Liz Weston, CFP® The online landscape is literate with horrible personal finance advice: teenagers promoting day trading strategies, “influencers” flogging questionable investment schemes and people with dubious credentials insisting you shouldn’t invest in a 401(k). Outrageous statements and flashy graphics grab...
If you’re in your 20s, you should think of saving for retirement as a marathon rather than a sprint. Instead of focusing on the amount of money you’ll need to retire in 40 or 50 years, focus on how modest increases...
Liz Weston, CFP® The online landscape is literate with horrible personal finance advice: teenagers promoting day trading strategies, “influencers” flogging questionable investment schemes and people with dubious credentials insisting you shouldn’t invest in a 401(k). Outrageous statements and flashy graphics grab...
A credit freeze is the most effective way to prevent certain types of identity theft. When your credit report is frozen, lenders can’t view it in response to an application for new credit, so a criminal who tries to open a...
Kelsey Sheehy Burnt out? Over it? Ready for a change? Millions of people are quitting their jobs each month in what many have dubbed the “Great Resignation.” Before you join the mass employment exodus, do a thorough scan of your financial...
The time is right to ask how we can help more people financially pursue the American Dream. getty The recently-proposed hike in US capital gains taxes teed off a massive amount of discussion among Americans. For those – myself included –...
If you manage your finances on your phone or computer, you know how important it is to work with an institution with user-friendly digital tools. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance recently reviewed apps and websites to find the financial companies with the best...
A lot of personal finance is warning people about risk, and no risk has been talked about more in the past dozen or so years than rising interest rates. Also, no risk has been more overblown. By me, by economists and...