From This Collection

IRA or SEP-IRA

May 5, 2011
Question: I am a self-employed, single, 34-year-old editor with no debt and no mortgage. After four years, I've saved enough to start thinking...

Time for a 529 college savings plan

May 4, 2011
Question: I'm not sure if my wife and I are putting our money in the right place. We currently save $600 a month for retirement in Roth IRAs, but...

Where should I save

May 3, 2011
Question: I am 31 and a recent law school graduate. Needless to say, I have a daunting amount of school debt hanging over my head, approximately ...

A rollover IRA

May 2, 2011
Question: My place of employment utilizes a directed pension option which I've taken advantage of since I began working there. I currently have...

Money market mutual funds

Apr 29, 2011
Question: What impact will the end of QE2 and or the bumping against the "debt limit" have on money market funds? Art, Webster, WI...

I got a pay hike. Now what?

Apr 28, 2011
Question: Dear Chris, I recently landed a new job which pays significantly more than my current one - about +30K annually. I'm 42, and I've never...

Saving automatically

Apr 27, 2011
Question: I'm 21 years old and a full-time college student, but I also string pearls and hostess on occasion. I'm paid in cash for both jobs. (Is...

For public good, not for profit.

Managing savings for parents

Apr 26, 2011
Question: I have a question and hoping you can guide me here. My parents are assembly workers, they saved up about 25,000 dollars over the past 13...

The penalty for good financial habits

Apr 22, 2011
Question: I am a recent medical student graduate now in residency, and my fiancé will be also graduating soon and joining me in a new city....