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Dear Dave, I own a small business, and recently a relative asked for a job with the company. I hate to say this, but I’ve got reservations about hiring her. She’s basically a good kid, but not the most reliable person in the world. Do you have any ad...

Dear Dave, My husband and I just completed Baby Step 3, and we have six months of expenses saved for an emergency fund. How should we determine when something is actually an emergency? Riley Dear Riley, Congratulations on doing the work, being discip...

Dear Dave, In light of recent events in our country, do you have suggestions for things people should think about and plan for if they get laid off from their jobs? Sam Dear Sam, It’s no secret that things are shutting down all across the world. If y...

I know my friends’ joys and anxieties and Hogwarts houses. I can even identify their shoes from under a bathroom stall. (“Is that you, Lindsay?”) They know my family members and preferred pizza toppings. But we know squat about one another’s finances...

Dear Dave, We need some advice on protecting our assets. My wife is a teacher, and I’m a nurse. We make around $180,000 a year combined, and we’re set to pay off our home next month. We also have two teenagers who are both driving, so we were wonderi...

Have you started planning your summer vacation yet? It’ll be sipping-lemonade-by-the-pool season before you know it. I love vacations, but here’s what I don’t love: nearly 40 per cent of millennials are willing to go into debt for their trips. Coming...

Dear Dave, I went through a divorce a couple of months ago, and I’m not sure what to do next. I received custody of our kids, ages 13 and 15, plus I have a good job and I got the house in the settlement. It’s a nice, simple home, but it’s paid for an...

It’s smart not to panic in a falling market. But that doesn’t mean you should get aggressive instead. When equity markets fall, there’s always a chorus urging you to take advantage of the opportunity to buy stocks for less than they cost the day befo...

Dear Dave, My husband and I had our first child in December. We bought a house not long before the baby was born, and since then we’ve been getting mail and phone calls about buying mortgage protection insurance. We’re both 27, we have good jobs, and...

Dear Dave, My husband passed away last year at just 45 years old. We always tried to be careful with our money, and we were in good enough shape financially that I paid for his funeral with cash. A few days ago, I started getting letters from the fun...