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Life without a financial safety net

Mar 17, 2016
"It feels like being on a treadmill behind which there is a bed of spikes."
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What worries you the most?

Loans? Credit card debt? Health care coverage? What's at the top of your list?
Are you weighed down by student debt?
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Tell us your stories of financial recovery

Ever had a rough financial patch? How'd you recover?
Recovering from a financial set back?
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What's your most memorable impulse buy?

Kind of like a hangover, the stuff that makes you cringe the next day.
Impulse purchases come in all shapes and sizes.
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Is Colorado's public employee pension fund in peril?

Feb 5, 2016
The fund is short about $26 billion in what it owes to over 500,000 members.
As of 2015, Colorado's pension fund for public employees is not expected to reach solvency for another 30-36 years. 
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What issue should the next president tackle?

It’s the start of the election year and it can be hard to weed through the fundraising emails, attack ads and numerous debates, to figure out what issues are actually being talked about. This week we want to know: When it comes to your money and your economy, what’s the most important issue you want […]

How's your personal economy looking?

Jan 8, 2016
We asked you: Are you better off now than four years ago?