This is a short question, but an important one: Is it terribly reckless to cancel homeowner's insurance? I'm not sure I can justify $4,000 a year anymore. (I have no mortgage.) My deductible is $5,000 ...

That means if her survivor benefit exceeds what she would receive on her own record - even after accounting for delayed ...

Social Security warns that under current law, all benefits are scheduled to be slashed by 19% in just eight years time, when the Social Security trust funds run out of money.

The share of adults who have a will should be 100%, but it hovers consistently at 30% in the U.S. There's no reason for this. You absolutely need some sort of legal documentation to direct your ...

"Trump accounts," the new investment vehicle for children that was part of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, could help parents create the next generation of millionaires - if they prioritize ...

After that, the number of seniors will stay basically flat, according to the Census Bureau, growing by just 5% from 2030 to 2050. In some states, their share of the population will actually drop.

When demand grows for mortgage bonds it can spark a rally, and "spreads" tighten. That's because investors are accepting less spread, or extra compensation above a benchmark rate, in this case the ...

Iraq taught the U.S. that removing the strongman is the easy part. What comes after is where empires go to exhaust themselves. Venezuela has 28 million people, a collapsed economy, 6 million refugees ...

President Donald Trump said in a social-media post Friday that he would cap credit-card interest rates at 10% for the next year.

If you and your husband give $76,000 to your daughter and your son-in-law -both of you giving $19,000 to each separately - ...

The fight over more taxes for the 1% isn't new, but nagging questions in the tax-the-rich debate might finally get better answers in 2026. "I think that 2026 has a potential to be a very significant ...

Two years ago, the Supreme Court had a chance to opine on the constitutionality of taxing unrealized gains. The case was viewed as a test on whether wealth taxes could work in America. The narrow ...