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A retirement portfolio of global proportions

July 29, 2010

Question: What is the difference between a total world index fund and a total international index fund? How you see such funds as part of a retirement portfolio? --Dave, Apple Valley, Minnesota

Money makeover: Married couple, separate finances

July 29, 2010

Michelle Spranger and Scott Zuckerberg have been husband and wife for eight years, but they've yet to marry their finances.

Advice for the reluctant landlord

July 29, 2010

With plans to start a family, Michael and Becky McCullough, 33 and 31, wanted more space. So last year they snapped up a four-bedroom foreclosure in Brookhaven, Ga., for $480,000.

Investing in the world's best balance sheets

July 29, 2010

At the G20 summit in Toronto last month, the leaders of world's largest economies embraced a brave new theme: Halting the alarming, potentially ruinous growth in already mountainous sovereign debt.

Not enough cash? Get your priorities straight

July 29, 2010

You know what your financial priorities are supposed to be: Max out retirement savings. Build a cash cushion for emergencies. Get rid of any credit card debt. Save for your kids' college education. Pay off the mortgage before you retire.

Great gadgets for better health

July 29, 2010

Gadgets to keep the doctor (or dentist) away.

Money's new More Money blog

July 29, 2010

Keep your cool in a scary market

July 29, 2010

You knew it couldn't go on forever. And deep down, the spectacular run-up in stocks that began when the bear market bottomed in March 2009 was actually making you a little nervous. An 80% surge in just 13 months was starting to feel a lot like bubble territory. So yes, a breather was probably in order.