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How to age-proof your career
28 April 2010, 8:05 am - At a company golf outing a few years ago, Michael Levine tried to rattle his 24-year-old colleague as he was about to putt by stealing a line from the 1980 movie "Caddyshack:" "Noonan!" he yelled, just as the caddies in the film did to disrupt a character on the green.

Main Street tries to get back into the stock market
27 April 2010, 10:36 am - Main Street investors have shrugged off stories about Wall Street trickery and absorbed brightening economic headlines to stage an ever-so subtle return to U.S. stocks. Until two weeks ago, mom-and-pop investors were buying U.S. equity funds in the steadiest fashion since late 2004, according to funds tracker EPFR Global. When you combine retail and institutional investors, money flowed into U.S. stock funds for eight out of nine weeks ending April 21.

Credit or debit? How to decide
27 April 2010, 1:27 am - The next time you reach for your wallet at the grocery store or the mall, chances are you'll whip out a debit card rather than a credit card. Since 2000, the number of debit payments has more than doubled, while the number of credit transactions has fallen by nearly half, according to bank card advisory firm R.K. Hammer.

Roth conversions: Beware the hype
26 April 2010, 5:27 am - Since the ban on converting to a Roth IRA by folks making more than $100,000 was lifted this year, the buzz surrounding conversions has been deafening.

How foreclosure impacts your credit score
23 April 2010, 5:09 am - If you're delinquent on your mortgage, your credit score will suffer. Everyone knows that. The question is, by how much?

Too much cash, not enough stocks
22 April 2010, 3:31 pm - The wrong investment mix is grounding the Nelsons' retirement dreams.

Bond investors are chasing the past
22 April 2010, 11:22 am - When Liz Ann Sonders declared last June that the recession was over, her call was met with widespread derision.

Start small biz and save for retirement?
22 April 2010, 8:42 am - Question: I'm a 40-year-old single woman who earns $75,000 a year and has $150,000 in savings and $60,000 in retirement accounts. I work for a small company, but am hoping to start my own business within the next five years. My questions: Am I saving enough now for retirement? And should I be doing anything differently once I become self-employed? -- M.Z., Auburn, California

The truth about health care reform
22 April 2010, 1:45 am - Barack Obama has signed into law the most sweeping social program since L.B.J.'s Great Society initiatives, and now ... um, what happens exactly?

Deflation? Inflation? Protect against both
21 April 2010, 7:08 am - You know that stocks have a knack for climbing a wall of worry. You saw that firsthand last year, when in the midst of the global financial crisis, the Standard & Poor's 500 index skyrocketed more than 70% from its March 2009 lows.