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Stay-at-Home Parents: Go Back to Work When Your Nest is Empty 08/23/2017 08:00pm • An empty nest may lead some stay-at-home parents to look forward to their spouse's retirement and the opportunity to spend more time together. However, experts say there can be significant financial benefits to heading back into the workforce after children have graduated from high school and left Should Long-Term Care Insurance be Part of Your Retirement Plan? 08/22/2017 08:00pm • Many people understand the basics of retirement planning: Save money, invest for the future and then make a withdrawal plan. Then you can add in Social Security and Medicare during your 60s. But many people are missing one essential piece of the retirement planning puzzle: how to pay for long-term c The Biggest Investing Mistakes of Each Generation 08/21/2017 08:00pm • Every generation makes investing mistakes that later generations can learn from. Our grandparents, parents and older siblings all have been blindsided at one time or another from something about investing they got wrong. Like millennials scrambling to master the basics today, earlier generations we 9 Places to Run a Retirement Business From Your Laptop 08/21/2017 08:00pm • Imagine opting out of the daily grind and taking off for grand global adventures. Today's technology makes it possible for you to follow your wanderlust at will. However, to embrace a new life in a new country without the support of a retirement nest egg or a trust fund, you'll need to generate an Bargain Ways to Visit National Parks 08/20/2017 08:00pm • Affordable admissionNational park entrance fees range from $3 to $30, which make the parks an economical vacation that's open to pretty much anyone. But the cost is even more affordable or even free on certain days of the year or for specific groups of people. Here are some of the lowest-cost ways t How One Caregiver Found Meaning After Letting Go of a Lucrative Career 08/17/2017 08:00pm • It was 21 years ago this month when I knocked on the heavy oak door of my father's home in Milwaukee. My visit was in response to his case worker's call: Your father is a potential safety risk. He may be removed from his home for a 72-hour psychiatric evaluation. A week earlier, we had celebrated Protect Your Privacy When Applying for Scholarships 08/16/2017 08:00pm • Digital privacy concerns are growing. According to a 2016 Pew study, Americans consistently stated they lack confidence in everyday communication channels and the companies in charge of those channels. Searching and applying for college scholarships online requires applicants to surrender some of t Consider a Moat When Choosing Investments 08/15/2017 08:00pm • By most accounts, it was investing superstar Warren Buffett who first used the term "moat" to gauge the quality of an investment, but it's a useful concept for ordinary investors as well. Like the barrier protecting a castle, a wide moat makes an investment safer, a narrow one not so much. Since som Investments Can Give You Social Security Options 08/14/2017 08:00pm • By the time people approach the start of Social Security, most have some sense of the trade-offs. Start later and you get a bigger check. Start early and you get more checks over your lifetime. But also worth considering is how working in retirement can affect the size of your Social Security check Man accused of ramming Charlottesville protesters held without bond 08/14/2017 03:15pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The driver of a speeding car that plowed into a group of counter-protesters at Saturday's white nationalist rally will be held without bond for the time being. James Alex Fields, Jr. made his initial appearance in Charlottesville General District Court, via video from the Why Women Should Rethink Their Finances After Divorce 08/13/2017 08:00pm • Getting a divorce stands to be as budget-breaking as it is heart-wrenching, especially for women. "The dynamic is changing a little as more women are staying in the workforce and continuing and accelerating their careers, but typically, divorce hits women harder than men," says Nicole Mayer, a cert The Workplace Is Really Taking a Toll on Americans, Report Says 08/13/2017 08:00pm • After a difficult day at work, you're likely both physically and emotionally exhausted. And per new research, such exhaustion is happening across the American workforce. According to a survey from the RAND Corporation, Harvard Medical School and UCLA, more than one-quarter of American workers claim The Best Places to Live for Safety and Security 08/10/2017 08:00pm • When you start looking for your next home, your priorities probably range widely, from the smallest details, such as the size of the backyard or whether the garage is attached, to more general feelings you get in a place, such as walkability and community involvement. While many details play a part Politics and Prose to open bookstore at The Wharf 08/09/2017 11:10am • WASHINGTON — D.C. bookstore Politics and Prose will open a bookstore at The Wharf, the big, new development on D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront. The new, 2,300-square-foot store will open in October in time for The Wharf's grand opening kickoff Oct. 12. The store will be located in The Wharf’s Dis How Computer Simulations Help Save Your Nest Egg 08/08/2017 08:00pm • Most investors have specific goals like putting kids through college, buying a second home or living comfortably in retirement. Getting there typically takes serious saving over a long period, a good return on your investments, and also accounts for inflation and taxes. But whether you'll hit your