Question: I’m 29 years old, earn $75,000 a year and have $130,000 in my 401(k), $5,000 in a Roth IRA and $50,000 in a savings detail for emergencies. I save roughly 15% of my salary each year for retirement. I currently drive a seven-year-old Honda that’s fully paid off, but I’ve been thinking buying about […]

Despite signs that the real estate market might be lurching forward, prices are expected to fall further that year.
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Don’t look now, but your big bank wants you back.
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The Mortgage Bankers organization proposed a forbearance program Wednesday aimed at helping the unemployed pay their mortgages for up to nine months.
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Should adult children expect their parents to pay for dinners? Money’s ethicists weigh in.
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Tuition at many public colleges and universities is skyrocketing, thanks to state budget deficits that have choked off funding for higher education.
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Sales of new homes plunged in January to the lowest level on record, government figures showed Wednesday.
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In January 2009, when Mary Schapiro took by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency was the butt of jokes. Though the SEC’s whole purpose is to police the securities industry, it had missed massive abuses such as Bernie Madoff’s decades-long Ponzi scheme and Allen Stanford’s alleged $8 billion scam.
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You’re probably feeling a lot better about your 401(k) these days, and not without reason. The average balance for experienced workers, after declining 19% in 2008, bounced back 29% last year, including new contributions.
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