Is time still on your side?

If you're retiring soon, it seems like the timing couldn't be any worse. What's the best way to manage your portfolio when "the long haul" isn't an option? Bob Moon takes a closer look.

Are we there yet?
How should we interpret the market's recent moves? We ask you if the economy is in recession, then Tess asks the experts what it means if we are.

Investment Clubs: Stormy weather
After such a frantic week in the stock market, Tess checks in with two of the investment clubs we followed in 2007 to see how they're weathering the storm.

Day in the Work Life: Makeup Artist
On this week's "A Day in the Work Life," our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we get a makeover with makeup artist Michael Wormwood..

Rate cuts bring a chance at relief
This week, the Fed cut rates by the largest amount in 25 years, but will it do anything to ease the housing crisis? Tess asks Nick Retsinas.

Prince Charming isn't coming
Women have more wealth than ever before, but less confidence about hanging on to it. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports on how women are learning to take control of their financial future.

No 'sure thing' in foreign markets
Investors who thought they were safely diversified in foreign markets got a rude awakening this week. Tess talks to Eric Schurenberg about the do's and don't's of investing overseas.

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CONSUMER CONSEQUENCES
How many p***ts would it take to sustain humanity if everyone lived like you? Play our "Consumer Consequences" game and find out.