Browsing: Personal Finance

Roth IRAs have been around for more than 20 years, and many people may have forgotten or never learned about how valuable they can be. Even…

I didn’t read for pleasure until after college—when I could, for the first time, choose what I read. Even then, the work of financial planning required…

Most of us have probably heard of financial abuse of elders. Stories appear in local media about a caregiver ripping off the person they attend to…

May’s Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has its share of good news, mainly slowing inflation. But some issues remain and emerging…

It seems you can’t avoid crypto. It’s everywhere. In ads. On X posts. And, maybe soon, in your 401(k). But is that a good thing? If…

A lot of people get arrested and convicted in the United States. Those interactions with the criminal justice system cast long finacial shadows. This is true…

U.S. public policy typically encourages saving. Our retirement system has undergone a major transformation over the past four decades, shifting workers to an individual savings-based system.…

Over the past three decades, the number of Americans who want to retire overseas has tripled—that’s according to a recent Monmouth University poll. Among them is…

The labor market added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.2% in May 2025, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor…

When my husband and I opened our law firm, we were confident. We had a name, a business plan, office space, and a website. We had…