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Here’s how to spend guilt-free when you are in retirement.

Most large banks issue preferred stocks that pay out fixed dividends, often with higher yields than bonds. Should you make room for them in your portfolio?

Despite a rate cut and inflation, these moves can still help you reach your savings goals quickly.

Feeling stuck in your job? It could be your complicated compensation package, but it also could be where you live, your family or even how you view yourself.

When personal finance expert Dave Ramsey heard about a fire department with a pension that’s more than $1 billion underfunded, his first guess was Illinois. “Sounds like Illinois or Chicago,” he said on a recent episode of “The Ramsey Show.” But when co-host Ken Coleman told him the firefighter was…

Saving too much could mean you're missing opportunities to put your money to work. Redirect some of that money toward paying off debt, building retirement funds, fulfilling a dream or investing in higher-growth options.

The plastic ‘eco-plugs sold via social media or cold calls either never arrive or have no benefits when they do. And they can be dangerous

Timing is everything, and sequence of returns risk can mean the difference between a retirement nest egg that's overflowing … or empty.

A couple in their 30s is well ahead of the average family with a $1.5 million net worth and a $420,000 household income. One of the spouses got a $50,000 raise on top of it and are on track to retire in their late 50s.