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Even for the healthiest Americans, the cost of health care in retirement can be astronomical. Don’t even get me started on the untenable cost of treating…

Most people, when asked, say they want to “age in place” at home for as long as possible. When an elder is in failing health, staying…

You might have read that Social Security might raise its retirement age as a means to help fix the program’s financial challenges. If this happens, how…

Sometimes, it’s necessary to correct the record. The other day, a click-baity, highly misleading headline blared: “Teresa Ghilarducci Confirms Proposal to Create Federal 401(k) Would Remove…

A call to scrap tax breaks for retirement plans and use the savings to shore up Social Security has some in the financial services industry up…

Alaska Airlines is known for its Mileage Plan, which won the title of NerdWallert’s Best Airline Rewards Program for 2023 for its great reward rates, elite…

The clock is ticking on the expiration, or sunset, of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which nearly doubled the lifetime estate and gift tax…

Enter your payment information and enjoy a free week or month of a streaming service. For a long time, that was a marketing technique new streaming…

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is a federal law that took effect on January 1, 2024. It was enacted to curb money laundering, corruption, tax evasion,…

Consumers are making one crucial miscalculation when they use buy-now-pay-later services: They believe it will help them build their credit, but in fact it won’t, according…