Money Basics
Learn easy ways to master the money basics, including setting up a household budget, managing your investments and growing your savings.
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Which Is Better: Term or Whole Life Insurance?
January 17, 2019 -
Here’s the True Cost of Debt, and What You Can Do About It
January 16, 2019 -
Meeting With a Financial Advisor for the First Time? Here’s What to Bring
January 15, 2019 -
How Permanent Life Insurance Affects Your Investments
January 14, 2019 -
How Financial Planning Is Different When You Don’t Have Kids
January 11, 2019 -
Is Life Insurance Tax Deductible?
January 07, 2019 -
How Much to Tip for Everything
January 04, 2019 -
How Do Annuities Work?
January 03, 2019 -
5 Financial Resolutions You’ll Be Able to Keep in the New Year
December 27, 2018 -
5 Steps to Reach Your Financial Goals in 2019
December 20, 2018 -
Pros and Cons of Whole Life Insurance
December 17, 2018 -
The Important Money Lesson This Financial Advisor Is Teaching His Daughters
December 14, 2018 -
How to Negotiate and Save on Common Purchases
December 10, 2018 -
With a Plan, You Don’t Need to Worry About Market Volatility
December 07, 2018 -
How Bunching Itemized Deductions Can Help You This Tax Season
December 05, 2018 -
What’s the Real Interest Rate and Why Does It Matter?
November 30, 2018 -
This Number Predicted Recessions Before – Here’s What It Says Today
November 26, 2018 -
5 Common Annuity Myths
November 21, 2018 -
How to Make Your Money Last for Decades in Retirement
November 20, 2018 -
How Retailers Trick You into Spending More
November 15, 2018 -
How to Make Charitable Giving a Part of Your Finances
November 13, 2018 -
How Do Life Insurance Dividends Work?
November 09, 2018 -
6 Ways to Reduce Your Taxes for 2018
November 07, 2018 -
This Couple Paid Off $65K in Debt With the Help of Side Hustles
November 07, 2018 -
What Is Universal Life Insurance?
November 05, 2018 -
The IRS Changes IRA Contribution Limits for the First Time in 6 Years
November 01, 2018 -
How to Save More, Based on Your Personality
October 31, 2018 -
Should You Contribute to a Roth or Traditional Retirement Account?
October 24, 2018 -
What Is Wealth Management?
October 19, 2018 -
Amid a Gloomy Outlook, Don’t Abandon International Diversification
October 18, 2018 -
Writing an Estate Plan Is One of the Hardest Things I’ve Done — Here’s What I Learned
October 17, 2018 -
Why Did Stocks Fall So Far This Week?
October 11, 2018 -
5 Ways to Take Control of Your Finances in October
October 02, 2018 -
Should You Wait for a Market Decline Before Investing?
October 02, 2018 -
How the Fed's Stance on Inflation Could Impact Your Investments
September 26, 2018 -
I Wasn’t Happy With My Wall Street Career. Here’s How I Found My Passion
September 25, 2018 -
You Can Now Freeze Your Credit for Free — Here’s Why You Should Do It
September 24, 2018 -
What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Life Insurance?
September 21, 2018 -
Is Rent the Runway’s Subscription Worth the Money? Here’s What I Found
September 18, 2018 -
A Trump Executive Order Could Be a Big Deal for Retirement Planning
September 06, 2018 -
How These Newlyweds Paid Down Six Figures of Debt — in One Year
August 29, 2018 -
Pay Student Debt or Save for Retirement? The IRS Made It Easier to Do Both
August 29, 2018 -
This Bull Market Is a Record Breaker: Time to Celebrate or Hunker Down?
August 24, 2018 -
What to Know About Money When You Enter the Workforce
August 24, 2018 -
The Best Money Habit This Financial Planner Learned as a Kid
August 14, 2018 -
What Is Term Conversion?
August 13, 2018 -
30 Million Americans May Not Be Withholding Enough After the New Tax Law
August 02, 2018 -
Here’s Why Market Corrections Are Perfectly Normal
July 23, 2018 -
How This Financial Advisor Developed a Passion for Helping Families With Special Needs
July 19, 2018 -
The Yield Curve Is Flattening — Here’s What It Is And Why It Matters
July 09, 2018 -
What to Do If Your Identity Has Been Stolen
July 03, 2018 -
5 Common Life Insurance Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them
July 02, 2018 -
What Is Whole Life Insurance?
