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Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question. Dear Ken and Daria, I have a small amount of money to invest, but I am new to investing and would like to know how to get started. I don't mind...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question. Everyone should be so lucky as to know some one like Maria! Maria is about to make some friends and family members very happy. Her generosity is...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question. Are you still licking your wounds after suffering big stock market losses? Looking for a safe investment in this tricky market? You're not...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question Credit card companies are on a tear, raising rates, slashing credit lines, increasing minimum payments and closing accounts in advance of the new...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Thanks to rising unemployment and an economy stuck in neutral at very best, more consumers than ever are struggling to pay their debts. Credit card delinquencies and charge-offs are both at record...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question. Dear Ken and Daria, If you use a debt counselor, and agree not to charge anything else to your card, is it true that the bank is required to lower your...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Your credit score is more important than ever. But how can you make sure you have good credit when you don't use credit cards? Personal finance experts Ken and Daria Dolan help a WalletPop reader...

More than 11 million families are saving for college using a 529 savings plan. Those plans have suffered big losses along with the rest of the stock market, creating a dilemma for parents whose kids are headed to college in the next five years. How do you invest your 529 funds today to make up for...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question. Money is the number one source of arguments among couples, and those disagreements only get worse when times are tough. Many couples are in serious...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday. Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question. Credit is by far the number one topic we get questions about. Many are about how to build, keep and protect good credit. To answer today's question,...