WEEK 2: CBS 6 Answers Team responds to your questions

On the same day the Dow fell below 8,000 for the first time in five years, and debate continued over the merits of bailing out the auto industry, it was no wonder our phones remained abuzz and our online chat boxes continued to flash in our second CBS 6 Answers Team Live Web Chat and Phone Bank.

In our ongoing effort to equip you with information and resources to help you manage this complicated economy, our Answers Team assembled in the CBS 6 newsroom for the second week in a row to field your questions related to personal finance, mortgages, stocks, credit and jobs.

On our phone bank were:

- MORTGAGES: Drew Aiello of Best Interest Mortgage
- RETIREMENT: Bob Fazio of Smith Barney
- RETIREMENT: Thomas Schmitz of Smith Barney
- ECONOMY: Ben Chuckrow of Wachovia
- PERSONAL FINANCE: Dennis Fagan of Fagan Associates
- JOBS: Alec Courtney from Manpower

Chatting online were:

- FINANCE: Len Valletta of Albany Financial Group
- INVESTMENTS: Abigail Doolittle of Johnson Illington Advisors
- JOBS: Dan Moran of Next-Act

You can find transcripts of those web chats below.

And check back next week when we'll do this all over again!

To see the Personal Finance chat transcript with financial planner Len Valletta, click here.

To see the Portfolio and Investments chat transcript with investment advisor Abigail Doolittle, click here.

To see the Jobs chat transcript with career specialist Dan Moran, click here.