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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 Carly Fiorina Doesn't Seem to Understand How the Presidency Works 11/08/2015 07:00pm • You have to be careful not to cherry-pick candidate statements, but Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina has now made at least two that raise serious doubts about whether she understands the office she seeks. On NBC's "Meet the Press" over the weekend, the former Hewlett Packard CEO said 4 Things You Should Know Before Your First Buyer-Agent Meeting 11/05/2015 07:00pm • Real estate brokerage is becoming an increasingly full-service profession -- from acting as a source of market insight and information to helping in home selection and providing support before closing. But as much as agents can assist in the homebuying process, they're also not your fairy godmother. Local universities graduate to bike-friendly status 11/05/2015 09:04am • WASHINGTON — If you’re a college student who likes to bike, you may think a BFU is a BFD. Students worried about the future job market and looming student loan payments may want to take a look at the League of American Bicyclists’ “Bike Friendly Universities” when deciding on the colleg 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 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 4 Tips for Using Rental Property for Retirement Income 11/04/2015 07:00pm • Rental properties can add an extra stream of income to your retirement portfolio. Buying a property or two could provide enough income to allow you to retire sooner. However, you'll need to ensure your rentals will become a steady, positive cash flow throughout your retired life. You don't want a re 10 Student Loan Repayment Myths Debunked 11/03/2015 07:00pm • Learn the Truth About Student Loan RepaymentStudent loans are coming due for borrowers who graduated or left school in May. But choosing the best repayment plan while avoiding misinformation and student loan scams isn't always easy. Experts weighed in on the student loan repayment myths that debtors A Side-by-Side Comparison of 3 Income-Based Repayment Plans 11/03/2015 07:00pm • About six months ago, the Student Loan Ranger told you that the Department of Education was working on rules for a new income-driven repayment plan called Revised Pay As You Earn, or REPAYE. The new plan, for which the department recently released the final regulations, would expand the pool of fede Credit, Mortgages and Your Ability to Buy a Home: It Doesn't Have to Be Scary 11/03/2015 07:00pm • The subprime mortgage crisis is still a wound that hasn't fully healed for many Americans, serving as a cautionary tale against buying a home, The fact that millions of people lost their homes is hard to forget, and many who witnessed the tragedy are leery of entering the market for fear of another Options for parents helping adult kids buy a home 11/03/2015 02:00pm • As families gather for the holidays, some adult children or their parents will broach the topic of real estate and how to make that first home purchase. For parents who have the funds and desire to help adult children buy a home, gifting a down payment is one of the most common ways to help. But 3 FinTech Startups Making Saving and Investing Easier 11/02/2015 07:00pm • Startups in finance technology, often called FinTech, are exploding. It seems a new tool launches each day in an effort to help Americans handle debt or simplify investing or address the distressing lack of personal finance knowledge among the general population. While not all products will succeed, 5 Surprising Sources of Debt 11/01/2015 07:00pm • Unemployment, medical bills, a shopping addiction -- these may all be obvious causes of debt, but they certainly aren't the only ways people end up in the red. Other forms of debt are more insidious. They arrive looking like a big break or a money-saving option. But instead of getting you out of y