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Spending vs. savings during these unnerving times
Aug 19, 2011
Into the teeth of this economic gale, I had to make quite a spending decision this week. It wasn't a frivolous purchase - not the $5,000 carbon-f...
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Is it finally time to raise interest rates?
Aug 18, 2011
The Fed wants to keep interest rates low until 2013, which was supposed to reduce uncertainty. Why does Thomas Hoenig think it actually will have the opposite effect?
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What to do with your money now
Aug 12, 2011
Two financial experts and an economist answer your questions on how to make (or not make) decisions during this period of severe market volatility.
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Investors are 'scared to debt'
Aug 9, 2011
In response to the S&P downgrade and market fears, global investors are living by the mantra: when in doubt, get out.
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How does the market nosedive affect your wallet?
Aug 8, 2011
Should the average investor join the stock market sell-off?
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Explainer: Debt downgrade and your wallet
Aug 8, 2011
How American consumers will be affected: most mortgages and credit card interest rates are tied to U.S. Treasuries. That means higher mortgage payments and credit card bills.
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The touchy business of relationships and money
Aug 5, 2011
Family and friends are the people you turn to in times of great need. But things can get a bit sticky when that need is a financial one.
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Getting Personal: Paying off your mortgage, funding retirement
Aug 5, 2011
Tess and MSN's personal finance columnist Liz Pulliam Weston answer listener questions.
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How should individual investors respond to the volatile markets?
Aug 5, 2011
CBS MoneyWatch editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger explains how your personal finance is affected by the hopeful jobs numbers and depressing market conditions
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The financial and psychological pinch of the recession
Aug 5, 2011
Author Don Peck examines how the Great Recession has affected individual Americans financially and psychologically, and discusses what impact those changes will have on American society overall.
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