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  • Jul 29, 2009

    Safe savings

    Question: I am a newly divorced mom who has just sold her home as part of a divorce settlement–at a big loss. I have 60K as my share. I was…

  • Jul 28, 2009

    Changing careers

    Question: I spoke to Chris about 6 years ago. My dad had died in March of 2001 and left me and my brothers and sister a little money. Chris's…

  • Jul 24, 2009

    29% interest rate

    Question: I am rec'ing notices that my credit card rates are jumping to 29%. I owe about 35K. I tried to get a consolidation loan to pay them off…

  • Question: I hate to see this happen to the Obama administration; however, if you combine the debt created by the Bush era and the deficit spending …

  • Question: I'd like to buy Warrren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway shares. I understand that there 2 kinds brk-a and brk-b. The b-share costs about 1/30…

  • Jul 22, 2009

    First home

    Question: I am considering buying my first home at age 52. What would you consider as the best strategy for scoping out a wise real estate…

  • Question: This past quarter, I made a series of small withdrawals from my IRA to keep the mortgage and other bills paid. I returned the first draw…

  • Jul 18, 2009

    Cancel landline

    Question: My husband and I each have a cell phone, and are thinking of cancelling our landline phone service, which we almost never use. Is there…

  • Jul 17, 2009

    Variable annuity

    Question: Hi, I know from searching Chris' articles in the past that he's said variable annuities are a bad idea. I recently found out that my dad…

  • Jul 16, 2009

    Invest in BRICs?

    Question: I am 56 years old. I got out of housing before the market fell. I sold my house. I stayed out of the stock market over the last 7 years,…