Finance

Don't treat your personal finances like the government is treating your tax dollars

Picture a couple whose paycheques don’t cover their spending, so they top up the difference on a home equity line of credit. One of them has an idea: split the budget in two. The mortgage payments...

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Are You Overpaying for a "Free" iPhone 18 Pro?

The iPhone 18 Pro is here, and it's a stellar upgrade. The new phone delivers 24 hours of battery life with regular daily use, so you're not tethered to your charg...

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Late-Career Job Loss? 3 Ways to Protect Your Retirement

For many of us, retirement planning starts with an age. For some people, that may be 62 or 65. Others may work until 70 to maximize Social Security benefits. Whate...

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Ray Dalio predicts a debt crisis within 3 years as we're 'approaching our limits'

Ray Dalio is bracing for a debt crisis.Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIMERay Dalio expects the US to face a debt crisis "within the next three years."The hedge-fund billionaire said the cost of s...

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How Much Do Older Workers Value Retiree Health Insurance?

The brief’s key findings are: Retiree health insurance (RHI) is increasingly rare, but little is known about how much workers value these benefits, especially compared to pension benefit...

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Your Retirement Planning Scorecard: 5 Key Areas to Monitor

Every team is measured by the scoreboard, but after the game, good coaches look beyond the numbers in their constant quest for improvement.They study video to disc...

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Don't Get Burned by a Home Warranty: What to Do Instead

If you are considering purchasing a home warranty, you might want to wait until after you've read this. Today's story offers information that can help you avoid ge...

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5 Steps to Prevent an Inheritance From Fracturing Your Family

Everyone's heard a horror story. The adult children who no longer speak to each other after a blow-up over who would get Mom's engagement ring when she died. The c...

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Inherited $1 Million in the Great Wealth Transfer? Here’s What to Do First

You just got a $1 million inheritance in the Great Wealth Transfer and don't know what to do? You're not alone. Millions of people are poised to receive a piece of...

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Nasdaq Hits New Highs on AI Boom Optimism: Stock Market Today

The Nasdaq Composite notched a new all-time high during a broad-based rally on Monday, as markets focused on upside for the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution...

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My partner and I always thought we agreed on money. Then, we moved in together.

My partner and I agree on a lot when it comes to finances, but we don't always want to spend our money on the same things.Santiago Barraza LopezWhen my partner and I started dating, we had similar ...

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Wealthy Swiss investors have a weird flex: a blue briefcase filled with 10 pounds of chocolate

Lindt hands out chocolate-filled briefcases to voting shareholders each year.Lindt & SprüngliSwiss investors showcase their wealth each April by carrying blue briefcases filled with chocolate.L...

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France's brutal bond sell-off is sparking fears of wider financial contagion

Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty ImagesInvestors are growing anxious about financial contagion as France's bond market convulses.French bond yields have spiked amid concerns about debt,...

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Who Qualifies for the New $90 Medicare Part B Rebate?

Medicare Part B enrollees are set to receive a one-time $90 rebate delivered automatically over the next few weeks, President Trump announced on October 2. Created...

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How Teachers Can Maximize Their 403(b) and 457(b) Plans

For many public school teachers and other K-12 employees, retirement planning involves more than a pension and a single workplace savings account. Depending on the...

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DST Taxes: Why You Pay on More Than the Income

Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series on investing via Delaware statutory trusts (DSTs) investing. The first is Why a "Fee-Based" DST Inve...

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Can a 64-Year-Old Retire and Count on 'Shaky' Social Security?

Dear Wealth Wise, I'm 64 (almost 65), work full-time, and I'm tired of being told to use AI at my job. Can I retire on $1.6 million if my yearly spending needs are...

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IPO Strategy: Why Waiting to Invest Pays Off

Every market cycle produces a handful of IPOs that seem impossible to ignore. The company dominates headlines, investors rush to gain access, and financial media d...

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The AI boom could change where interest rates end up, a top central banker says

Bank of Japan deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said AI is now a key topic of discussion for policymakers.Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesAI is becoming a bigger focus for central bankers, BOJ's Uc...

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Silicon Valley founders' hottest funding source: the Bank of Best Friends

iStock; Tyler Le/BIKatherine Naylor Pullman started Our Third Place, a networking group for women in media, as a part-time side project. It began four years ago with monthly, then weekly, dinners. ...

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Keep Your Kids From Falling Into the Early Inheritance Trap

In a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter, Warren Buffett once advised, "Leave the children enough so that they can do anything but not enough that they can do no...

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