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With the recent economic downturn, Americans have begun to look at unexpected places for cash. They’ve even started taking out loans from their own retirement plans, with both Merrill Lynch and T Rowe Price reporting double digit increases in such loans in the last year. Joining Faith Salie with a look at the retirement plan universe is Fair Game’s Johnathan Mcclain.

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