'I stayed in touch with my parents, but always changed the topic when something regarding my sister came up.' She went to the "bank of Mom and Dad" often, especially after Dad passed. It annoyed my ...

'He tells my parents to ignore me when I suggest that it's time to look into senior-living situations' ...

Another sign that the "years ending in 5" theory is not worth following in your investments is that there is no plausible explanation for why it should work. That's a revealing deficiency, since if ...

Ultimately, your stepdaughter will have the answer. If she is too modest to tell you what she may want (so you can ascertain the cost), deposit $1,000, $5,000 or $50,000 in her account.

Bryant, who is a field organizer for the Alliance for Retired Americans in Texas, was a teacher for 32 years, but paid into Social Security before and after college and while working part time for her ...

I'm one of many people, I'm sure, who've been blindsided by IRMAA. I'm trying to plan my 2025 income now to minimize my 2027 Medicare charges. I'm filing single. It seems that no one knows what the ...

Grumet became intrigued with FIRE at age 41 in 2014, when he was feeling burned out and unhappy running his concierge practice full tilt. That's when he read the FIRE book, "The White Coat Investor," ...

Many couples are setting financially focused New Year's resolutions with hopeful optimism: save more, spend less, and finally get that debt under control. Yet research shows that 23% of them will quit ...

My oldest brother passed and had no wife or children. My mom was his next of kin and received all his retirement savings and house. She does not want the house, so my siblings and I decided one of us ...

The U.S. stock market's January gyrations so far tell you next to nothing about how stocks are likely to perform for the rest of the year.

Craig Cheney travels the country making people mad.

To be sure, it isn't entirely clear the extent to which Trump will go through with his pledges about Day 1 tariffs, or if they're mostly rhetoric and/or a negotiating tactic. It's possible countries ...