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  • Question: You give great advice, Chris. Is it safe to open a Roth IRA with a well-known online broker? I need to put my money to work following a…

  • Question: Can monthly pension benefits be deposited directly into an IRA and be treated as a rollover thus deferring taxes? Question: Can monthly…

  • Dec 30, 2009

    Saving for college

    Question: Hi – My wife and I plan to start saving for our daughter's college education. Since it would provide tax-free growth of after-tax dollars…

  • Question: I freelance as a stage manager for theatre and my year usually pans out where I have work for two months, then am unemployed for two…

  • Question: Hello, @ 78 yrs of age, am looking for the best place to put a mortgage payout, besides the coffee can in the garden. {Hope you don't…

  • Question: I just got my first notice from a credit card that my interest rate is going up … to over 20%! It's a card I haven't used in years and…

  • Dec 22, 2009

    Paying for college

    Question: My question is this: I have the funds to pay my son's entire college tuition when he graduates next year. Is it best to pay it all at…

  • Dec 18, 2009

    A car and a baby

    Question: christmas gift: my husband & I plan to give his son a car due to the fact that he will need a vehicle once his child is born in March…

  • Dec 17, 2009

    Custom index funds

    Question: A couple of years ago, I heard a financial analyst on a radio show talk about index funds weighted on the basis of dividends paid. But I…

  • Question: I have been delinquent for many years on paying my income tax. I have not received any notes from the IRS and I do have bank accounts and…