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  • Question: Do you have a suggestion for a book on basic investing? I'm looking for something that covers the basic investment vehicles: stocks,…

  • Question: This morning, rushing my kids to get them ready for school and myself to work, I overheard someone talk about borrowing from his/her own…

  • In this edition of Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about buying a house with cash, consolidating student loans, taking on new credit card…

  • Question: Is there a source to which you can refer me that would state the average interest rate of the One Year T – constant maturity, over the…

  • Question: My husband and I will receive about $50,000 inheritance. He wants to use the whole sum to pay down our mortgage. I argue that we should…

  • Jun 18, 2008

    Getting Started

    Question: I am 22. I have no debt. I currently have 6500.00 in savings & add about 300 a month to this account. I want to make my savings …

  • Question: I am 37 and getting married in three months to a gal who is 10 years younger than me. Financially, we're at different places in our lives…

  • Question: My daddy taught me that rent is a waste of money, and my family has been renting for a year after relocating from NC. I'm ready to buy a…

  • Question: I know that my husband and I need to have a will, especially now that we are the parents of a 20-month old. We have a good referral to a…

  • Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and others are concerned about inflation and a weak dollar. So why isn't economics correspondent Chris Farrell breaking a swear? He explains to Scott Jagow why there's reason not to worry.

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