3 essential financial moves in your 50s and 60s
With the finish line near in the insane race known as retirement planning, your focus may be on stuffing your 401(k) and IRA with more money. Nothing wrong with that....
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Column: How to bring an aging parent close – but not too close
How close do you live to your aging parents? A mile? An hour's drive? A three-hour flight? Now, imagine there comes a day when they can no longer handle things...
Carla Fried: The best way to make college affordable
Families committed to college, but with the good sense to also know that cost matters, have long had motivation to consider community college. The case for community college is even...
7 ways employers set up millennials to fail at retirement saving
You've got a workplace retirement plan. Fabulous! But there's plenty your employer likely isn't telling you — or doing for you —that's costing you money. Here's how your employer might...
Carla Fried: Huge inventory of unsold cars — deals for the well-informed buyer
How to find models most in over-supply and then drive a hard bargain. In May 2019, the 13 largest global car manufacturers sold nearly 1.6 million vehicles in the U.S....
Close to retirement? How not to panic when the market swings
More than $2 trillion dollars is invested in target-date retirement funds (TDFs), the ingenious device that has simplified the diversification challenge for millions of savers and surreptitiously encouraged patient buy-and-hold...
How to prevent financial abuse of elderly family members
Financial fraud against the elderly is a booming and unsavory industry in the U.S. Every year, scammers siphon billions of dollars out of retirement accounts and other assets of older...
Financial abuse steals billions from seniors each year
Aging baby boomers represent a growing market for financial fraud. The official figure for elder financial fraud used by a congressional committee is around $3 billion a year, but that's...
Lee esto antes de recurrir a tu 401(k)
Imagina que gracias a la crisis económica en torno al COVID-19, tú o un miembro de tu familia pierdan su empleo, e incluso con la ampliación de las prestaciones por...
Carla Fried: Yes, retirees pay taxes — here’s how to avoid some
For decades, 401(k) plans came in one flavor: so-called traditional, where contributions are made with pre-tax dollars and eventual withdrawals are taxed as ordinary income. Now, most 401(k) plans offer...