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Retirement
Save Smarter for Retirement With These Strategies
Once you have enough for retirement, other saving options may hold advantages.
For 401(k)s, watch out for the notion that retirement planning is merely is limited to opening a 401(k) and then putting as much money into it as you can.
Investing
2024 Likely to Bring Continued Readjustment
Bank experts foresee calmer markets in housing, equity investments, labor markets and more for 2024.
If attitudes in 2023 were fueled by anxiety over Fed rate hikes, 2024 is shaping up to be a year of anxiety over the impact of politics on economic growth trends.
Family
Introducing Your Children to Your Advisor
Opening lines of communication with your children about family financial planning is important regardless of their age.
Advisors say it's never too early for children to meet the family financial advisor, but those encounters—and their benefits—will look significantly different depending on your children's ages.
Saving
How To Maximize FDIC Coverage on Deposits
Learn how account titling can help you maximize FDIC coverage and protect your money.
The rules get a little more complex when you have more than $250,000 deposited in an FDIC-insured bank, but there are ways to stay protected.
Investing
Self-Directed Investing Fundamentals
Even with a self-directed account, a professional approach can help you successfully manage your portfolio.
Even as tools like direct-investing apps and robo-advisors have become increasingly popular, many investors are realizing that doing it yourself is as much of a responsibility as an opportunity.
Retirement
Learn the Basics with Retirement Income 101
Our experts share basic tips for managing your money just before and after you retire.
No matter how many income streams end up on your list, they're going to fit into one of two categories: It's either fixed or variable income.
Home
What to Consider When Buying a Second Home
Learn how buying an investment or vacation home differs from purchasing a primary residence.
Second homes and investment properties require higher reserves and more of a down payment than a primary home, and you need to be prepared for that upfront.
Retirement
How to Manage Retirement Money in Uncertain Times
If you're on a fixed income or are about to retire, managing your money effectively is a necessity.
Your retirement is as good as your plan.
Family
Say More, Risk Less: What to Tell Your Financial Advisor
Open conversations about what's happening in your life can deepen the value of financial advice.
While these questions may seem personal, from a planner's point of view they're standard—and important.
Budgeting
What Can the Financial Trends of 2022 Tell Us About 2023?
Our experts share their takeaways from inflation, volatility and more.
Inflation is important not only because it can impact your budget, but because the ways the federal government seeks to control it can also impact your financial life.
Investing
The Pros and Cons of Annuities
Annuities can help you address the risk of outliving your assets, making them a valuable tool in retirement planning.
If you're looking for a steady stream of income during retirement, this is the benefit an annuity will provide.
Investing
Beware of These Common Investing Mistakes
You take your car in for service and hire contractors to renovate your house. The same logic applies to investing.
If you started investing without a plan, it's not too late to put one in place.
Saving
Have You Considered CD Laddering as a Savings Strategy?
CD laddering is ideal for those who want FDIC-insured savings, higher interest rates and protection from market risk.
With CD laddering, you invest money in multiple CDs with different maturity levels instead of investing in one CD and waiting for it to mature.
Investing
A Primer on Balancing Pretax Contributions
Both 401(k)s and health savings accounts have different advantages and disadvantages to consider.
An HSA has the capability of having a triple tax advantage, which is why it's so useful.
Investing
New Investment Trends: Cryptocurrency, REITs and More
Learn more about alternative investment trends and styles before you consider investing in them.
Make sure you know what you're buying, when you're buying it and why you're buying it. What's your time horizon for this asset, and what's your willingness to deal with volatility?
Investing
5 Things to Cover in a Midyear Financial Checkup
A checkup can help you stay on top of your financial situation and prepare you for any changes you need to make before the year ends.
Saving for important goals, such as retirement, is critical to your financial success.
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