April 29, 2014
April 29, 2014
More women than men save for retirement, and women save a larger share of their earnings, but they will still likely be worse off when they […]
April 28, 2014
April 28, 2014
The clear advantages of paying off your mortgage as quickly as possible have changed quite a bit over the past few years. The urgency to pay […]
April 23, 2014
April 23, 2014
Money may not buy love, but it appears to buy years. Economist Barry Bosworth at the Brookings Institution crunched the numbers and found that the richer […]
April 21, 2014
April 21, 2014
Here’s a sobering statistic – there are roughly 37 million young workers in the U.S. saddled with $1 trillion in student debt, who may never catch […]
April 17, 2014
April 17, 2014
America’s parents worry more about inflation and setting a good financial example for their kids than taking on too much debt, a survey shows. In T. […]
April 16, 2014
April 16, 2014
As millions of Americans raced to meet yesterday’s tax deadline, their chances of getting audited are lower than they have been in years. Budget cuts and […]
April 15, 2014
April 15, 2014
Here’s a Tax Day stumper: Would you rather pay your taxes – or eat a cookie? Pay your taxes – or get a massage? Pay your […]
April 14, 2014
Are we creeping back into our bad, old financial habits? A survey released March 31 suggests so: The number of Americans who say they don’t prepare […]
April 10, 2014
April 10, 2014
Big U.S. banks are making their overdraft policies more customer-friendly, according to a new consumer advocacy report, but in a more incremental fashion than its authors […]