The impression of the year has got to be Saturday Night Live comic Kristen Wiig's dead-on take on ubiquitous financial pro Suze Orman, complete with snazzy jackets, hyper-enunciation, and out-there advice. (One recent tip: Use beef bouillon cubes to make cheap self-tanner.) Wiig's Orman has risen to the same rarefied level as Tina Fey's Sarah Palin: It seems almost more real than the real thing.
--Elizabeth FennerNEXT: Best new primer on financial markets