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Retirement
Putting financial help into social work
Jan 12, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of people need help with food and rent and medical bills. Social workers often help provide resources. But a growing number want to tackle money issues as well. Reporter Cathy Duchamp looks into the idea of financial social work.
Mandatory withdrawals eased for 2009
Jan 9, 2009
The rules surrounding mandatory withdrawals from retirement accounts have eased in 2009, but the change isn't without its fair share of confusion. Host Tess Vigeland asks tax adviser John Battaglia to break it down.
We will be working through retirement
Jan 8, 2009
The recession is changing the way people think about their retirement. Economics correspondent Chris Farrell tells Scott Jagow why working in your golden years will be the norm -- and why that's not a bad thing.
Not planning on retirement is OK
Dec 29, 2008
The economic crisis is ruining retirement plans for some people. But commentator Tim Eavenson thinks he'll be OK if he never retires, and he will happily exchange retirement funds for other benefits.
Keeping a retirement income fund
Dec 19, 2008
These days, you have to keep the money coming even through retirement. That's the thinking behind starting a retirement income fund. Tess Vigeland talks to Kiplinger's Bob Frick about how the fund works.
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Pension, retirement-fund rules eased
Dec 12, 2008
Congress has given corporations and retirees a break by letting businesses delay payments to pension plans and relaxing rules on mandatory withdrawals from IRAs and 401k's for people over 70. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Despite 401k, maybe you should spend
Dec 2, 2008
As many of us see our retirement savings dwindling from the stock market's decline, a natural reaction is to close our wallets. Economist Dan Ariely tells Kai Ryssdal we may want to rethink that notion.
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Getting Personal
Nov 28, 2008
Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell give advice on paying for a student's college costs, helping mom with retirement, and the No-Brainer, Margarita and Couch Potato portfolios.
To inherit, you have to earn their trust
Nov 27, 2008
Trusts allow people to pass wealth on to loved ones, but a new kind of trust also lets people attach some strings to the money -- as Stacey Vanek-Smith discovered with her parents.
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Straight Story: Insuring retirement
Nov 21, 2008
Economics editor Chris Farrell sets the story straight on why the 401(k) system has failed us and how we can go about building something better.