Gail Marks Jarvis

The emergency arrived when Jenna Lynn Schoeneman's father failed to pass his driver's test. He was 89, and determined to continue to drive. But after retaking the test six times...

The prospect of losing money in a bank savings account was once considered unthinkable, but the possibility sent Americans into a panic in the 2008 financial crisis, and the threat...

We've been here before. It's a weekend reminiscent of the jittery past year. Investors are on edge as they gaze at political leaders across the Atlantic for assurances they will...

Ten isn't the charm. The Dow Jones industrial average set records for eight days and rallied 10 days, but on Friday the market lost it, declining 25 points to 14,514....

Could it happen again? Could your retirement plans end up in shambles, and your college savings tattered? As investors see the stock market repeatedly climbing to new records lately, some...

The job market is on the mend, but it still seems to have a long way to go to lift a wide swath of Americans out of their frugal ways....

Finally there. Investors had to wait more than five years, but the Dow Jones industrial average has wiped away the most terrifying period in stock market history since the Great...

It was a maybe, maybe not week. Investors didn't think they needed to worry about sequestration; then they thought maybe they should. The outcome of Italy's elections looked foreboding for...

It's IRA time, with people opening individual retirement accounts after doing their tax returns and then fretting over where to invest the new money. Some labor over the decision, figuring...