Americans are raiding their already fragile retirement piggy banks to weather financial hardships such as unemployment, medical emergencies and buying a home.
Everywhere you turn, it seems there's another pinch in the pocketbook. From gas to groceries, everyone's getting hit by higher prices.
For investors, one word says it all about the wild swings in the stock market: anxiety.
Nothing like a $65 fill-up to get the attention of a teenage driver.
Last week's column on sweepstakes fraud targeting the elderly generated a bevy of calls and e-mails. Everyone, it seems, has heard about - or been a victim of - some kind of telemarketing or Internet money scam.
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