Financial Planning

May 29, 2017

As Americans take on more debt, some pockets of concern

U.S. consumers are in debt as never before, but there are few concerns whether Americans are stretched too thin or not


May 24, 2017

A third of older Latinos have tapped into retirement savings

A poll says older Latinos are more likely than older whites or older blacks to say they've had to withdraw or borrow money from a retirement account


May 23, 2017

Obama-era rule on financial advisers to go forward, for now

The Trump administration is allowing to go forward an Obama-era rule that puts stricter requirements on professionals who advise retirement savers on their investments


May 18, 2017

Many women think men are the better investors; they're not

Many men and women agree: Men are the better investors. They're wrong.


May 18, 2017

Poll says blacks less likely to have enough for retirement

A new poll shows that older white Americans are nearly twice as likely as African Americans to say they've saved enough for retirement, a new poll found


May 11, 2017

Where investors favor humans over indexes: Target-date funds

Investors have largely lost faith in the ability of humans to beat the market, except in one of the hottest areas for retirement saving: target-date funds


Apr 6, 2017

Grieving Haitians go into lifetime of debt to fund funerals

Many bereaved Haitians go into a lifetime of debt to send off deceased relatives


Mar 30, 2017

Senate passes reversal of Obama rule for cities, counties

The Senate has sent to President Donald Trump legislation to scrap a regulation encouraging cities and counties to set up retirement savings plans for some private-sector workers


Mar 7, 2017

Judge: Clerk doesn't have to pay legal fees for gay couples

A federal judge has ruled that a county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015 doesn't have to pay legal fees for the couples who sued her


Feb 23, 2017

Smaller bite: Tax bills dip for most popular mutual funds

Tax time means many mutual-fund investors are paying the bill for their funds' past successes, even ones that predate their own investment



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