Paying for all your college expenses with money from a 529 savings account might shut you out of other tax breaks. With a little planning, you can maximize benefits.
Seven guidelines to help meet your retirement goals. While there are no guarantees, these will help you avoid some of the biggest mistakes people make with their investments and minimize the risk that your nest egg will expire before you do.
Tip No. 1: Spend less time commuting. Jonathan Clements’s final column for WSJ Sunday, before his weekly feature moves to the Journal’s Saturday edition.
Tom Herman’s last Sunday WSJ ‘Tax Tip’ column on selling your home, audits and the alternative minimum tax.
Barron’s Insight: Barron’s writer Jack Hough on four signs that bode well for any stock: rising earnings estimates, room for a higher valuation, growing dividends and executives buying shares.
Jennifer Waters offers a few last pointers about Social Security and Medicare.
Two college-loan experts discuss key differences between types of loans and what parents and students should be aware of before applying.
Game Plan: When a promoter decides to find a new career, she first has to dramatically cut living expenses.
Shane Burnette’s plan to start his own construction business has paid off. Now an adviser looks at how the rest of his finances stand up.
Fine is $95 per adult or 1% of family income, whichever is greater.
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Just about everything we buy—from clothes to recreational gear to electronics—has a season. As a general rule, you’ll find some of the best deals at the beginning and end of an item’s season.
Tip No. 1: Spend less time commuting. Jonathan Clements’s final column for WSJ Sunday, before his weekly feature moves to the Journal’s Saturday edition.
Seven guidelines to help meet your retirement goals. While there are no guarantees, these will help you avoid some of the biggest mistakes people make with their investments and minimize the risk that your nest egg will expire before you do.
Jennifer Waters offers a few last pointers about Social Security and Medicare.
Once we start driving, we lock ourselves into a more expensive lifestyle. The same goes for our kids.
To the insult of chronic underperformance, mutual funds are adding the injury of unusually high taxes.
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A new year is here, and with it new opportunities to rein in a major slice of the household budget: health care. The goal is adequate health care for the lowest out-of-pocket cost.
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Bedding and dress clothes lead the list of best buys this month besides the expected sales, such as holiday merchandise and winter gear.
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Here are the figures that matter most for making smart decisions about investments, taxes and financial planning.
As Americans resume buying new vehicles after the Great Recession, often where they shop has changed from independently owned dealers to corporate ones with dozens of locations, sometimes in many states.
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This year could see Congress tackle a tax overhaul.
Loan Types | Rate | Last Week | Chart |
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1 yr CD | 1.08% | up ↑ | see chart |
6 month CD | 0.66% | see chart | |
3 month CD | 0.25% | see chart | |
$10K MMA | 0.46% | up ↑ | see chart |
MMA | 0.44% | down ↓ | see chart |
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