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One steep recession and 10 years later, Americans are once again buried in credit card debt. The latest Federal Reserve...

“Chicken money” is money you can’t afford to lose. It’s that simple.  The amount of chicken money you need depends...

Thinking about income taxes is different this year because of the new tax laws. For some people, tax time will...

Every year at this time I write a column suggesting money smart holiday gifts for children. The goal is to...

Did this year fly by faster than ever? The holidays are here again. And now that we have expressed our...

Here are three things you must do now to make sure your IRA or 40l(k) accounts don’t get caught in...

Morningstar has assigned its top Gold rating to the Illinois Bright Start 529 College Savings plan, for the second year...

We shouldn’t be surprised when inflation returns to impact our lives — both in our spending decisions and in our...

If your retirement funds are invested in the stock market, you simply can’t afford to ignore the signals the market...

Medicare now has about 60 million enrollees, split roughly two-thirds in traditional Medicare Parts A and B (plus Part D...

Do you own – or work for -- a small business that doesn’t provide health insurance? Fewer than half of...

One trillion dollars went to Money Heaven on Wednesday. That's the dollar value of the 966 point decline in the...

There’s one college major that practically guarantees a great job and future financial success. Sadly, far too few colleges and...

Will you live to be 100? Will your life insurance live to be 100? Those are not idle questions. Many...

Ready, set, borrow! The annual race to score money to pay for college starts October 1, when the new FAFSA...

More than a year has passed since the massive data breach at Equifax that put highly sensitive information about 148...

Could I match you up with a financial adviser you could trust — one who would give good investment and...

Last week I wrote about the importance of having a family discussion about the realities of college costs. The time...

Now that students are back in school, it’s time for parents (and grandparents) to take a breath and gain some...

If only we could stretch out summer — and our lives. But while the approach of autumn is fairly predictable...