Segments From This Episode

• What’s in your wallet, Andrea Dundas?

  by Marketplace Weekend Staff

  A woman shows the card in her wallet that helped her score big on her latest Vegas trip.

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• The future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  by Jeff Horwich

  We take a listen to the congressional hearing on the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a home owner who shares what he hopes the new agency will do for consumers like him.

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• How the new financial bureau will protect consumers

  by Marketplace Staff

  A supporter of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau talks to Tess Vigeland about how he thinks the bureau will help consumers.

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• Getting Personal: What to do with extra cash

  by Marketplace Staff

  Money host Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell answer listener questions.

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• Letters: Horrible bosses and getting rich

  by Marketplace Staff

  We dig into the mail bag and read your responses to stories

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• Avoid foreclosure, eliminate the second mortgage

  by Jennifer Collins

  Some underwater home owners may be able to find some financial relief — and keep their homes — by having their second mortgage dropped through a little known legal provision.

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• Why you shouldn’t follow the stock market

  by Marketplace Staff

  Financial planner Carl Richards talks about why you shouldn't obsessively follow Wall Street if you want to be wealthy for the long term.

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• Millennials need a lesson in good etiquette

  by Alex Goldmark

  Millennials may be able to pick up the latest technology in a snap and make an art of multitasking, but they're often lacking manners.

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• Piggy Bank Award: Saving, not spending, extra cash

  by Marketplace Staff

  A good saver earns this week's Piggy Bank Award.

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