a savings plan instead
Chris Farrell Sep 21, 2011
Sean Cole's story on the Facebook app Double Down Casino got us to thinking about... gambling and personal finance. What else? It turns out a lot...
Getting Personal: Money and babies, debt collection
Tess Vigeland Sep 22, 2011
Tess Vigeland and MSN personal finance columnist Liz Pulliam Weston answer your questions about financially preparing and protecting your little ones and debt-collecting etiquette.
