Personal Finance

Anything worth having is worth working for. But what if what you’re working for is to never have to work again?

Shakespeare was right:”Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend,” But can you keep both your money and your friends? Being prepared helps.

Tired of doing the same thing you’ve been doing for decades, but not ready to retire? You can use retirement savings to fund your dream career.

You’re sick or injured, you’re doing your best to recover—and then you find out you’re also being taken to the cleaners!

It’s very peaceful, just driving along, no hills, and no valleys…right up to the moment you go off a cliff.

One day you woke up—the kids were gone, your career was flying high—and you were in your fifties. How did this happen? Here’s 4 smart moves and 1 big no-no!

It’s hard to judge your own home as harshly as a stranger will. But it could be the key to adding hundreds or thousands to the price tag.

Are wealthy people born or made? Or do they make themselves?

It seems perfectly rational: Surely the candidate you back will be good for markets—and vice versa. Yet it turns out basing investing decisions on politics is trouncing your bottom line.

Less than a decade after the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression, frighteningly few Americans have even $1,000 available to cover an emergency expense. In fact, according to Bankrate.com…