I have maintained homeowners' insurance continuously since 1982 (with the current company, which I'll call Acme Insurance, since 2008) and had never filed a claim before this year. During a recent ...

My ex-husband, 74, was ordered by the court to pay $1,500 per month in permanent alimony and to maintain a life-insurance policy. He has an $8,000-a-month income. Without my knowledge, he stopped ...

I've always been a little skeptical of the government's encouragement to delay claiming benefits' "Many people either aren't healthy enough or simply don't live long enough to fully enjoy the larger ...

By claiming earlier, I could preserve more of my portfolio and allow those assets to continue compounding' "Once I factor in even a conservative expected investment return, the break-even age for ...

I read the response to the letter, "I claimed Social Security at 62: At 76, I'm working at Walmart. Why do I still owe payroll taxes?" I have another related question. I'm 73. I work as a driver and ...

Why protracted bear markets may be a thing of the past The U.S. stock market is becoming too big to fail, according to some observers. In an economy powered to an outsize degree by the spending of the ...

Think you're smarter about finances than the average U.S. adult? Find out with this simple eight-question test. Well, not so simple. Take the test here. The test was created by the TIAA Institute and ...

Ransom felt lucky to sell his business since the vast majority - 70% - of businesses fail to find a buyer, according to Teamshares. Baby boomers are those born between 1946 and 1964. Gen X is those ...

I learned about travel expenses after a family tragedy . Lots of things can go wrong when you're traveling. Midway through an eight-day vacation to ...

For those sitting on cash now, the question is: Lock in a rate now, while rates are steady (and still historically high), or wait until after the Federal Reserve's next rate-setting meeting at the end ...

I have a student loan with my state. I was on a rate-reduction program, but I missed last month's payment. A friend from high school just texted me a voicemail they left for her while looking for me.

The lack of layoffs is reflected in a remarkably low unemployment rate. It has stayed below 5% for a decade, if a brief interlude during the pandemic is omitted. That's the longest stretch of low ...