Does visualizing success help you achieve success? It certainly does in some cases. Successful athletes such as Tiger Woods and Muhammad Ali are known to have visualized their successes years in advance.
People in other fields have also used visualization as...
There are many different retirement plans on the market, but as an employee, you’re most likely to be offered one of the two qualified tax-advantaged plans offered by employers, a 401(k) or a 403(b).
For the most part, these...
In 2016, I quit my six-figure job in software development and retired early at 35. My wife Courtney, who was 31 at the time, joined me in early retirement a year later.
Getting there wasn’t easy. We always contributed the annual limit for our retirement savings plans and invested tons of...
Even in the best of times, many people only check on their finances when something goes wrong, such as when they miss a student loan payment or are hit with an overdraft fee. And that makes money a constant source of stress,...
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the stock market saw historic drops, leaving many older Americans worried about their retirement funds. While it's likely that these accounts will begin to return to where they were as the economy expands again, a new app called...
By the time most of us reach retirement age, we feel as if we don’t have enough money to live the life we envisioned.
Our feelings aren’t wrong: a 2019 analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that over 40% of American...
As a general rule, the higher your credit score, the better off you are.
However, a missed payment or default can quickly drag your score down, sometimes significantly.
As many consumers know, your credit score plays...
Social security card and American money dollar bills close up concept
It goes without saying that death and taxes are two of life’s certainties.
But what many people don’t know is that their Social Security retirement benefits might be taxed.
Everyone needs to save. In fact, you should be setting aside cash for retirement and other financial goals. Whether you want to buy a house, go on vacation without going into debt, or make some other big purchase, saving is the smartest...
As many Americans work to shore up their retirement savings, what to do with workplace accounts like a 401(k) can be a source of confusion when switching jobs.
A 401(k) account is a tax-advantaged, company-sponsored savings plan, with defined...
