Personal Finance
Most people spend decades planning for the financial risks of retirement. Almost no one plans for the social ones. Yet the risk that…
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“Hope is not a strategy.” I’m reminded of this saying when reading the…
It is a familiar scenario. A family inherits a valuable piece of real…
For the generation that should be in its “peak savings years,” the prospect…
A mortgage is a government-subsidized forced savings plan — not the wealth machine…
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I stopped by a neighbor’s house to see how things were going and the conversation quickly shifted to Medicare. (This seems…
A new type of savings account for children is on the horizon. While the details are still taking shape, one thing…
EXCLUSIVE: The leader of the Senate’s healthcare-focused committee on Tuesday released a plan that would aim to make healthcare coverage more…
I study people with high emotional intelligence for a living—8 things they never ever do when talking to others
1. They don’t focus just on themselves.Everyone appreciates being acknowledged for something they did well and have pride in.Doing this with…
Couple with $30,000 in credit card debt bought a timeshare—’You don’t understand the implications,’ says self-made millionaire
Americans owe more than $1 trillion in credit card debt as of the third quarter of this year, according to Federal…
Deciding when to retire is one of the most important decisions facing workers in their 50s and 60s. Your decision will…


