Question: Lately, I've been noticing lots of ads for CDs at various rates. What advice do you have to help me (and others) make a decision? What…

Question: My husband and I have three sons who are five years old and younger. We have saved $15,000 for them so far in an interest advantage…

Question: I have been told that in 2009, if my income is under $65,000, I do not have to pay capital gains tax on some stocks that I would like to…

Question: My daughter is 17 years old and has been working as as a barrista at Starbucks. She managed to accumulate more than $3000 and would like…

Question: My husband is 52 and I am 51. He works and I retired in 07 taking my pension in a lump sum which I now take small amount from each month…

Question: I have a unique "problem" when it comes to planning for my retirement. In my early 20s, I struggled to overcome a life threatening…

Question: My parents are really excited for my wife and I to buy a house, as is my grandmother. So much so that between them they'd like to give us…

Question: I write a personal finance blog (pfblueprint.com) and one of the things that my readers have been mentioning a LOT has been the true…

Question: Hi, Chris. Perhaps you can help solve a debate between me and my husband. Here's the background: In 2000, we bought a vacation home in…

Question: Given the national debt, the federal deficit, the bailouts, the war, the sliding stock market, etc., are T-bills still a safe place to…