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The Bite of Bank Fees

Your bank wants more of your money, and it's found a way to get it: by jacking up the fees on your account. Customers are paying more to maintain a checking account, and withdraw cash from an out-of-system ATM.

By Nancy Trejos and Jonathan Starkey

The Right Direction Starts With the Right Decisions

Column

| People end up in financial trouble not only because they don't have enough money. It's also because of poor decision-making.

By Michelle Singletary

If You Lose Your Job, Your Bills Could Still Be Covered

Kiplinger

| Lots of us are worried about job security these days. But retailers and service purveyors still want you to open your wallet.

By Anne Kates Smith

Forget Tenure: Colleges Should Track Performance

Money & Ethics

| Professional advancement and higher earnings are blocked by the refusal of aging, tenured professors to retire.

By Knight Kiplinger

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Color of Money

Michelle Singletary provides money advice and answers to your tough questions.

Small Change

Nancy Trejos and Ylan Mui blog provide frugal tips for surviving the recession.

Local Address

Elizabeth Razzi blogs about selling, buying, improving and insuring your home.

Jane Bryant Quinn

Money strategies from Bloomberg's personal finance columnist.

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The Color of Money: Asset Allocation Made Simple (By Michelle Singletary, July 5, 2009)

California's Broke. Should You Invest in It? (By Jane Bryant Quinn, July 5, 2009)

Hard Times Spark Slew of Scams (By Laura Cohn, July 5, 2009)

Ask Kim: How Much Long-Term Care Coverage? (By Kimberly Lankford, July 5, 2009)

Help for Those Struggling To Pay the Mortgage (By Pat Mertz Esswein, July 5, 2009)

Before You Mail In That Old Ring . . . (By Candice Lee Jones, July 5, 2009)

The Color of Money: Michael Jackson's Money Woes and the Dangers of Entitlement (By Michelle Singletary, July 2, 2009)

Crib? Check. Toys? Check. Don't Forget a Budget, A Will and Insurance. (By Erin Burt, June 28, 2009)

Using an HSA While on Medicare (By Kimberly Lankford, June 28, 2009)

If the Shoe Fits (Michelle Singletary, June 25, 2009 4:26 p.m.)

The Mindset To Make It Through: Tips on Surviving the Recession (By Michelle Singletary, June 21, 2009)

Get Smart With College Savings Plans (By Jane Bryant Quinn, June 21, 2009)

Where Kids Learn All About The Bulls and the Bears (By Candice Lee Jones, June 21, 2009)

Small-Cap in Name Only: Fund Defies Its Way to Recent Success (By Stacy Rapacon, June 21, 2009)

Asking Teens to Chip In (By Knight Kiplinger, June 21, 2009)

Searching for Signs of Economic Rebound? Here's Your Scorecard. (June 21, 2009)

Credit Score Shell Game (By Nancy Trejos, June 21, 2009)

Color of Money Live (Michelle Singletary, July 16, 2009 12:00 p.m.)

Will Work for Free (Michelle Singletary, June 18, 2009 11:10 a.m.)

Investors Again Seeking Low-Risk Commodities (By Bob Frick, June 14, 2009)

Michelle Singletary's Color of Money Challenge: Waiting for Work (June 14, 2009)

Saving Strategies (Michelle Singletary, June 11, 2009 2:09 p.m.)

Michelle Singletary's Color of Money (By Michelle Singletary, June 11, 2009)

Rules Vary Among Advisers (By David Landis, June 7, 2009)

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