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Retirees could take advantage of better yields on cash and annuities while paying down variable debt and navigating a tougher housing market.

From healthcare logistics to social ties, here's why staying in my longtime home won out over a tropical move.

Women can find it hard to take center stage in their own retirement plan. Here's how to take care of those you love while building a life you love, too.

Your financial plan may need to support you for 35 years of retirement, not 25. Here's how to redo the maths on withdrawals, inflation and lifetime income.

"I am the classic 'millionaire next door.' I started saving in the company saving plan with my first paycheck at age 22 and never stopped."

You don't need a million dollars to transform your finances and set yourself up for retirement.

If you work past age 65, assuming you can delay signing up for Medicare can lead to permanent penalties and costly coverage gaps. Here's how to avoid that.

Interest rates declined from 1981 until 2020, but we may now be in a long-term trend in the opposite direction. Here's how investors can prepare.

These core estate planning documents will spare your loved ones from court hassles and help ensure your financial and medical wishes are carried out.

Accumulating tens of millions in a mega-retirement account is impressive, but preserving that wealth across generations requires moving beyond standard IRAs.

The stock market closed higher on Friday even as Treasury yields and oil prices rose and consumer sentiment declined.

USPS has temporarily raised shipping prices for the holiday season. Here’s what’s changing and how to keep the cost of mailing gifts under control.

Should you invest in real estate if its traditional benefits — appreciation, yield, depreciation and protection from inflation — can no longer be guaranteed?

If you want to eat local without the tourist tax, here's how you can find the best hotspots without emptying your wallet.

Receiving an inheritance in your 50s or 60s? Find out how to use the Great Wealth Transfer to buy back your time, pivot careers or fund family memories.

Eliminating high-interest balances and strategically using lower-rate loans can help you use debt as a tool to help make you more money in the future.

Make sure your financial adviser knows how to manage your employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) by checking these credentials before you commit.

Joy Taylor answers questions from readers on federal and state estate taxes.

Tech companies are borrowing so heavily to fund the AI build-out that they're driving up interest rates and setting up a government-debt headache.

These U.S. equity ETFs offer non-equal-weighted alternatives to the increasingly concentrated S&P 500, while maintaining broad large-cap exposure.