Cellphones are a way of a life for Americans, but the service isn’t cheap. Luckily, there are ways to trim the cost of owning and using a cellphone. Here are five of them.
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Even if Social Security is not a big slice of your retirement income portfolio, it’s a valuable component.
You get an annual cost-of-living adjustment, and benefits are backed by the U.S. government.
Think of Social Security...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Saving money is often at the top of most people’s New Year’s resolutions, but that may be more difficult to achieve depending on where you live.
Last month, online financial advisory site Moneywise released a new study ranking the easiest and hardest states to save money,...
A surge in “DIY” divorces is putting women at greater risk of being worse off in retirement, according to legal experts.
In 2018, it became possible for couples who wish to split to prepare and submit their...
According to the 2022 Schwab Modern Wealth Survey, Americans consider people with net worths of around $2.2 million to be wealthy and those with net worths of $774,000 to be financially comfortable.
Although it’s common to think...
Saving money is sometimes easier said than done — even if you have loads of it coming in. But, when your income is low or you’re living pay check to pay check, saving money becomes a whole lot harder. The Federal Reserve...
As you’re planning for retirement, you may think you have plenty of time to figure everything out. Especially if you still have decades before you can even consider retiring, it’s easy to push saving to another day down the road.
Are you finding it difficult to open a new bank account due to a previous mismanaged account? Your bridges with your bank may not have burned down completely. Get back into your bank’s good graces with a second chance checking account.
Tax season kicked off Jan. 23. The IRS expects taxpayers to file more than 168 million returns, most before the April 18 deadline.
Here are some key things to know before filing, according to CNBC’s Sharon Epperson, senior personal finance correspondent,...
With the big game right around the corner, lots of folks are hitting the stores to stock up on all their party supplies. This weekend, we'll go through tons of chicken wings, barrels of bean dip, and more beer than you...
