The resulting positive wealth effect is undoubtedly boosting consumer spending, especially of retiring baby boomers, who are enjoying the windfalls in the value of their stock portfolios and homes.

I am 63 and decided I want to go ahead and start drawing my Social Security retirement benefits.

Your definition of 'enough' is what matters most, because you can't take back gifts ...

If he were to predecease you, you'd also be eligible for survivor benefits. Spouses and ex-spouses may get up to 100% of the deceased's benefit, depending on when they claim in relation to their Full ...

When assessing these risks, the rich and famous fall prey to the same biases that plague all of us. They worry about the same things that we do - the latest news headlines - which means that what they ...

I realize that when I need to start taking my RMDs, I will be pulling out more than $100,000 a year, which will significantly boost me into a higher tax bracket. The remaining $1 million or so of ...

Americans spend $900 billion a year on goods from Mexico and Canada. Tariffs could affect these prices the most. Trump threatens 25% tariffs as U.S. seeks better trade terms with neighbors to the ...

My mother remarried in 2000 to a man that we didn't really care for. My husband and I tolerated him, but overall we never got close to him. Both had children from prior marriages. They had no children ...

Roll any option that becomes at least 8 points in the money.

"It's hard to overcome a client's enamored passion," said Lili Vasileff, a certified financial planner in Greenwich, Conn. "Time might prove you right [that the marriage was a mistake], but by that ...

The P/E ratio measures a company's stock price relative to its earnings per share. A high P/E suggests that a stock has become expensive compared to its earnings - a crucial fundamental for a company ...

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