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Turn Home Equity Into Income in Retirement

A reverse mortgage allows you to tap the increase in your home's value without selling.

SPRING CLEANING? DONATE THE RIGHT ITEMS

There's demand for good-quality clothes, as well as jewelry, housewares and electronics.

HOME PRICES SETTLE DOWN

After three years of big increases, expect average prices to be flat in 2023. For buyers and sellers, this market is a mixed bag.

How to Help Your Children Buy a Home

Options range from family loans to outright gifts.

High Yields From High-Rate Lenders

A likely peak in inflation, along with interest rates that are thereby also at or near their apex, stands to revitalize the longrunning global search for yield.

NAVIGATE THE NEW RULES

SECURE Act 2.0 could provide the impetus you retirement-and help you need to save more for make your money last after you stop working.

The Best Rewards Credit Cards for You

Whether you crave cash back on everyday spending, or miles or points to put toward your next vacation, one of these cards will fit your needs.

TIME TO EXPLORE INVESTMENTS ABROAD

Use our international picks to broaden the reach of your portfolio

An Insurance Policy for Investors

Alfred Winslow Jones is credited with inventing the hedge fund in 1949.

Funds Aimed at ESG Skeptics

A new crop of ETFs seeks to offer an alternative to investments that focus on environmental, social and corporate governance issues.

How Much Stock Can You Put in These Truisms?

A closer look at these rules of thumb reveals important nuances.

Cash In on Your Home Equity

A home equity line of credit or loan can help you fund home renovations or refinance high-rate debt, but consider other uses, too.

Keys to a Satisfying Retirement

DIVERSIFY YOUR INVESTMENTS, CREATE AN INCOME STREAM AND KEEP SPENDING IN CHECK.

Get Your Spending Under Control

Recently I was asked to teach a class on how to get your spending under control and start saving as part of a life-skills program for young single mothers. I came up with a presentation that I titled "Savings Tips and Tricks, or How to Make a Million Dollars One Dollar at a Time."

GENERAL ELECTRIC REINVENTS ITSELF

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARKETS AND YOUR MONEY.

Choosing Between Look-Alike ETFs and Mutual Funds

Consider how you trade and the type of account you plan to use, among other factors.

Get a Handle on Subscription Costs

We're all creatures of habit, so much so that research shows nearly half of everything we do in a day is habitual. Subscriptions cater to that behavior, seamlessly charging us monthly or annually for an ongoing product or service.

MOVING? DON'T OVERLOOK STATE TAXES

The amount you’ ll pay will vary dramatically depending on where you live.

REGULATORS FOCUS ON NEW TYPES OF FRAUD

Seniors are among the most vulnerable victims of online scams.

DON'T FORFEIT YOUR FSA MONEY

Still have money to spend from your 2022 health care flexible spending account? Here are some ideas to use it up.

Is the Walk Down Wall Street Still Random?

The author of an investing classic says yes and remains a champion of index investing.

Find a Bank Account With a Better Yield

Switching to a high-rate savings or checking account could boost what you earn by hundreds of dollars.

A Different Kind of Tax Relief

This volunteer makes tax time less intimidating for hundreds of seniors every year.

REIN IN THE COST OF PETS

We love our pets—and we arer afraid to pull out our wallets for them. Here are ways to save.

TOPIC A: THE NEW RULES OF RETIREMENT

SECURE Act 2.0 gives retirees more time for their nest egg to grow and helps workers save more.

Buy Food Stocks? We All Gotta Eat

In a terrible time for most stocks, a few sectors have done awfully well.

Juicy Cash Ideas to Consider Now

In the final week of 2022, the Federal Farm Credit Banks, an agency with an implied Treasury guarantee, sold one-year bonds with an interest rate of 4.75%.

HOW TO TRIM YOUR TAX BILL

Life milestones, such as getting married, having kids and retiring, are usually taxable events. See how to minimize any tax bite-and maximize your refund.

Energy Stocks Should Pump Out More Gains

Returns could cool after two red-hot years, but the sector remains strong.

INVESTING 2023 FUND MUTUAL GUIDE

TOP FUNDS IN 11 CATEGORIES. IN A YEAR WHEN EVERY CATEGORY FINISHED IN THE RED, FUND INVESTORS HAD TO BE CHOOSY TO FIND WINNERS. LARGE MIDSIZE AND SHALL COMPANY STOCK FUNDS, FOREIGN STOCK FUNDS HYBRID FUNDS SECTOR FUNDS AND MORE