June 25, 2018 -
How This Financial Planner Is Approaching Retirement Differently
June 21, 2018 -
How to Trick Your Mind and Reach Financial Goals
June 19, 2018 -
How to Save for Retirement When You're Self-Employed
June 18, 2018 -
From Chicken Taxes to Flamethrowers: The Oddities of Trade Wars
June 15, 2018 -
What Financial Paperwork Should You Keep?
June 11, 2018 -
Smart Money Moves for Rising Interest Rates
June 08, 2018 -
The Top Mistake These Financial Pros See Americans Make
June 07, 2018 -
How to Update Your Insurance When You Get Married
June 05, 2018 -
What Causes Volatility in the Markets?
June 01, 2018 -
What the New Tariffs Could Mean for the Economy — And Your Wallet
June 01, 2018 -
Why You ‘Don’t Need a Ton of Money’ to Start Financial Planning
May 16, 2018 -
Why I Won't Compromise on These Self-Care Expenses
May 04, 2018 -
How to Manage Your Money Without Feeling Deprived
May 01, 2018 -
Test Your Financial Literacy With This Quiz
April 30, 2018 -
Here’s Why the Interest Rates on Your Loans May Change
April 24, 2018 -
The Elevator Accident That Inspired Me to Become a Financial Advisor
April 24, 2018 -
4 Terms You Should Know When Investing
April 19, 2018 -
The IRS Technical Difficulties May Affect Millions of Americans
April 17, 2018 -
How Much Life Insurance Do I Need? Here’s How to Find Out
April 16, 2018 -
Why Student Loans Are a Problem for Older Americans, Too
April 16, 2018 -
Two Smart Things You Could Do with Your Tax Refund
April 11, 2018 -
What This Financial Planner Thinks You Can Learn From Lottery Winners
April 10, 2018 -
We Paid Off $10K of Debt in A Year by Taking Small Steps
April 06, 2018 -
What Is a 401(k)?
April 05, 2018 -
What You Need to Know About the New Government Funds for Student Loan Forgiveness
April 04, 2018 -
What to Know About the Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor Data Breach
April 02, 2018 -
How We Paid Off $70K of Debt — and Bought Our Dream Home
March 30, 2018 -
6 Things You Should Be Doing to Improve Your Digital Security
March 27, 2018 -
My Mom Taught Me the Most Important Things About Money When I Was 10
March 20, 2018 -
How to Get Out of Debt
March 19, 2018 -
This Couple Took Control of Their Finances — And Paid Off $52K in Debt
March 12, 2018 -
I Learned My First Big Money Lesson — at McDonald's
March 06, 2018 -
You Spend the Most Money When You Reach This Age
March 06, 2018 -
How Many Credit Cards Should I Have?
March 05, 2018 -
Why You Should Check Your Tax Withholdings for 2018
March 02, 2018 -
This Couple Erased $51K in Debt in Just 2 Years
February 26, 2018 -
How This Single Mom Paid Off $30K of Debt in One Year
February 22, 2018 -
This Financial Planner Takes the Same Trip Every Year — And It Changed How She Thinks About Money
February 19, 2018 -
Meet the Couple Who Made a Game of Paying Off $120K of Debt
February 16, 2018 -
Is Your Debt Making You Sick?
February 13, 2018 -
What’s the Social Security Retirement Age?
February 07, 2018 -
Why the Stock Market Plunged This Week — And What That Means For You
February 06, 2018 -
How Saving Helped Me Focus on Saving My Son’s Life
February 05, 2018 -
How to Manage Your Money
February 01, 2018 -
6 Simple Steps to Start Investing in Art
January 30, 2018 -
I Kicked My Impulse-Shopping Habit — And Paid Off $35K in Debt
January 30, 2018 -
8 Big Tax Law Changes and What You Can Do About Them
January 29, 2018 -
What Is Bitcoin, And How Does It Work?
January 26, 2018 -
My Granddad Gave Me the Best Money Advice I Ever Got — Now He’s My Client
January 22, 2018 -
How One Family Cut Costs and Paid Down $100,000 of Debt
January 18, 2018 -
How to Check My Credit Score
January 11, 2018 -
I Took Side Gigs to Help Pay Off $87,000 of Student Loan Debt
January 11, 2018 -
She Lost Her Job, Then Got Serious About Repaying $52,000 in Debt
January 10, 2018 -
Get Out of Debt in 2018 with 5 Easy Steps
January 09, 2018 -
The $20 Bill That Changed How I Think About Money
January 08, 2018 -
This Couple Buckled Down to Erase $40,000 of Student Loan Debt in Just 18 Months
January 03, 2018 -
Meet the Couple Who Paid Off $50K in Debt in Less Than 3 Years
December 29, 2017 -
6 Financial Resolutions You Can Actually Keep This Year
December 28, 2017 -
How One Couple Wiped Out $90,000 in Student Loans in Less Than 2 Years
December 28, 2017 -
These Newlyweds Paid Off $78K of Debt in Less Than 2 Years
December 22, 2017 -
How I Paid Off $20K in Debt and Found a New Career
December 21, 2017 -
Is Social Media Ruining Your Budget?
