A financial advisor can help you manage your spending, savings, and investments more effectively, but of course, they’ll charge you for it.
And it could be worth the cost if you want to create a comprehensive budget or savings...
The investment business is full of theories and recommendations about how to accumulate wealth. But the field has very little to say about the best ways to decumulate, or spend down wealth.
This is an astonishing oversight, considering that...
If you’re aiming for early retirement Opens a New Window. , you may want to closely monitor your 401(k) Opens a New Window. to ensure you’re contributing enough.
You could even become a millionaire if you manage your money...
In order to retire comfortably, you have to be cleverer than ever in taking advantage of all the retirement savings options available to you. With so many potential obstacles to making ends meet during your golden years, the more you can save...
People across the economic spectrum are struggling to pay their medical bills today. A recent survey by the Commonwealth Fund found that 41% of Americans have problems with medical bills or problems paying off medical debt.
The situation is...
Each year the trustees of Social Security issue a report on Social Security’s financial condition to Congress and the public. The 2019 report came out a few weeks ago, and you can find the 2019 report here.
The report...
In the last 150 years, we’ve had a number of innovations that radically changed the way we live.
You can tick off the list: electricity, the automobile, refrigeration, TV, the Internet. But one innovation rarely makes those lists. It...
You want to buy a home, but you haven’t been saving for one. You want to retire near the typical retirement age, but you haven’t been saving for that, either. Don’t worry, the homeowner and retirement fairies will be pulling up to...
More millennial women are interested in an active role in their finances, but they may still be waiting too long to get started. When we’re talking money, the stats are not on most women’s side– from earning less on average to waiting...
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives have passed a bill that aims to improve the nation’s retirement savings, moving it a step closer to becoming law.
Called the Secure Act and backed by both Republicans and Democrats, the measure...
