What Have You Got Financially?
A net worth is a snap shot of where you are financially at a given moment in time. It is a list of your assets and your liabilities.
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A net worth is a snap shot of where you are financially at a given moment in time. It is a list of your assets and your liabilities.
The financial choices in our lives are overwhelming. It's become a lot more complicated and involves a lot more planning than it used to.
This rarely happens, but retirement planning should start with your first job.
A huge cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co. this summer compromised customer information for about 76 million households and 7 million small businesses, the bank said Thursday.
Social Security is synonymous with retirement income, but it is much more.
The retirement income gap is currently 44 cents for women for every $1 that men will collect and it's been well reported that more women than men will encounter financial hardship during retirement.
Although better educated than their mothers and grandmothers, today's women are still not earning as much as men.
Six Massachusetts residents are responsible for $32.6 billion of the $2.29 trillion in the aggregate net worth of the well-heeled folks on Forbes' list.
For many women their biggest fear is that they will be penniless and homeless in their old age and unable to afford food, shelter, and medical care.
Java junkies can formally celebrate their caffeine addiction because today is National Coffee Day.
Even if you leave everything in your will or trust to your spouse or children, if your mother is still named on the retirement plan or life insurance she will receive the proceeds.
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's latest study on borrowing, more than 20% of participants have outstanding loans from their retirement plans.
You may think your credit report is perfect because you have never been late or missed any of your loan payments, but recent studies have shown that perhaps as many as 50% of all credit reports have errors in them.
Two gas stations have been lowering their prices for weeks to try and beat the other.
We all do some really dumb things when it comes to our money, but sometimes it's not what we do...it's what we don't do.
A major nor'easter could bring blizzard conditions to Boston at the end of the weekend, the latest weather forecast shows.
Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, appeared in court for the first time on Friday for a hearing ahead of her murder trial.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
An 11-year-old girl from Rochester, Massachusetts has died in an avalanche while on vacation with her family in Brighton, Utah.
The body of a man who fell through the ice last weekend on Cape Cod was found Friday morning.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Flu cases are rising rapidly, especially among kids in Boston, where hospitalizations of children under five have increased 150% over the last two weeks.
Four children have died from the flu in Massachusetts so far this season, public health officials say.
Fewer people in Massachusetts are getting their seasonal flu and COVID vaccinations as the number of respiratory infections in the state continues to rise.
The ads for the Find Mass Money website in Massachusetts make it seem easy. But one couple struggled to get their $11,000.
Four Massachusetts State Police instructors have been charged following an investigation into the 2024 death of state police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
After I-Team reports about a Foxboro woman's frustration with her GE gas range, the company has agreed to give her a refund.
It took Aaron Braun years to get more than 93,000 Dunkin' rewards points, but after a policy change he's left with a fraction of that.
In the last three years, the Better Business Bureau has received thousands of complaints about GE.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
Uno Pizzeria and Not Your Average Joe's are closing more restaurants in Massachusetts.
Kowloon is expected to draw big crowds to Revere, Massachusetts when it opens a new tiki bar.
Two more movie theater chains are closing locations in Massachusetts. Experts say megaplexes need to make major changes.
The Neiman Marcus store at Copley Place in Boston is closing, Saks Global announced.
Raising Cane's claims a Boston landlord has threatened to evict one of its locations in the Back Bay because the restaurant "smells like chicken fingers."
Just steps from the water's edge along Lake Winnipesaukee, a spectacular estate mixes modern architecture with breathtaking views.
An innovative craft winery located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire, Hermit Woods is taking a different approach to winemaking.
Located on the water's edge along New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mill Falls blends elegant luxury with spectacular vistas.
Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
James Beard-nominated pastry chef and co-founder of Bakey in Boston gives insight on how to make his world-famous babka.
Beverly Hills apologized to Jaylen Brown for initially stating that an event he hosted on the eve of the NBA All-Star Game was shut down because the city said it lacked a permit.
Jaylen Brown had 23 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists as the Boston Celtics rolled over the Golden State Warriors.
Team USA won the gold medal in dramatic fashion on Thursday, and it was Megan Keller who became the women's hockey hero at the 2026 Olympics.
Jaylen Brown disputed the City of Beverly Hills' claims after an event he hosted on the eve of the NBA All-Star Game was shut down because the city said it lacked a permit.
Stefon Diggs made a brief appearance in court in Dedham, Massachusetts Friday to face criminal charges after he allegedly assaulted his personal chef.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
Snowmobilers came to the rescue of a moose that was buried up to its neck in snow off a New England trail on Tuesday.
Raising Cane's claims a Boston landlord has threatened to evict one of its locations in the Back Bay because the restaurant "smells like chicken fingers."
A tegu lizard was found buried beneath the snow in Providence, Rhode Island.
A gathering of North Atlantic right whales off Massachusetts over the weekend appears to have set a new monthly record.
