Since I started working as a financial advisor I have had so many people ask me the same question, “What is the difference between a Roth IRA and a Traditional IRA?” I am going to lay out the basics below on the differences,...
Advice on timing deductions, avoiding wash sales and keeping rental income tax free. Haste makes waste, especially in the increasingly complex and often counterintuitive world of taxes. As the year draws to a close, many taxpayers scramble to take advantage...
Giants such as Baidu and Alibaba create their own economic gauges. Wu Haishan was at Princeton studying how schools of fish swim together when the crowd behavior of a much bigger group grabbed his attention: his 1.35 billion fellow Chinese....
Get your toys now, but hold off on the gym memberships. Hopefully, you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet because December is the best time to buy many great gifts. Of course, even if you aren’t shopping for anyone this month, there...
Many company 401(k) retirement savings plans could use a swift kick into the 21st century, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. A number of longtime 401(k) plan designs fail to reflect a new, more mobile workforce, hurting employees’ ability...
You might get a better interest rate, but beware these risks. Opportunities for student borrowers to get new terms on their debt have surged in the past few years. But there’s still plenty of confusion about who qualifies for refinancing...
Presidential election? What presidential election? For the last three months, Down Ticket has been obsessing over every race that isn’t Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton — and we’re not about to stop now. As you may have heard, it’s Election...
Parallels in price action and voters' concerns. Donald Trump has predicted that today will be "Brexit times 10" for the U.S. If it is, financial markets are about to go haywire. Luke Kawa | Bloomberg
...A new paper lays out the dangers of one-size-fits-all savings advice. What assumptions are you making? If you're relying blindly on hallowed personal finance averages—planning for 40 years of work, saving 15 percent of salary—you could be in for a...
If you buy health insurance on a state or federal marketplace, the arrival of fall means it’s almost time to pick a health plan. The Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, requires most Americans to buy health insurance. This year’s open...
Parents often have no idea which assets hurt their financial aid chances and which do not. This is an especially relevant question because parents are now filing for financial aid for the 2017–2018 school year. Here’s a quick rundown of...
Low level of jobless-benefit claims reflects factors including pullback in state aid The fewest Americans in 42 years are filing applications for unemployment insurance, which on the surface looks like a sign of a historically hot U.S. labor market. The real picture is more...
It's hard to feel sorry for someone making six figures, but a new survey attempts to drum up some sympathy for the deflated bank accounts of these high rollers. Close to half of those who earn from $100,000 to $149,999 a year...
Salary potential shouldn't be the sole thing that attracts you to a major in college — things like passion, interest, and aptitude should also be considered. But it's still nice to know which degrees pay off the fastest. (And we can't blame...
In the late 1990s, Americans started referring to the new tract-built luxury homes popping up in suburbs across America as McMansions, a biting portmanteau implying that the new structures were mass-produced and ugly, with added, implied snark that their denizens, however wealthy,...
