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This story is part of Money magazine's special Dream big, act now: Six secrets of retirement, which lays out the key drivers of retirement happiness -- including your investments, health, career, family, midlife changes and...

Ever wonder where home prices would be today if the real estate market never overheated? Now you can get a clue, thanks to a new online tool from MacroMarkets, the company founded by housing economist...

Personal finance from around the Web: Who on television is a surprisingly prolific dispenser of wise personal finance advice? You won't, ahem, view her on the investing channels -- it's Whoopi Goldberg. [WalletPop] Can't get...

Personal finance from around the Web: Banks 1, Consumers 0? Many in Washington are crying foul after this morning's buzz about a bipartisan compromise in the Senate Committee on Banking which would nix a proposed...