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• What Facebook May Mean For Your Portfolio, Even If You Didn't Buy It
  With an initial market capitalization of more than $100 billion, Facebook could have a distorting effect on some mutual funds, at least in the short term.
  
  
• JPMorgan's Troubles And The Price Of Eggs
  JPMorgan Chase says it lost billions of dollars trading "synthetic derivatives." Do these complex Wall Street transactions ever do anything to help average people? To answer that question, we consider the case of an imaginary company, Chickens LLC, that is looking to grow.
  
  
• Is Now The Time To Vacation In Greece?
  The Greek economy depends heavily on tourism. The crisis seems to be scaring away visitors, which would deal the economy another blow. But could the crisis create a bargain for travelers who would simultaneously be giving the Greek economy a boost?
  
  
• Is Facebook Worth $100 Billion?
  For Facebook to live up to its valuation, the company will need to redefine advertising as we know it.
  
  
• Buying Facebook? Investing 101 For Newbies
  Facebook stock goes public this week for the first time. That's got at least some of the site's 900 million plus users thinking it's a good time to start investing. Host Michel Martin asks personal finance expert Louis Barajas what new investors need to know when they're ready to take their first steps.
  
  

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