Browsing: Personal Finance

Recently, one of my readers at Live And Invest Overseas wrote to me to ask whether she should buy property in Greece to qualify for residency…

The numbers: Construction of new U.S. homes fell 14.8% in January as home builders scaled back new projects. The pace of construction slowed as builders curtailed…

It is often said that the interest on home mortgages is “front end-loaded”, implying that the way lenders charge interest is both unfair and self-serving –…

‘The Big Move’ is a MarketWatch column looking at the ins and outs of real estate, from navigating the search for a new home to applying…

Introduction So, Aunt Jane just asked you to be the trustee of her trust. You were flattered and, of course, accepted. But what did you get…

That’s the question at the heart of a viral video in which a passenger aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line NCLH, -1.04% ship sailing to Antarctica recently…

There’s no such thing as “divorce benefits” in Social Security, but divorced spouses often are eligible to receive benefits based on an ex-spouse’s earnings record. Ex-spouses…

Innovation in financial advice is sometimes met with this feeling of existential anxiety from financial advisers who worry that new technology will negatively affect their jobs…

Earlier this week, I wrote of the news that IBM IBM was reopening its defined benefit (DB) plan. Their announcement was noteworthy for two reasons— IBM…

Remember Alyssa Milano? The actress of “Who’s the Boss?” and “Charmed” fame was recently in the news after she started a fundraising campaign for her son’s…