The stock market is still a shambolic minefield, so what can an investor do these days? Try getting some super powers. Disney is -- it's paying $4 billion for the Marvel superhero empire. WalletPop's Jason Cochran sits down with a cross-section of heavy hitters from the comic book world: artist and writer Phil Jimenez from Marvel's Astonishing X-Men.

Several months ago, asking your manager for a raise may have gotten you an incredulous stare. But with the worst of the economic downturn seemingly behind us, today you may have a better chance. Since the recession began in December 2007, 6.7 million workers have lost their jobs, according to the Department of Labor. Some economists project the unemployment rate, which stood at 9.4% in July, will reach double digits by 2010.

As money evaporates from their retirement savings, many parents are turning to their kids for help. SmartMoney Senior Editor Beverly Goodman, an expert on investing and personal finance, embarked on “Parents in Crisis,” a special report for SmartMoney.com and the February issue of SmartMoney magazine, after observing the challenges her 65-year-old mother has been facing since the financial markets imploded last fall. This is the latest...

The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance fell last week, and the number filing for ongoing claims also sank, the government said Thursday.

The well known women at wowOwow.com are stopping by WalletPop on a frequent basis to answer your spending and personal finance questions. This week we asked them: Does money buy happiness? How much does it cost?

In the "Your Job Will Come" podcast, WalletPop writers Aaron Crowe and Jennie Phipps discuss where to find jobs in the United States. They discuss where the best job prospects are in terms of job vacancies versus unemployed looking for work, along with cities where more job openings are happening. Surprisingly, Salinas, Calif., is at the top of many lists.

Now that Cash For Clunkers has come to a merciful conclusion, we thought it would be fun to post this video of get-out-of-debt guru Dave Ramsey explaining on his FOX Business show why Cash For Clunkers was such a horrible program. Check out the clip, courtesy of Hulu.

Betsy McCaughey is a crazy lady, in that when you hear her spew her political rhetoric that health care reform will kill senior citizens, you wonder if she's not channeling Joe McCarthy. This woman has been making quite a living scaring people out of supporting health care reform.

You know the old saying: "As porn goes, so goes the nation." Okay, I made it up, but it's true. Our nation's latest economic bellwether is the sex industry.