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  • Question: As the baby boomers move into retirement, they will start to use their retirement funds or savings. Since the generations following the…

  • As the entitlement landscape continues to change in America, Chris Farrell explains that the future of retirement is no longer mobile homes and sunny vacation spots. It's an older employment base with smaller budgets as Americans work longer and save more.

  • Question: I'm 42 years old (still working, of course) and have had a fixed index annuity that's worth $25,000. The people I have it with offered me…

  • Question: I have always given my kids an allowance and I have not tied the money to chores. I think chores are jobs you have to do because you are…

  • Question: What's the best way to keep my auto insurance premium down? Is it better to take off liability and just go with collision, increase the…

  • Jun 10, 2011

    Shift to the Roth?

    Question: Dear Chris, My wife and I have been working in our careers for several years and have each had a job change in the past five years….

  • Question: What is a legitimate and free site to go to for obtaining individual credit report? Hal, Minneapolis, MN…

  • Question: I keep receiving offers for rewards credit cards, including one which sounds great. But I am wondering if switching from my very low…

  • Question: My parents, aged 87 and 86, just sold their long-time (47 years) home and moved into an apartment. They have approx. $130,000 in proceeds…

  • Question: Very recently we had a problem with my mother-in-law being hooked in with a scam where she wired a total of $6000 to Jamaica all for the…

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