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Smoothing out income
Sep 26, 2011
Question: I just started a job as a professor. I have a 9 month salary. I know many institutions divide a nine-month salary into twelve paychecks,...
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Refinance or embrace a shorter mortgage
Sep 22, 2011
Question: We're a family of 3, and I'm about 40yrs old. We are considering a refinance of our house to get a better rate. We're fine financially -...
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The wealth gap
Sep 21, 2011
Here's more financial damage from the Great Recession. The largest economic gap between blacks and whites isn't income, but wealth. Sad to say--but...
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Setting priorities in Canada
Sep 12, 2011
Question: My wife and I moved to Canada after I was laid off in 2009. We have been very fortunate in finding work, community and opportunity in our...
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A graduate student and savings
Sep 6, 2011
Question: I am 21 years old and a first year graduate student. My grandparents set up a CD for me quite a few years ago which now has close to $13...
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What's the money for?
Aug 29, 2011
Question: I have CDs for both my sons that will mature at the beginning of Dec. 2011. They are now 21 and 17. The CDs are making virtually nothing...
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Save. Then save even more
Aug 26, 2011
Henry "Bud" Hebeler left Boston with a graduate degree in engineering from MIT for a job at Boeing in Seattle in 1956....
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Savings and the job market
Aug 23, 2011
Question: I recently graduated and started my first job. I paid for my own school and have no debt. I have a good job and I am maxing out my...
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To save or not to save?
Aug 19, 2011
Irresponsible spending and not enough saving is what contributed to the financial crisis. More Americans are now saving and spending less, but that may have a negative impact on economic growth. So what are we to do?
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Savings vs. student loans
Aug 18, 2011
Question: I am 25 years old and am debating paying down my student loan or saving the money for a larger emergency fund. Currently I have 18k in...
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