Personal Finance

Photo by Daniel M Ernst / Shutterstock.com You can almost smell it in the air. Selling season is here. This time of year, people start to liquidate piles of stuff that have accumulated in their basements, garages and storage spaces. Selling season means negotiating season. After nearly three decades of …

If there’s one personal finance tactic that almost everyone agrees on, it’s the value of saving for retirement, or at least saving for your second act. There will come a point where you will no longer want to or will no longer be able to do the work that you’re …

For some, the realization that financial responsibility is important doesn’t kick in until midlife. You wake up one day, realize you’re in your 40s, and you have no idea where you’re going. It’s time to get started. For others, a midlife calamity can completely reset the financial game. Issues like …

Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com Growing older is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, we finally are able to retire and enjoy the fruits of our labors. However, health challenges can slow us down as we age. And some of these health concerns — such as dementia — can be devastating. …

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS Not too long ago, a conservative investor could easily earn 5% in an insured bank account, or 8% on risk-free Treasury bills. But as today’s savers are only too well aware, those days are long gone. …

Reading is one of the most valuable skills children learn. Not only does reading enable us to navigate the modern world, it provides an endless source of learning and entertainment. I am incredibly thankful that all of my children are avid readers who love nothing more than to have a …

Photo by Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.com Are you waiting to find out if you are among those caught in the Facebook breach that has been making headlines this month? Don’t expect the social media giant to clue you in. Although more than a half-billion accounts were involved, Facebook has no …

Photo by Africa Studio / Shutterstock.com Amazon has agreed to make its pricing practices more transparent after a group of California district attorneys sued the retail giant for allegedly misleading customers through its reference prices, Courthouse News Service reports. Amazon also will pay $ 2 million in penalties, costs and …

As tempting as it may be, when looking at auto insurance, you don’t want to focus solely on price. That’s because the quality of the insurance provider will inform your experience when you make a claim or want to take advantage of great mobile tools. Bottom line: All auto insurance …