When emotions and money intersect, the effects can be financially injurious. Emotions can cause us to overreact – or not act at all when we should.

If you receive a distribution from your IRA or workplace retirement plan, what will you do with it? You will probably want to consider arranging an IRA rollover – a common and useful financial move designed to take these invested assets from one retirement account to another, without tax consequences.

Some young adults manage to acquire a fair amount of financial literacy. In the classroom or the workplace, they learn a great deal about financial principles.

How many of us will retire with $1 million or more in savings? More of us ought to – in fact, more of us may need to, given inflation and the rising cost of health care.

Every day, people die intestate. In legalese, that means without a will. This opens the door for the courts to decide what happens with their estates.

How much will your family end up paying for college? Your household’s income may have less influence than you think – and some private colleges may be cheaper than you assume.

A long-overdue and highly anticipated shift is underway that may change the character of the rest of this economic cycle.

Should you own your home free and clear before you retire? At first glance, the answer would seem to be “absolutely, if at all possible.”

Now or later? When it comes to the question of Social Security income, the choice looms large. Should you apply now to get earlier payments? Or wait for a few years to get larger checks?

When we pay a bill, go to the mall, trade in a car for a new one, hunt for a home or apartment, or pass someone seemingly poor or rich on the street, we feel things and harbor certain perceptions.