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Stock prices too volatile. Young adults opt out of market.

Stock prices have plunged too often in the past decade for risk-averse young adults. Will Wall Street lose a generation of investors?

Biden task force: Protect retirement savings by regulating 401k advice

Vice President Biden seeks to regulate the type of advice financial planners offer American workers.

Are ethics too expensive?

Hard-hit firms are cutting training. But hard times are when workers need it most.

Obama move on same-sex benefits: small costs, big politics

Debt weighs on Indian middle class

With the economic boom, the rising middle class flocked to credit cards. But in the past six months, credit card default has risen between 50 and 70 percent.

Feeling pinched? It's no time to crack the nest egg.

Resist the urge to panic, say pros, and keep on investing for retirement.