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Here are a few more of the financial decisions that confront students and their parents.
If you're one of the millions of boomers approaching retirement age with low to no retirement savings, should you just wring your hands in despair and give up? No way! You'll just have to be resourceful, and make the best use of the assets you have. Read here for ideas.
Job interview questions for new grads are getting tougher and more industry specific. You'll need to do some homework. Here are some sample questions to help you prepare.
Despite a growing effort to teach kids about money, test scores from last month's National Financial Capability Challenge suggest we are backsliding.
Many people struggle with the task of using their retirement savings to generate lifetime retirement income; this post will help you tackle this difficult challenge.
When young adults are leaving home for the first time to go off to college, they and their parents will need to deal with a new set of financial matters.
Read here to learn strategies that can boost Social Security income to your spouse by $90,000 or more.
Managing spending and savings is a contact sport. You learn it by doing it. A summer job helps teach older teens a lot of basic money skills we often take for granted.
The most important decision you'll make regarding your Social Security income is when to start receiving benefits. Read here to learn two simple numbers that will help you make the best decision for you.
New research suggests that seeing an age-processsed image of what you'll look like in 30 years will prompt you to boost your savings now. So paint a picture, or use your imagination to travel through time for a clear look at your future self. Here's how.
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It's critical that married couples understand the rules that apply to them when it comes to Social Security benefits. These rules affect the income you'll receive while you're both alive, and they directly affect the security of the survivor, which is often the wife. Read here for details.
Parents who teach their children the value of money and how to manage their spending before they go off to school, raise young adults who are less likely to get into financial difficulty later in life.
How would a US default affect your retirement plans?
Working longer will help you reach your retirement goals. But research shows that it's not the extra saving in those later years -- it's the extra time without drawing down your nest egg -- that makes the difference. So go ahead and cut loose in your 60s if you're going to stay on the job. This is when you had long planned to live a little, and you still can.
