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Oops! 6 Holiday Costs We Forget to Budget For 11/09/2015 07:00pm • The National Retail Federation predicts that the average spending on food, gifts and other holiday costs this year will reach $805.65 per person, just slightly higher than last year's average of $802.45. Whether you're planning to spend more or less than average, forgetting to factor in extras like 12 Tips for Investors in Their 50s and 60s 11/09/2015 07:00pm • These are your peak income years.There's no getting around it: Saving for retirement is hard. Investors in their 50s and 60s may still be contributing to their child's college education or paying off a mortgage, and the job market in recent years has thrown speed bumps into some workers' careers. As 9 ways to save when holiday shopping with credit cards 11/09/2015 07:00pm • The gift of credit card perks. Your holiday shopping plan may need to include a credit card strategy, too. That's because buying with some credit cards gives you purchase protection, a refund if the price drops, an extended return period or a longer warranty. Plus, card issuers may have deals wit 4 Essential Books for Fixing Your Debt Problems 11/09/2015 07:00pm • Facing a mountain of debt can feel overwhelming. It can leave you feeling like debt is controlling your life and make you want to do anything to change your financial direction. The actual knowledge you need to eliminate debt is pretty straightforward, but making it happen is tricky. We live in a wo 7 Fatal Mistakes Investors Must Avoid When Digging Out of Debt 11/08/2015 07:00pm • Being in debt is never easy. With bills mounting, selling off an investment might seem like an obvious solution -- but in doing so, you may be making a huge mistake, experts say. Since September 2014, 30 million Americans have tapped retirement savings to pay for an unexpected expense. And in 2011 Planning for Retirement at Your First Job 11/08/2015 07:00pm • Congratulations, 2015 college graduate. You got your diploma in June, and just a few months later, you're sitting pretty in your very own office cubicle, happily flinging paper airplanes at your colleagues and planning your next happy hour. Yee-haw! Who has time to think of retirement? Besides, yo 3 Conversation-Starters to Kick Off the Financial Safety School Talk 11/08/2015 07:00pm • Cristina Pacione-Zayas wanted to attend college in Boston, California or Florida -- really anywhere on a coast. "I was strictly picking on geography," she says. But when the acceptance letters rolled in, the University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, her local public school, offered the best financi 4 ways your credit card can save you money this holiday season 11/05/2015 07:00pm • About 85 percent of Americans in a recent CreditCards.com survey said they use coupons, at least occasionally. That's a huge number, but it makes a lot of sense. We've been clipping coupons out of the Sunday newspaper or finding coupons in our mailboxes for decades. Today, there are more options 3 Ways to Add Tax Diversification to Your Portfolio 11/05/2015 07:00pm • Entire industries and marketplaces have been built on the importance of asset allocation and diversification within your investment portfolio. But you don't hear as much about an equally important form of diversification: tax diversification. One of the biggest investment expenses you will face in What to Do When You Get an Inheritance 11/04/2015 07:00pm • Even experienced financial advisors can get caught up in the complications of dealing with an inheritance. After receiving an inheritance from his mother that included stock in a mining company she favored, it took Ken Moraif months to sell the shares, even though they were losing value. "I had to Stock Market Showdown: How Marketplace Rivals Fare on Wall Street 11/04/2015 07:00pm • Consumers who bet heavy on brand loyalty can get into some heated arguments. Just try pitting a Mac acolyte against a Microsoft minion. Or a Coke quaffer versus a Pepsi person. Or a Starbucks sipper versus a Dunkin' Donuts diehard. But when the marketplace in question is the stock market, allegian 6 reasons to start your holiday shopping early 11/04/2015 07:00pm • Each year, the holiday shopping season starts a little earlier, and this year is no different. With Halloween behind us, major retailers began holiday sales this week to officially kick it off. There's no doubt that there will be steep discounts during "Deals Week" leading up to Black Friday and 11 surefire ways to waste money during the holidays 11/04/2015 07:00pm • Retailers use "can't miss" sales, dazzling displays, sweet holiday scents and music to entice people to spend more money during the holiday season than at any other time of year. And it works. Holiday sales are expected to reach $630.5 billion in 2015, a 3.7 percent increase over last year, accordin These Rebounding REITs Are a Smart Play for Investors 11/04/2015 07:00pm • Although the Federal Reserve's statements at last month's Federal Open Market Committee meeting renewed the likelihood of an interest rate hike by the end of the year, real state investment trusts are attracting investor attention again. Because REITs own and usually operate income-producing real Class-action lawsuit against Express Lanes can move forward 11/04/2015 05:35am • WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled that a class-action lawsuit involving drivers who have accrued unpaid tolls, as well as tens of thousands of dollars in fines, due to a problem with E-ZPasses can proceed. The suit seeks damages from Transurban USA Operations, Faneuil Inc. and Law Enforceme