Bucket income strategies, annuities and Social Security benefits are among the resources you may want to consider to plan your income in retirement, according to Crain's Wealth's Mary Beth Franklin and Macro Consulting's Mark Cortazzo.
While the total cost of college may seem daunting, parents can scale it back by taking a down payment approach and socking away some money every month, according to Stuart Ritter, vice president, T. Rowe Price Investment Services.
Investors need to make sure an ETF has the exact exposure they seek and then make sure it tracks well, trades well and is low fee, according to Matt Hougan, CEO of ETF.com, and Matthew Peron, managing director of global equity at Northern Trust.
If you are saving with the expectation that you will get 10% returns, your portfolio will come up short, warns Burton Malkiel, the reknowned author of "A Random Walk Down Wall Street."
Both spouses can't simultaneously use the popular Social Security claiming strategies known as file and suspend and restricting claims for spousal benefits. InvestmentNews contributing editor Mary Beth Franklin explains why.
HSAs are the most tax-preferred savings vehicle we have in the United States today, according to Goodcare.com President Katy Votava. Find out to coordinate the use of these accounts with Medicare coverage.
Katy Votava, founder and president of GoodCare.com, estimates that 90% to 95% of people who are covered by Medicare are overpaying. Find out what mistakes are most common and how to avoid those costs.
Bob Doll, chief equity strategist at Nuveen Asset Management, identifies the top short-term risks you need be aware of and discusses why you still need to keep your long-term perspective to build your wealth.
Same-sex couples should dissolve preexisting legal relationships, consider prenups and discuss how to divide financial responsibilities before tying the knot, according to Michael Pellman Rowland, SVP at the Vector Group of Morgan Stanley.
Getting married often moves both individuals into a higher tax bracket, according to Michael Pellman Rowland, SVP at the Vector Group of Morgan Stanley. But for gay couples, that could be offset by a new advantage: the unlimited marital deduction.
Roth IRAs can provide tax-free income in retirement and help keep your income down for Medicare premiums and taxation of Social Security benefits. Here, Natalie Choate, of counsel at Nutter, McClennen and Fish, discusses what investors need to know.
Central banks' attempts to speed up economies around the world has led to interest rate suppression, according to David Rolley, co-manager of the Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund. Find out when the Federal Reserve may start to bring rates back up.
A liquidity trap occurs when central banks take their rates to zero, but nothing much improves as a result, according to Paul McCulley, former chief economist at Pimco. Plus, find out where he thinks rates are headed this year.
When lending money to a family member, you need to make sure there's a promissory note and an appropriate interest rate and payment schedule. Nicole Hart, director of trusts and estates at Sontag Advisory, discusses what else you need to consider.
The Federal Reserve became a prisoner of its own rules during the Depression, whereas during the 2008 financial crisis it went to the limit and almost broke its own rules, according Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Lords of Finance."