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Personal Finance
Two Surest Ways to Boost Millennials’ Retirement Savings
Millennials understand that they need to save. Two simple policy shifts will give them the means.
How to Buy One Share of Twitter
So you want to own a little piece of the social networking giant known as Twitter? Here’s a quick guide—and a few words of caution.
Hold the Tears: Retirees Came Through Recession Best
Older folks came through the recession with their wealth and income more intact than other age groups. The difference maker: traditional defined-benefit pensions.
How the Government Is Making It More Painful for You to Retire
Higher long-term rates make fixed annuities more attractive. Pre-retirees had a good thing going–until the Fed decided not to curb its stimulus program.
Millennials Are Growing Up—But They’re Still Making One Huge Mistake
Having grown up with social media and in a time of financial crisis, Millennials lean on each other for financial advice. Is this anyway to build a nest egg?
Already Cheap Gas Prices Are About to Hit Rock Bottom
Prices at the pump sometime head in the exact opposite of the trajectory forecast by analysts. But this autumn, gas prices are steadily plummeting, just as predicted, recently hitting a low for the year.
How to Manage a Loved One’s Financial Affairs
Taking the reins from an elderly family member can lead to discord. Here’s a 4-point guide to doing it right.
Overcoming Pessimism, Housing Prices Continue to Skyrocket
Oh, pesky data. Just as Robert Shiller — Yale professor, co-creator of the most widely watched housing price index, and something of a housing bear — was graced with sharing a Nobel Prize for economics, his data series begins …
Dangerous High-Wire Act Most Retirees Are Facing
Most Americans are borrowing more than they save for retirement, a new study finds.
Financial Education Is All the Rage but Does it Work?
Reaching consumers with advice and information just before making a financial decision is the new target. But is that really more effective than teaching personal finance in K-12?
Smells Like a Comfortable Lifestyle: How Gen X is Winning Retirement
Yet another study details the retirement savings crisis in America. But this one finds that one generation is changing its future for the better.