Here is what experts say are the costliest stumbles people make with their retirement savings accounts — and how to get back on course.
Financial regulators and consumer advocates frown upon using credit cards to pay off installment loans because of the risk that consumers will dig themselves further into debt.
Market sectors sometimes move when the political winds shift, but trading is hazardous for your financial health, our columnist says.
Los expertos recomiendan estas estrategias para que las parejas puedan hablar de dinero sin que salga el amor por la ventana.
It’s hard to avoid hassle — or fraud — when you’re required to pay with paper and ink. Here’s why checks persist and why some people don’t mind.
Eight million borrowers enrolled in the repayment plan known as SAVE will be placed in an interest-free forbearance while the administration deals with legal issues.
Taking a safe driver course can save you 10 percent on the premium, one expert said. Improving your credit score can also help as can getting married.
Jonathan Clements, columnista de finanzas personales de The Wall Street Journal, tiene muchos ahorros. No le disgusta que una enfermedad mortal le impida gastarlos.
Eight million borrowers who are enrolled in the plan, known as SAVE, are left in limbo after a series of rulings tied to two lawsuits brought by Republican-led states.
Fifty years after Congress passed a landmark retirement law, 401(k) and I.R.A. accounts enrich mostly higher-income households. Here are five ways they can be improved.
Jonathan Clements, a longtime personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal, has a lot of savings. He’s not mad that a fatal illness will keep him from spending it.
Stocks prospered in the first half of 2024 but national politics clouds the outlook.
The candidate is blurring the lines between politics and business and turning his tribulations into cash — selling Bibles, clothing he wore in a mug shot and the promise of political salvation.
Estas cosas no ocuparán mucho espacio en el auto pero ayudarán a mantener a tu nuevo universitario más seguro.
Some of those grappling with high health care costs are finding ways to celebrate small wins and build a sense of community.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the kinds of information that can be burdensome to children.
Citing high housing costs, some couples are sharing apartments after dating for just a short period. Not all relationships survive.
After years of horrendous returns, core bonds were beginning to look like attractive, ho-hum investments. Then the debate happened.
They won’t add bulk to the car or much cost to the bill, but they’ll help keep your college student safer. Pepperoni is also involved.
Cuanto más evitan las personas las conversaciones financieras, más oportunidades pierden de comprenderse mejor a sí mismas y a sus parejas, explica una experta.
With one big caveat, our columnist says most people are likely to be better off if they forget about politics when it comes to investing for the long haul.
The Education Department said it would put the borrowers in forbearance while it recalculated their payments to comply with recent court rulings.
A new report finds that people stressed about their finances are often worried that discussing it will lead to an argument. But experts say conversations can help.
A nagging insecurity about one’s finances — even when one is on solid footing — that is most prevalent among Gen Z and millennials.
El plan basado en los ingresos conocido como SAVE tiene más de ocho millones de beneficiarios inscritos. El Departamento de Educación está evaluando los fallos judiciales.
The I.R.S. estimates that 940,000 people who didn’t file their returns for that year are due back money. The deadline for filing to get it is May 17.
Prediction markets say former President Donald J. Trump has a good chance of winning. So far, the stock market is fine with that.
The surge in offerings is a response to the pandemic, which revealed glaring income inequality, as well as inflation and the resumption of student loan payments, an expert said.
Devastated at the height of the pandemic, cruise lines have become top performers.
Three years of relief from payments on $1.6 trillion in student debt allowed for other borrowing and spending — and will shift into reverse.
A host of issues face the markets, beyond the prospect of a possible default on U.S. debt. Hedge your bets and ride it out, our columnist says.
The forms were originally due in the early days of the pandemic. The I.R.S. estimates that 1.5 million people are owed money, but they must file by July 17.
The rule on price disclosure was written before widespread use of the internet. Regulators are considering an update.
The country’s work force is smaller than it was before the pandemic, sapping economic potential. The government is going to try luring more people off the sidelines.
The pandemic gave consumers an excuse to spend more to make up for lost time. Those who went overboard are trying to reverse course.
In Nuremberg, the stalls are open without Covid restrictions, and big crowds are returning to sip mulled wine and socialize. But amid economic uncertainty, visitors are spending less.
Up to 20 are using some of their budget surpluses to help taxpayers deal with high inflation. But some economists worry that the payments could fuel inflation.
Relaxed rules during the pandemic let workers carry over more of the pretax money, which must be spent on health costs or forfeited, but they’re expiring.
But to be eligible for the relief, taxpayers have to file the returns by Sept. 30. The agency says the average refund will be $750.
Inflation is expected to remain high later this year even as the economy slows and layoffs rise. Already, signs of financial stress are surfacing.