Advice

Dear Readers, at the beginning of each new year, I’m filled with a sense of new direction. At the same time, I like to look back at the previous year, ...

I write a column similar to this one every January. But I don’t mind plagiarizing myself, because it ...

January is here, and we all have high hopes for this year—especially after 2020. But here’s the thing ...

Dear Dave, I really don’t have any established credit, because I’ve never taken out a loan or had ...

Dear Readers: It’s that time again. And while you may have promised yourself to be smarter about your ...

Dear Dave, I made a resolution to start following your plan in 2021. I talked to my parents ...

It has been my custom for most of the past 23 years to write a year-end column that ...

Dear Readers: If there’s one thing many of us are reluctant to talk about, it’s money. We might ...

I know many people are saying, “Good riddance” to 2020, partly due to political turmoil but primarily due ...

Dear Dave, I’ve been following your plan, but recently I experienced a medical emergency. I’m about halfway through ...

Dear Carrie: I just retired and am trying to figure out how to maximize all of my resources—Social ...

First of all, let me wish a heartfelt happy holidays to all the wonderful readers of my column. ...

Dear Dave, I’ve got so many things I want to address and change about my life, both personally ...

Dear Readers: As I recently wrote, this holiday season is going to be different for a lot of ...

I get a lot of emails from women who have questions about the widows benefits they are already ...

Dear Dave, I lost my job a few days ago. We had an idea cuts were coming, but ...

Dear Carrie: I’ve been hearing about fractional shares as a way to invest in the stock market. Can ...

I’ve pointed out many times how people are quick to gripe about the government in general and the ...

Dear Dave, One of my resolutions this year was to start living on a budget, and gain control ...

We all had big dreams as little kids. Maybe your dream was to be an astronaut, a musician, ...

Dear Dave, My husband and I usually have a few disagreements around the holidays when it comes to ...

Dear Readers: Like so much in our lives this year, the holidays are going to be different for ...

Let me ask a question. If your furnace stopped working on the coldest day of the year, would ...

Black Friday is coming! Everywhere you look there’s a good deal to be had. And this year, most ...

Dear Carrie: I’m one year into my four-year contract with the Army. I currently live off base but ...

Every single day, more than a few of the emails I get from readers start out with this ...

Dear Dave, I let my fiancée use my car to get back and forth to work, and it ...