Starting over? Need financial advice? Ask CNN’s Ali Velshi and Christine Romans

Starting over? Need financial advice? Ask CNN’s Ali Velshi and Christine Romans

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The recession has played havoc with personal finances all over the Midwest, whether you’re starting from scratch, or trying to stretch your budget to get through these hard times. It can be hard to get good advice on what to do.

Rest easy. We’re offering some Midwest Money help. Two of the country’s leading experts on personal finance issues — CNN’s Ali Velshi and Christine Romans – are teaming up with Changing Gears to provide some answers.

Each week, Ali and Christine tackle pressing financial dilemmas on their CNN program, Your Money, and they’ve compiled their tips in the new book, How to Speak Money: The Language and the Knowledge That You Need Now.

Here’s your chance for Midwest Money advice. Send us anything that’s on your mind, from retirement, to job hunting, to your mortgage and more.

We’ll pose your questions to Ali and Christine, and publish their answers every day during the week of Dec. 19. And, if they pick a question that you sent in, you’ll get an autographed copy of their new book

Post your questions here.