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Houses are primarily a lifestyle expense and don't provide much potential as an investment.
If your employer offers a long-term care insurance plan, compare it to a few individually purchased policies. And make sure you're comparing apples to apples.
The recent recalls offer a wise lesson for planning a prosperous and healthy retirement. It's very simple: Eat much less meat and fewer eggs, and instead, consume more fruits and vegetables.
The New York Times all but pronounced residential real estate dead as an investment this week. Let's be realistic.
For many small busness owners, LLCs have several benefits. But before you make a decision on any corporate structure, you should first understand the legal and tax implications.
It's easy to make mistakes in planning for the future - and the longer you let them go, the harder it is to recover from them. Here are 5 to avoid.
If you're looking for current income, time to venture out of the bond aisle and take a look at dividend-paying stocks. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway just loaded up on Johnson & Johnson. It's 3.7 percent yield is higher than the income payout on a 20-year Treasury bond.
A readers hardship story makes a good case for settling her debt with the IRS....and more folks in this situation may also consider this advice.
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are giant monkey wrenches that can disrupt the plans you have for enjoying your retirement years, as well as drain your retirement savings. Read here for tips to help prevent this from happening to you.
Talking about medical insurance with your teens may put them to sleep. So when they seem somewhat open, grab them with these three facts and make these two simple points.
If you're scared off by the high cost of a comprehensive long-term care insurance policy, don't give up on insurance altogether. You might consider a hybrid strategy which combines catastrophic long-term care insurance with paying for long-term care using other resources. Read here for details.
Deflation you say? Not when it comes to your health insurance costs. A new survey of big business says it expects costs to rise nearly 9 percent in 2011, and employees will be "asked" to share some of that pain. This could be the year to give a High-Deductible plan with an HSA a serious look.
Exercise can help you save money, increase your lifespan, and improve your quality of life. If a pill could deliver on even half of these promises, it would be priceless! The best thing about exercise is that it can be cheap or even free, and the "side effects" are that you'll look and feel better now. Building the exercise habit is an important part of your retirement planning.
The nation's retirement program turned 75 last week. Just a few days before it announced it would not be able to support itself this year.
Passion is the key to business success. So stop telling your college-aged kids what to major in, and let them figure out what they love.