December 20, 2017 -
How Meal Planning Helped Me Pay Down Almost $18K in Debt
December 19, 2017 -
Here’s What’s in the Republican Tax Plan That Could Affect You
December 18, 2017 -
Should You Max Out Your 401(k) Contribution?
December 15, 2017 -
What’s the Difference Between Stocks and Bonds?
December 14, 2017 -
5 Ways to Reach Your Financial Goals in the New Year
December 13, 2017 -
3 Things You Should Know If You and Your Spouse Retire at Different Times
December 12, 2017 -
What Is Short-Term Disability Insurance?
December 07, 2017 -
What’s in the Final Senate Tax Bill, And What Could Still Change?
December 02, 2017 -
5 Financial Steps You Should Take Before the End of the Year
December 01, 2017 -
These 2 Expenses Don’t Count Against Your Gift Tax Exclusion
November 21, 2017 -
What You Need to Know About Contributing to an IRA
November 16, 2017 -
How Do You Evaluate a Charity Before Giving?
November 15, 2017 -
How to Create a Monthly Budget in 6 Steps
November 15, 2017 -
What’s New in the Senate’s Tax Plan That Could Affect You
November 13, 2017 -
The Republican Tax Plan: 8 Key Things You Should Know
November 08, 2017 -
What Is a 529 Plan?
November 08, 2017 -
How Managing Your Money Affects Your Brain
November 07, 2017 -
Here's What a Smart Investing Strategy Looks Like
November 06, 2017 -
What Is a Roth IRA?
November 03, 2017 -
How to Pay Down Your Student Loans Strategically
October 31, 2017 -
Here’s the New 401(k) Contribution Limit for 2018
October 30, 2017 -
What Is an Emergency Fund?
October 30, 2017 -
What Is Disability Insurance — And How Much Do I Need?
October 27, 2017 -
Overlooked Tax Deductions and Credits You May Be Missing Out On
October 24, 2017 -
How to Pay Down Your Car Loan Wisely
October 18, 2017 -
Should You Switch to Your Spouse’s Health Insurance?
October 18, 2017 -
How to Start Investing: A Beginner’s Guide
October 17, 2017 -
What Is Sequence of Returns Risk?
October 04, 2017 -
Trump Tax Plan: 9 Changes That Could Affect Your Taxes
October 03, 2017 -
Here’s How to Pay Down Your Credit Card Debt (For Good!)
September 28, 2017 -
When Should You Take Social Security? It Depends
September 27, 2017 -
Meeting a Financial Advisor for the First Time? Here’s What to Ask
September 25, 2017 -
Here’s What to Expect When You Apply for Life Insurance
September 22, 2017 -
The Pros and Cons of Annuities
September 21, 2017 -
Why Financial Planning Is About More Than Just Investing
September 20, 2017 -
4 Common Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement
September 18, 2017 -
How to Prioritize Paying Down Debts
September 15, 2017 -
What Is Term Life Insurance?
September 14, 2017 -
Credit 101: The Factors That Affect Your Credit Score
September 13, 2017 -
How to Protect Yourself After the Equifax Data Breach
September 12, 2017 -
Downsizing for Retirement? Consider a Tiny House
September 11, 2017 -
What Is a High-Yield Savings Account?
September 11, 2017 -
Student Loans 101: What to Know Before You Borrow
September 08, 2017 -
How to Find the Right Financial Advisor for You
September 07, 2017 -
What Is Permanent Life Insurance?
September 07, 2017 -
How to Manage Debt in Retirement
September 06, 2017 -
What Is Financial Planning?
September 06, 2017 -
3 Topics to Cover With Your Financial Professional as You Approach Retirement
September 05, 2017 -
4 Things You Should Know When Buying Term Insurance
September 05, 2017 -
6 Events That Increase Your Need for Life Insurance
September 05, 2017 -
Got a Retirement Bucket List? Build a Financial Plan to Fund It
September 05, 2017 -
Learn Your Financial Health in 4 Simple Steps
September 05, 2017 -
Why Your Financial Team Should Work Together
September 05, 2017 -
Compound Interest 101: The Benefits of Saving Early
June 30, 2017 -
How Much Does It Cost to Retire? It Depends
June 30, 2017 -
How to Start an Emergency Fund
June 30, 2017 -
What Is An Annuity?
