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What Happens if You Work After Signing Up for Social Security? 07/21/2016 08:00pm • You can sign up for Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62, and you do not actually have to be retired to get them. However, working while receiving benefits may not be in your best interest. "The Social Security election point is one of the largest financial decisions you'll make in Why You Might Not Be Able to Delay Retirement 07/21/2016 08:00pm • Delaying retirement for as little as a year or two can significantly improve your retirement finances. An extra year of work gives you more income to save and allows your existing savings more time to grow before you begin taking withdrawals from it. Continuing to work can also qualify you for bigge Day 3: Speeches from the Republican National Convention 07/21/2016 01:04am • WASHINGTON — Here is the list of speakers from Day 3 of the Republican National Convention, in Cleveland. The big names included vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and former candidates Scott Walker, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. Biographical information is provided by the Republican Party. The 6 Ways to Protect Your Pocketbook From Sky-High Medical Bills 07/19/2016 08:00pm • Dan McGrath, the co-founder of Jester Financial Technologies, a small health care data company in Beverly, Massachusetts, remembers being in the dentist office with his retired mother and realizing he'd made a grave mistake. He'd let his mother navigate her own Medicare coverage and that resulted i Mobile Home Parks Are a Viable Investment 07/19/2016 08:00pm • It's hard for small-time real estate investors to imagine competing with the likes of Sam Zell and Warren Buffett. But while the average investor can only dream of attaining those lofty heights, opportunities exist in the mobile home park marketplace to profit in a different product type from norma 15 Retirement Investing Mistakes to Avoid 07/18/2016 08:00pm • The rules for preparing for retirement may be easy. Start saving early. Own stocks. Diversify globally. Rebalance your portfolio. Yet during times of market volatility, many investors get spooked and begin to question their investment strategies. "I have seen investors destroy their retirement in th Is a Donor-Advised Fund Right For You? 07/18/2016 08:00pm • Most Americans with any degree of investable assets are seeking ways to minimize their overall tax bill. In retirement, when people are withdrawing from their accounts, taxes on required minimum distributions and Social Security income can add up fast. While there's no way to avoid paying income ta Social network requires giving up first-born; nobody notices 07/18/2016 09:16am • WASHINGTON -- The last thing a smartphone user wants to do when first using a new social media app is read through pages and pages of legal language, even if the user is agreeing to outrageous conditions. A new study, called "The Biggest Lie on the Internet," shows almost nobody reads the length 10 Costs to Include in Your Retirement Budget 07/17/2016 08:00pm • Retirement billsYou won't have to pay commuting costs or buy expensive clothes for work in retirement. But you might face new costs as you use more health care services or take up new hobbies to fill your days. Remember to factor these expenses into your retirement budget.HousingHousing is likely to Retirement Savings Tax Breaks for High Earners 07/17/2016 08:00pm • Some tax perks for retirement savers are phased out for people who earn above a certain amount, including the ability to claim the saver's credit or contribute to a Roth IRA. But there are plenty of other tax benefits that people with relatively high incomes enjoy. Here's a look at some of the retir 'Ghostbusters': Is the gender-bending remake worth seeing? 07/15/2016 03:22am • WASHINGTON — If you ever doubted the universe's sense of humor, consider the fact that "Ghostbusters" will try to knock "The Secret Life of Pets" off the box office throne. It's literally "dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!" That was just one of a dozen memorable lines from ABLE Accounts: A New Way to Save for Disability Costs 07/14/2016 08:00pm • In the new movie "Finding Dory," the title character has special needs and debilitating "short-term remembery" issues. Through the love, education and understanding of her parents, she has developed skills to help her navigate life differently. As a father of a special needs daughter, I love how thi Veterans: Combat Arms is Great Preparation for a Civilian Career 07/14/2016 08:00pm • When most people think about military personnel they picture troops who serve in the combat arms. That is to say that they envision Army or Marine infantrymen, artillerymen, tankers and combat engineers who fire weapons in the offense and defense on the ground. These are the warriors; the so called In France, Anxiety Deepens After Attack 07/14/2016 08:00pm • Thursday's deadly attack in France places further strain on a beleaguered nation being tested by a variety of social and political tensions, including how its countrymen and women will react to the third high-profile attack in just over a year and a half. It also underscores the deep social divides 3 Important Things to Know About Networking in Law School 07/13/2016 08:00pm • For Harrison Freeman, reaching out to friends, strangers and associates has been a large part of his strategy for finding summer internships as a law student -- and it's worked. "Networking literally got me my 1L internship," says Freeman, who just finished his second year at Boston University Schoo