Today’s top story: How to estimate your major medical costs. Also in the news: Financial planning for the child-free, steps to take before buying a car, and hacks to winterize your home and cut your heating bills. How to Predict the Size of Your Next Major Medical Bill Doing your research can save you from […]
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Tuesday’s need-to-know money news
Today’s top story: Most Americans have less than $1,000 in savings. Also in the news: Financial goals for new millennial parents, money mistakes that could derail your retirement, and money moves to make before your 40th birthday. Most Americans have less than $1,000 in savings Potentially disastrous in more ways than one. 3 Financial Goals […]
Q&A: Home remodel
Dear Liz: I would like to add on and remodel so my home will be nice for me when I retire in a few years (probably around age 65). I have a recently refinanced 30-year mortgage at 4.1%, but I’ve been making additional principal payments on a 20-year schedule. I think I can do what […]
Q&A: Social Security benefits
Dear Liz: My husband and I will be retiring at the end of 2016. He will be 70 and will start taking his Social Security; I will be 65 soon after. Thanks to your advice, I plan to sign up to get 50% of his Social Security benefit when I’m 66 (my full retirement age) […]
Monday’s need-to-know money news
Today’s top story: What you could buy with the money you’re paying in ATM fees. Also in the news: How to fix your investment portfolio by January, what you need to do before retirement, and how to make sure your assets go to the right people when you’re gone. What you could buy with the […]
College refinancing options open up for parent PLUS loans
Parents who borrowed to put their kids through college now have several options to refinance their federal PLUS loans, including, in some cases, the ability to transfer their debt to those children. The situation is a sharp turnaround from the period after the financial crisis, when private lenders fled the student loan market and few […]