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Aug 27, 2012
Help us break down complex financial topics into easy-to-understand analogies. Post a comment suggesting the topic of our next Whiteboard video and you could win a signed copy of Paddy Hirsch's new book "Man vs. Markets"
Man vs. Markets: Simplifying the language of Wall Street
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Aug 28, 2012
Marketplace's senior producer of personal finance breaks down economics plainly and simply in his new book, "Man vs. Markets."
How to start investing for retirement in your 50s
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Apr 27, 2012
In our weekly letters segment, CBS MoneyWatch Editor-at-Large Jill Schlesinger discusses retirement investing strategies for late-starters.
Ring-fencing Italy
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Nov 29, 2011
There's been a lot of talk recently about the need to ring-fence certain economies in Europe. These aren't the economies that have defaulted or been bailed out; these are the economies that are too big to fail. Italy is the most glaring example.
What is a ringfence?
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Nov 28, 2011
One of the solutions being floated around to help save Europe is called a "ringfence." But what is that exactly?
WHITEBOARD: Exposure -- not necessarily a bad thing
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Nov 9, 2011
Most people have dark thoughts when they hear the word exposure, but exposure can be beneficial -- if it's done in moderation, as I explain in this...
WHITEBOARD: What do companies do with all that cash?
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Jan 13, 2012
Companies are hoarding cash -- to cushion themselves if the economy worsens. But where do they keep all that money? Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains
WHITEBOARD: Fiscal policy vs. monetary policy
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Nov 11, 2011
Often conflated, often confused, fiscal and monetary policies take very different approaches to influence the economy. And they rely on two very ...
WHITEBOARD: The name's Bond. Eurobond.
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Nov 11, 2011
James Bond is a weapon of last resort, the man you send in when diplomacy and threats have failed. Eurobond is a similar sort of chap......
White House uses a white board to make its case on Bush tax cuts
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Sep 30, 2010
Marketplace senior editor Paddy Hirsch put Marketplace on the web video map with his Whiteboard video series, in which he explains complex financ...











