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Money Market Savings Accounts

Apr 23, 2008
Question: Chris -- You mentioned money market mutual funds a couple times on last week's show. Are money market mutual funds the same as money...

Saving for College

Apr 22, 2008
Question: On average, we save about $1000 a month. $500 of it goes to a 529 college savings plan for our son (he's about two years old). $200...

Green Cards and Social Security

Apr 21, 2008
Question: I have 2 questions: 1: Is it true only US Citizens can collect SS when they retire; Green card holders do not qualify?...

Remodel Home?

Apr 19, 2008
Question: We are currently faced with a dilemma. My wife and I bought a home years back with the eventual assumption that we would outgrow it and...

Switching Life Insurance Plans?

Apr 17, 2008
Question: I am a single, 40 year old woman, no dependents. I got a New England Life Insurance policy about 13 years ago - not for a payout if I die...

A Rollover IRA

Apr 16, 2008
Question: I was recently hired for a job in the public sector, working for the state of New York. My previous job was in the private sector. My 401...

Managing Money for 10 Years

Apr 15, 2008
Question: My husband, Gregg, runs a non-profit literary arts organization called the Citylit project (create link to www.citylitproject.org). He...

For public good, not for profit.

Downsizing

Apr 15, 2008
Question: My wife and both turn 50 this year. Our son is graduating college and our daughter enters college this fall. We are downsizing into a...

Channeling Warren Buffett

Apr 11, 2008
Question: Mr. Buffet discusses "Fanciful Figures..." in the Berkshire Hathaway 2007 Annual Report (pp. 18-20). He asserts that the compounded...

Equity Investment Life Insurance?

Apr 10, 2008
Question: Chris---We have recently been advised by a financial consultant to begin to invest in an Indexed Universal Life Insurance Contract, also...