Personal Finance

With the April 15 tax deadline coming up, many taxpayers are feeling increasingly stressed. Many wish they simply had more time to compile the necessary documents. There is, however, helpful news; You can file for a tax extension. In fact, any taxpayer who fills out the IRS’s Form 4868 automatically receives a six month extension.  Simple! Yet, there are […]

Improving financial literacy with the combined wisdom and support from a group of people—that’s what investment clubs have been doing for decades.

A state-by-state look at the maximum duration of benefits for people who file initial claims after Jan. 1, 2016, the number of people who received benefits in 2015, the total amount of benefits paid and the percent of the unemployed who received benefits in 2015.

The biggest months for adding and dropping credit cards are December and January, so now's the time to make sure that $95 annual fee is really worth it. Chances are, it's not.

WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department has a message for taxpayers getting calls from the IRS demanding immediate payment: Hang up. Those aggressive, threatening calls are coming from phone scammers. And they are successful, too, costing more than 5,000 victims more than $26.5 million since October 2013. About 900,000 scammer contacts were reported during that period. The callers […]

Don't be too excited for the winner of the $1.3 billion Powerball. Lottery winners rarely have happy endings.

Analysts expect a better year for stocks in 2016 than in 2015 with more compelling opportunities in Europe and Asia versus the U.S.

Wondering how you will fare financially in 2016? Below are what experts think next year will hold for financial matters close to home: Raises, rent, gas, food and health.

Fintech, applying cutting-edge technology to revolutionize financial services, is hot.

It's time to get saving.

At age 38, the participants' Framingham "heart ages" ranged from 22 to 85 years. Participants with higher credit scores had younger "heart ages."

Studies have long shown that a college student’s odds of achieving financial security and a better quality of life improve when he or she earns a degree. But what are some of the obstacles that prevent degree attainment? At the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, we study the challenges that students from low- and moderate-income households face […]

A stock market correction was long overdue, but understanding the bigger picture and seeing through the fear in financial markets can present some excellent opportunities for investors.