Personal Finance

It’s not often that one comes across sound, concise advice. So, when I came across the following statement the other day, I took notice: “Live below your means.” This advice, writes ...

A survey has found that only 18 percent of Americans believe their tax dollars are spent effectively. One ...

NEW YORK—Allen Lomax knows how retirement is supposed to go: By your golden years, you should have paid off your house, built ...

Here is a better idea for your financial life: Before you look forward, look backward.

The holidays are a joyous time to gather with family and friends and reconnect to the most important ...

The expectations are high. The Christmas carols are everywhere. The marketing messages are relentless. It takes a strong ...

You’d think it’d be on the list of critical subjects taught in school, but managing money is one ...

NEW YORK—There are a lot of hard truths about money, but here is one of the hardest: We're really ...

College isn’t the best option for everyone. Some will do just as well, if not better, by learning ...

The FAFSA for the 2010-2021 academic year became available on Oct. 1, 2019. It now requires information from ...

Elder financial abuse runs the gamut from stranger danger to scheming family members to unscrupulous financial advisers

Rather than thinking of a W-4 as a workplace payroll issue, think of it as part of yearly ...

Some people may think that asset protection is only relevant for very wealthy people who are trying to ...

Some 49 percent of private student loan cosigners over age 50 end up paying some of that debt.

It is not easy for young adults to get on that first rung of the corporate ladder, even ...

We all need to start saving money, but for many of us, having an emergency fund is vital ...

Ibn Khaldun isn’t exactly a household name—but he should be. Fascinatingly, one great American president was a big ...

NEW YORK—Can regular people calculate their state taxes in light of the new U.S. tax law? No way, ...

CHICAGO—It may seem a simple solution to the brewing U.S. retirement crisis: Get people to work until 70 ...

Safes and vaults used to be how banks protected your money. Now, the money is completely accessible through ...

For most millennials, the cost of housing far exceeds what their parents had to deal with, and represents ...

NEW YORK—Tax filing season for 2018 has started, and the most complicated changes brought about by the Tax Cut ...

CHICAGO—Jack Bogle did more to help the average American working household save for retirement than anyone else in ...

NEW YORK—My preteen daughter earned her first dollars in 2018, so I wanted to seed her retirement account. ...

CHICAGO—How bad was 2018 for investors? They pulled a record amount of money from stock and bond funds ...

CHICAGO—One of the biggest trends in retirement saving over the past decade has been the shift to target ...

CHICAGO—When the Vondruska family gathered in Watersmeet, Michigan on Christmas Eve to open presents, the grandchildren did not ...