(FORTUNE Magazine) – The dream of twentysomethings' swiftly building vast fortunes pretty much died around March 2000 (unless you're Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page). So this year we reconceived our 40 Under 40 list to spotlight young Americans who are influential, entrepreneurial, and innovative, as well as rich. Appropriately, the reporters who put it all together are the two bright lights pictured above--Julia Boorstin, 24, and Noshua Watson, 25, guided by their rapidly aging editor, Daniel Roth, 30.

Sure, the economy is looking stronger, but is the "p" of stock prices rising faster than the "e" of earnings? And what about that scary drop in bond prices? To help you decide where to put your money now, investing editor Brian O'Keefe asked three dozen of America's top investors where they've been putting theirs. You'll be glad you listened.

Meet Larry, the Overlord of Videogamedom. Actually, that's Larry Probst, the head of leading gamemaker Electronic Arts (his real title is CEO). Since Probst and his competitors are printing money these days from games based on digitized versions of folks like Vince Carter and Pierce Brosnan, we asked illustrator Alex Ostroy to turn him into a character too. For a surprising update on this red-hot market, don't miss "The Biggest Game in Town" by our own tech hero, Peter Lewis.