Choosing the Best Place to Live in Retirement
If you’ve been saving for retirement for a while, your thoughts might wander next to where you should retire. If there were one perfect spot to match the needs of…
If you’ve been saving for retirement for a while, your thoughts might wander next to where you should retire. If there were one perfect spot to match the needs of…
A charitable remainder annuity trust is a type of trust fund that provides a regular income stream for you and your beneficiaries, either during your lifetime or after your death.…
“Too big to fail” is a phrase used to describe a company that’s so entwined in the global economy that its failure would be catastrophic. “Big” doesn’t refer to the…
Paying off debt requires a great deal of motivation. If you want to keep the momentum in your debt payoff, you have to continually remind yourself of the reasons why…
A callable CD often pays a higher interest rate than a regular CD, but the bank has the option to “call” or end the CD before it reaches maturity. Here’s…
Mortgage rates—which have been rising in fits and starts—lurched upward again, bringing the 30- and 15-year rates to new multi-year highs. The average rate offered to homebuyers using a conventional…
SIMPLE IRAs (individual retirement arrangements) are tax-advantaged traditional IRAs for business owners and employees that accept tax-deductible contributions. In contrast, Roth IRAs offer tax advantages during your retirement years, when…
You can refinance a timeshare, but in most cases, you’ll find it a bit trickier than refinancing, say, your car. There are some different types of financing products you can…
Definition and Example of an Open-Ended Account Open-ended accounts have pre-approved credit limits that allow you to carry an outstanding revolving balance at any given time. You must pay a…
That’s how many times the government has extended the deadline for mandatory student loan payments to begin again, with each reprieve raising questions about how much farther down the road…