Carmen Wong Ulrich

We here at Marketplace Money have been asking our listeners what their financial New Year's resolution will be in 2014. What's yours?

Financial resolutions, cutting back frivolous spending and big student loans. Must be another round of Ask Carmen!

Gifting stocks, retirement account tax implications and 529s. Carmen tackles them all in rapid-fire for this month's lightning round.

Why is it so hard to make, let alone keep, a financial resolution?

Why New Year's resolutions are like candy.

Twelve drummers drumming, six geese-a-laying and one partridge in a pear tree. What does it all add up to?

How should you handle keeping things secret from your family? Carmen and guest Dr. Gail Saltz talk to listeners.

Marketplace Money host Carmen Wong Ulrich shares some of her book picks for holiday gifts.

When 40 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, you have to wonder why saving money is so difficult. Marketplace Money’s Carmen Wong Ulrich points to declining wages, but she also says the culture of saving was lost.

Retailers are increasingly using data tracking to figure out what you want to buy.