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• Cadillac Escalade and Lexus: Hybrid Reality Check

  The newest luxury hybrids may not make a serious dent in your fuel costs - but they sure are fun to drive. Jim Motavalli reports

  Videos | 11-06-09

• Hybrid Cars: 5 Luxury Models to Test-Drive

  If you want to buy a hybrid, you don?t have to settle for an econobox. These gorgeous, gussied-up green vehicles are as luxurious as anything on the road. The only hitch: They aren?t as environmentally friendly as you might expect. Here?s a headlight-to-headlight comparison to help you choose...

  Articles | 11-06-09

• Why Financial Literacy is a Mirage

  Financial literacy is today's Very Worthy Cause. In reality, though, it's no more than amiable smokescreen-a way to blame consumers for the financial industry's failures and head off reform that will really make a difference. by Eric Schurenberg

  Blog posts | 11-04-09

• Gen Xers Face Retirement Trouble

  Baby Boomers get all the attention when it comes to the retirement-savings crunch, but Gen Xers are actually in worse shape. Fifty-six percent of Gen X households will lack the savings and assets to retire well. by Carla Fried

  Blog posts | 11-04-09

• Game On: How Long Will You Live?

  After playing around with some online longevity calculators, I face this conundrum: If I don’t build up my retirement stash to support me until I'm 95, my next best option might be to take up recreational drugs and increase my alcohol intake. by Carla Fried

  Blog posts | 11-02-09

• Solo 401(k) Offers Big Tax Savings For Self-Employed

  If you're self-employed, here's how you can contributre almost $50,000 into your own 401(k) and get a tax deduction for your efforts. by Charlie Farrell

  Blog posts | 11-02-09

• The One Free Lunch Left for Investors

  High quality growth stocks are trading at unusually low prices compared to the rest of the stock market. Comparative values this low are so rare that GMO chief investment officer Jeremy Grantham calls them "a free lunch." by Eric Schurenberg

  Blog posts | 10-30-09

• Real World, Real Solutions

  Even the best-laid plans can run into complications ? thanks to luck, timing, or any of the other surprises that life delivers. MoneyWatch met with people from around the country and in all stages of their financial lives, learning their challenges and helping to develop real solutions. Here are...

  Articles | 10-29-09

• Beef Up Retirement Savings

  With their last child out of college, this was the year the Cadelinias were going to start putting serious money away for retirement. But the economic crisis whacked Sam's salary by 80 percent. Here's a savings and investment plan to get them back on track. When San Francisco real estate...

  Articles | 10-28-09

• Rebuilding a Small Business

  Entrepreneurs around the country were hit hard by the one-two punch of the economic and real estate crashes, but Sam Cadelinia really took on the chin. As the owner of a California real estate agency, he was in one of the worst industries in the hardest-hit regions. Here's how he can rebuild his...

  Articles | 10-28-09

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