June 30, 2017 -
What Is Asset Allocation? A Beginner's Guide to Investing
June 30, 2017 -
What Is a Financial Advisor?
June 30, 2017 -
What Is a Financial Portfolio?
June 30, 2017 -
Donating Your Life Insurance to Charity: How It Works
May 22, 2017 -
Can Money I've Put in a Roth Account Ever Be Taxed Again?
May 13, 2017 -
The True Cost of Owning a Dog (or Cat)
April 20, 2017 -
Your Credit Score: The 5 Facts You Need to Know
April 06, 2017 -
Why I Decided to Talk Money With a Financial Advisor
April 03, 2017 -
How Much a Car Really Costs (Beyond the Sticker Price)
March 30, 2017 -
Don't Unbundle Your Investment Portfolio
March 29, 2017 -
The 5 Financial Basics You Need to Know
March 27, 2017 -
The Tax Deductions You May Not Know About
March 16, 2017 -
Snowbirds, Consider These Factors Before Flying South
March 14, 2017 -
How to Think Like an Entrepreneur With Your Money
March 06, 2017 -
Your Student Loan Co-Signer Could Be at Risk Without Insurance
March 01, 2017 -
Considering Cutting Cable? Answer These 3 Questions First
February 20, 2017 -
The Conversations Couples Should Have Before Retirement
February 16, 2017 -
How to Prepare Emotionally for Retirement
February 15, 2017 -
How One Retiree Plans to Travel With His Family Every Year
February 01, 2017 -
How Stress Led One Woman to Find an Early Retirement Path
February 01, 2017 -
Meet a Couple Who Plans to Tour America in Retirement
February 01, 2017 -
Money Rules That Take Your Finances to the Next Level
January 03, 2017 -
A Guide to Splitting the Dinner Bill With Friends
December 15, 2016 -
Boost Your Credit Score With These 5 Simple Steps
December 06, 2016 -
How Planning for Change Kept This Family Financially Secure
November 01, 2016 -
How One Retiree Went from the Anchor Desk to the Back Nine
October 01, 2016 -
This Family Holds the Keys to Navigating a Business Succession
October 01, 2016 -
Store Credit Cards: What to Know Before Signing Up
September 29, 2016 -
How One Man's Business — Amid Crisis — Bounced Back With a Plan
September 01, 2016 -
What's the Difference Between Saving and Investing?
August 23, 2016 -
How One Musician Lets His Curiosity Drive Investing
August 01, 2016 -
What Happens When a Business Owner Becomes Disabled?
August 01, 2016 -
Retired at 43! How One Woman Made It Happen
July 11, 2016 -
How This Couple Confidently Started a Lavender Farm in Retirement
July 01, 2016 -
Meet the Retiree Whose Car-Racing Dream Came True
July 01, 2016 -
Here's Why You Need More Than Just a 401(k) for Retirement
June 14, 2016 -
How Diversified Investing Can Help You Survive Market Crises
May 10, 2016 -
Are You Irrational With Money? Here's Why
April 11, 2016 -
Why Women Are Slower to Pay Off College Loans
April 07, 2016 -
What Do You Really Need in Your Wallet?
April 04, 2016 -
Why Women Are Losing When It Comes to Retirement Savings
February 24, 2016 -
Cruise Deals: Save on Your Next Retirement Vacation
February 15, 2016 -
Just Turned 50? It's Time for These Senior Discounts
January 21, 2016 -
4 Reasons to Consider a Roth 401(k)
January 19, 2016 -
Is Retiring Off the Grid For You?
January 06, 2016 -
Here's How to Teach Kids About Investing
December 28, 2015 -
Can I Leave Money to My Kids But Not Their Spouses?
November 27, 2015 -
How to Save Money While Fighting Breast Cancer
October 07, 2015 -
Should You Pay Off College Loans or Save for Retirement?
August 08, 2015 -
How Do You Know When It's the Right Time to Retire? 4 Questions to Ask
April 22, 2015 -
Why Your Whole Family Should Consider Life Insurance
April 01, 2015 -
What You Should Know Before Taking a Loan from Your Life Insurance
March 11, 2015 -
Should You Roll Over Your IRA?
March 09, 2015 -
How to Manage Debt in 7 Steps
February 10, 2015 -
What to Do When Your Spouse Retires First
November 04, 2014 -
Are You Making These Mistakes With Your IRA?
May 01, 2014 -
How to Benefit From Permanent Life Insurance While You're Living
April 14, 2014
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