Alongside the Chicago Sun-Times, we’re gathering your questions about all things money and finances.

Then each week, we get your questions answered by the people who know best.

This week, we got this question:

“My name is Anthony, and I'm from Kankakee, and I'm just wondering what to do now that I've gone through my retirement funds to save my house in the last recession, with the new recession coming, what should I do to protect myself?”