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This Mistake Could Shrink Your Retirement Wealth 06/26/2017 08:00pm • Like winning the lottery or receiving a large inheritance, taking your pension as a lump sum comes with the danger that you'll spend the money too fast. "Retirees see a lump sum as a big pile of money rather than income they're going to need for the rest of their lives," says Steve Anzuoni, a retire 10 Ways International Students Can Pay for U.S. Graduate School 06/26/2017 08:00pm • Save on a U.S. Graduate DegreeWhile it may pay off in the future, studying at a U.S. graduate school can put a strain on a student's finances in the present.However, some universities and outside organizations offer different types of financial support to international graduate students.Not all of t 6 Financial Struggles of People Over 60 06/25/2017 08:00pm • Older Americans who are living on a limited budget are often especially sensitive to financial shocks. When they encounter an emergency expense, they might turn to medical credit cards, reverse mortgages or other complicated products they don't fully understand. A recent Consumer Financial Protecti How to Invest in a Startup 06/25/2017 08:00pm • Thanks in part to the Securities and Exchange Commission's 2016 crowdfunding regulation, investing in startups and local businesses isn't just limited to accredited investors -- anyone can do it, in a variety of ways. Investors can buy into a privately managed startup or venture capital fund that i Business School Can Lead to Career Change 06/25/2017 08:00pm • If you're applying to business school because you want to make a career change, you are not alone. In a recent survey of MBA applicants, nearly half those applicants -- 48 percent -- said a desire for a new career was one of their primary reasons for pursuing an MBA, according to the Association of How Debt May Be Affecting Your Kids 06/25/2017 08:00pm • Many borrowers might feel like they're bound to their debts for the rest of their lives. It turns out that the effects of carrying debt could last even longer than that -- potentially weighing on your descendants for generations to come. A 2016 study found that, on average, as parents take on more Review: 'All Eyez on Me' is satisfying for 2Pac fans, superficial for others 06/23/2017 01:18am • WASHINGTON — He was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now, hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur gets his long overdue biopic in the new movie "All Eyez on Me," charting his meteoric rise and fall from street poet to rap martyr after his murder at the age of 25. It's been a rough ri Should I Buy Johnson & Johnson Stock? (JNJ) 06/22/2017 08:00pm • Johnson & Johnson (ticker: JNJ) has largely lied low in an otherwise contentious year for large name-brand U.S.-based companies. With big oil companies fighting falling prices, big auto and manufacturing firms answering to an "America First" populist in the White House, and health care companie How to Evaluate an Employee Benefits Package 06/21/2017 08:00pm • When new graduates begin evaluating a job offer, they often don't look at the whole package. "The first mistake that young people make when they go into the workforce -- when they're comparing jobs -- they just look at income," says Stephanie Genkin, certified financial planner and founder of My Fi How to think like an adviser: The basics of mutual fund investing 06/21/2017 07:31am • WASHINGTON — We work with many women who are relatively new to investing and often want to know more about the investments that make up their portfolios. With literally thousands of investments — from individual stocks like Google and Apple to bonds and mutual funds — the best way to know w Prepare Wisely for Public Service Loan Forgiveness 06/20/2017 08:00pm • Jeffrey Wolfe graduated from Ohio University in 2011 with $110,000 in student loan debt after pursuing a master's degree program in music therapy. When he scored his "dream job" as director of music therapy for the Institute for Therapy through the Arts in Chicago, he discovered there was one other 10 Smart-Beta ETFs That Will Help You Get Your Alpha 06/19/2017 08:00pm • What is smart beta, anyway?The term "smart beta" really started making the rounds heavily over the past few years, but it's not some new type of fad fund. Really, smart-beta ETFs are simply exchange-traded funds that go beyond typical cap-weighted indices, instead considering factors such as income, 4 Outdated Financial Etiquette Rules That You Can Ignore 06/19/2017 08:00pm • When it comes to money etiquette, nothing is set in stone. "Etiquette ... is not some rigid code of rules," says Daniel Post Senning, co-host of the Awesome Etiquette podcast. "We operate in a world that's increasingly casual, increasingly diverse and complex." So, while it's important to understan 2 Tips That Lead to a Better Retirement 06/19/2017 08:00pm • For many Americans, a broad gap exists between their expectations of how much money they will need in retirement and the reality. Merrill Lynch's March 2017 Finances in Retirement Survey pegged the average cost of retirement at $738,400. According to a PwC survey, about half of baby boomers have les Learn How to Blend Love and Money Before Getting Married 06/18/2017 08:00pm • Love and money have a lot in common: Both are hard to come by, hard to hold onto and hard to mix with the other. "Money runs much deeper for us than simple mathematics," says Megan Ford, a financial therapist at the University of Georgia and president of the Financial Therapy Association. "When you