Regardless of age, when I talk to people about their financial lives, the word retirement usually comes up. If they are over the age of 50, the question is “Can I retire?”, but if they are younger, the question becomes, “Will I ever retire?” The difference has a lot to do with the luck of a

On April 6, 2009, I began the third act of my career in financial journalism. While I had been the host of a popular call-in radio show for ten years prior, and had also appeared on television as a guest, those roles were in service to my previous stint (Act II) as the owner of a financial planning and investment management firm. (I had made the leap into that business after ...

College acceptance letters are rolling in for the Class of 2030, and the total cost of attendance has never been higher. According to analysis from the College Board, adding it all up (tuition and fees, housing and fo...

After the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady at its March policy meeting, Chairman Jerome Powell conducted a