Jordan E. Goodman was the Wall Street correspondent at Money magazine for 18 years and is currently a weekly commentator on Public Radio International's Marketplace in the Morning show, as well as on CNBC, MSNBC, and many other radio and television stations. He is the author of Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, Everyone's Money Book, and the newly published Everyone's Money Book series on financial planning; college; real estate; stocks, bonds, and mutual funds; credit; and retirement planning.