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The Right Insurance Policy for You (The Motley Fool)

The Motley Fool - If you are single, or one-half of a two-income, no-dependents household, you probably won't need much life insurance, if any. With a little planning, you can establish a low-risk savings fund to cover funeral costs, and invest the money you would have paid for insurance premiums.

Meltdown jolts consumers from financial fairyland (AP)

In this Sept. 10, 2009 photo, David Sinclair, 62, of Rio Rancho, N.M., photographed in Santa Fe, N.M., has returned to work for a federal government agency in part due to the fact his stock holdings lost 33 percent of their value.(AP Photo/Craig Fritz)AP - The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way.


Meltdown jolts consumers from financial fairyland (AP)

A man shows off his credit cards. US consumer credit posted a record plunge in July, the sixth monthly decline, as Americans bridled spending amid rising unemployment and an ailing economy, Federal Reserve bank data showed Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP - The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way.