If you typically run out of things to do by August, season passes to your favorite theme park might be a good way to keep the whole family entertained all summer. If you’re worried about getting a good deal, you need to…
Millennial women and men approach retirement planning and saving with very different concerns, according to a survey released Tuesday by Schwab Retirement Plan Services. Far more millennial women than men reported uncertainty and stress related to saving for a comfortable retirement. Asked…
Paul Gilman dubbed himself a “whale whisperer,” producing and starring in a documentary about using music as a universal language to communicate with the great leviathans of the deep. But the Securities and Exchange Commission alleges he used his purported expertise in…
Saving for your kids’ college tuition is tough. But what’s even tougher is deciding the most intelligent, tax-efficient order to tap those college savings: Should you start with 529 plans, cash or mutual funds? With high school seniors soon heading off to…
Over a two-year period, a 30% gain is certainly in the realm of what’s considered normal. I’ll spare you the statistics lesson, but a gain of as much as 45.2% or a loss of as much as 22.8% in any single year…
Investors are fearfully watching for signs that inflation is picking up. Stocks tumbled in February when Wall Street thought a big increase was coming, and since then, stocks have rallied when the market received signs that inflation was in check. Most experts…
“Financial anxiety can be debilitating, and it can cause significant distress in one’s daily life,” says Kristy Archuleta, associate professor of personal finance planning at Kansas State University and co-founding editor of the Journal of Financial Therapy. Although financial anxiety is common,…
Love and money can be a complicated mix, especially when someone you love wants to borrow a little credit mojo from you. You may know that co-signing is a risk, but that doesn’t make it easy to turn down a loved one…
Life insurance isn’t exactly a fun topic to talk about, is it? Yet, it is essential coverage for many families who want to protect the future earnings of one or both spouses. Many older Americans wonder whether they need life insurance in…
A Knox County employee who gets “preferential treatment,” according to a complaint to the state comptroller, is very often at the home of the official who hired him and signed time cards for him. A complaint to the state comptroller and anonymous…
