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  • Question: Hi Chris, I went through all the questions in your blog about saving for college. You mentioned several times about 529. I have not heard…

  • Question: My daughter was born on January 1st, 2010 and I was thinking about her financial future. I wanted to opened a Roth IRA for her and…

  • Question: Hi, after our recent marriage my wife and I received a nice sum of money from generous friends and relatives ($5,000). With help from our…

  • Question: I have four credit cards with over $27,000 on them. Three are within $50 of their limit and one is $1000 over the limit….

  • Question: My wife and I bought a new car a year ago with a 6% interest rate and have about $14,000 of the loan left to pay over the next four years…

  • Question: My wife and I recently moved back to the city after several years in farm country. This was primarily a financial decision, she took a…

  • Question: We've been great savers over the last 20 years. Have had the luxury of being in high tech professions and respectfully compensated. We…

  • Nov 9, 2010

    Al Gore and TIPS

    Question: Hello, I have never purchased a bond and wanted to look into the inflation-protected bonds discussed in the 10-26-10 story. I went to the…

  • Question: I will be 44 years old on the 27th of this month, am the mother of three young boys and am about to be a divorcee. As I start over, my…

  • Question: I have saved reasonably well and own investment property, coupling those with what I will receive in retirement benefits, I expect to…