What Minecraft is teaching your kids about money
If your kids are chattering non-stop about things like emeralds, pickaxes and creepers, you may have a unique opportunity to turn a video game addiction into a life lesson about money.
Oct 22, 2014 12:05 PM EDT
U.S. student loan debt is not killing homeownership
Is surging student debt really preventing an entire generation from becoming first-time homebuyers? Is surging student debt really preventing an entire generation from becoming first-time homebuyers? That's true, to an extent, but also mischaracterizes education debt as holding most people back, rather than helping them get ahead.
Fund managers say this is selloff they have been waiting for
For the first nine months of this year, U.S. fund managers could be counted on to tout the same line: the stock market was getting so expensive they could do nothing but sit on their hands. Yet the nearly 8 percent decline in the S&P 500 over the last two weeks has some top-performing portfolio managers buying for the first time in months.
Beware: Some Medicare Advantage plans have plenty of disadvantages
Seniors have flocked to Medicare Advantage in recent years, attracted by savings on premiums and the convenience of one-stop shopping. But as the annual Medicare enrollment season began this week, a memorandum from federal officials to plan providers surfaced that serves as a big red warning flag.
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Chicago mayor mum on looming pension issues in budget address
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed a $8.9 billion election-year budget on Wednesday, keeping mum about looming pension challenges that could further damage the third-largest U.S. city's credit ratings and trigger payments associated with its debt.
Oct 16, 2014 12:15 PM EDT
How to avoid expense-report hell
If work hell exists, then Amanda Larrinaga experienced something like it a couple of years ago. If work hell exists, then Amanda Larrinaga experienced something like it a couple of years ago.
Oct 15, 2014 12:06 PM EDT
Make your own bed at some hotels and get a reward
During your next hotel stay, would you give up clean sheets in exchange for food vouchers or discounted Internet access?
Oct 14, 2014 12:01 PM EDT
Prepaying student loans may mean less money in retirement
Rising student loan debt may be hampering young people's ability to buy homes or even move out of their parents' basements. But that does not mean student loan borrowers always should be in a hurry to pay off this debt.
Oct 13, 2014 12:13 PM EDT
Shining a light on a murky election-year Social Security debate
In North Carolina, a television ad attacks incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan for supporting a “controversial plan” that “raises the retirement age” for Social Security. The ad comes from Crossroads GPS, the super PAC run by Republican Karl Rove.
Oct 10, 2014 11:46 AM EDT
How to budget for three popular retirement trips
Where is retirement going to take you? If you're like most people, you're dreaming of grand European tours, African safaris, maybe even Antarctica.
Oct 09, 2014 11:44 AM EDT
Food fights: Keeping that grocery bill trim
It was a revelation for Vanessa Ali when she took her boyfriend Kevin Tomas food shopping for the first time. He took one look at the prices and told her to put everything back.
Oct 09, 2014 11:41 AM EDT
Wal-Mart to stop healthcare benefits for some part-time workers
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the biggest private sector employer in the United States, said on Tuesday it would no longer provide health benefits to some of its U.S. part-time workers due to ballooning healthcare costs.
Oct 07, 2014 12:26 PM EDT
College is now a buyer's market
Colleges are increasingly worried about getting enough enrollments, and students can use the situation to their advantage.
Oct 06, 2014 12:29 PM EDT
Entry-level punch lines: Comedians' first jobs
If there's anything this crazy world needs right now, it's more laughs. If there's anything this crazy world needs right now, it's more laughs.
Oct 03, 2014 11:55 AM EDT
How to choose the best rehab facility
This summer, I had the arduous and rushed task of picking a rehabilitation center for my dad, as post-operative complications left him too ill to return home at the time, yet the hospital was keen to discharge him.
Oct 02, 2014 12:36 PM EDT
Stern Advice: Should you tap your 401(k)to buy a house?
It makes sense, given the gains workers have seen in their retirement plans and in home prices in recent years, that they would consider tapping their 401(k) accounts to buy homes. And that is exactly what a growing number of workplace savers are doing, according to a new study from Fidelity Investments.
Oct 02, 2014 12:27 PM EDT
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