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How Women Can Boost Their Financial Confidence 03/03/2015 07:00pm • When it comes to earning, investing and saving, women tend to lag behind their male peers. This gender difference is often blamed on women's caregiving roles, which often leads them to scale back their workforce participation when they become mothers or preemptively select more flexible jobs that co Understand the Consequences of Student Loan Default 03/03/2015 07:00pm • Recently, the New York Federal Reserve released some alarming information on student loan defaults that indicated up to a quarter of all borrowers from the last nine years have defaulted on their loans. The report also showed that up to 37 percent have missed at least one payment. These numbers are The Cost of Retirement in Ireland Versus Arizona 03/02/2015 07:00pm • When Donna Deeks and her husband decided to move from Arizona to Ireland for retirement, they were concerned about the cost of living. They wanted to buy a place of their own for their retirement overseas and worried that property prices in Ireland would make that dream impossible. They weren't eve How to Maximize Your Social Security Benefit 03/02/2015 07:00pm • Social Security took a cut out of every paycheck we ever earned. The money was used to pay benefits to our grandparents, parents and older siblings. Now it's our turn. It only makes sense that we want our fair share of benefits, too. The rules for collecting Social Security are incredibly complica ISIS issues death threats to Twitter founder, employees over blocked accounts 03/02/2015 10:02am • WASHINGTON -- ISIS supporters are calling for the killing of Twitter employees, including founder Jack Dorsey, for the deleting and blocking of the terrorist organization's social media accounts. The post, written in Arabic, features an image of Dorsey with cross-hairs superimposed over his face. I Retirement Milestones to Look Forward To 03/01/2015 07:00pm • Retirement is a transition into a new stage of life. Retirees get the freedom to choose how to spend their time, but they also walk away from the comfort of a steady paycheck and need to make important financial decisions. Here are some retirement rites of passage. Reaching financial freedom. You h 5 Alternative Sources for College Financial Aid 03/01/2015 07:00pm • The average cost for a year of in-state public college tuition and fees for 2014-2015 is $22,410, according to the College Board. For students attending a private school, the cost more than doubles, with expenses averaging $46,272. When you see those numbers, it's not surprising the national student 10 Retirement Rites of Passage 03/01/2015 07:00pm • Turning pointsRetirement is the beginning of a new phase of life that includes a number of milestones. Leaving the workforce and claiming your retirement benefits can be both exhilarating and confusing. Here are some of the new experiences retirees can look forward to.Meeting your retirement savings When to Convert Your Traditional IRA to a Roth 02/26/2015 07:00pm • Roth individual retirement accounts are one way to reduce taxes in retirement. Debuting in 1997, these IRAs allow workers to pay taxes on their contributions now and then let money in the account grow tax-free. Here's an example: A 30-year-old man investing $5,000 in an IRA now would have $73,927 i 5 Things Newlyweds Need to Know About Taxes 02/25/2015 07:00pm • So you got married in 2014 -- congratulations! With marriage comes great adventure, life changes and a new way of filing your taxes. But the IRS makes it easy with a simplified view of marriage. Your marital status for the tax year is based solely on your marital status as of Dec. 31. In other wor The Cheapest Place to Buy Property in the Americas 02/24/2015 07:00pm • Cuenca, Ecuador, has been a top retirement choice for people on a budget for years. The costs of living and of real estate in this colonial city have long been more affordable than other comparably appealing retirement options in Latin America until now. Thanks to the U.S. dollar's continuing surge Living Abroad? Expat Taxpayers Face Special Challenges 02/23/2015 07:00pm • For frequent traveler Rebekah Voss, tax time poses a particular set of challenges. Voss publishes The Happy Passport, a travel inspiration website for women, and has spent a significant amount of time in Vietnam, Thailand and other exotic locales. She's found that the complicated world of U.S. tax Modern Money Lessons From Mary Todd Lincoln 02/22/2015 07:00pm • It might sound like a stretch to take personal finance lessons from a first lady who lived 150 years ago. But the financial aspects of the story of Mary Todd Lincoln, as told through Ford's Theatre's play, "The Widow Lincoln," might feel familiar to modern consumers. The play, which just ended its How to Find a Retirement Home That Doesn't Make You Feel Old 02/19/2015 07:00pm • Lynn Mercer sports a bumper sticker on her vehicle that reads "Living in the Cove and Loving It." That's how much the 67-year-old likes her retirement community, Colony Cove, in Ellenton, Florida. However, not everyone is so enamored by the idea of moving to a community intended for seniors. "Unfo 5 Tools That Will Help You Simplify -- and Save 02/18/2015 07:00pm • Whether you could use some help managing your email inbox, keeping your spending under control or maybe just earning a higher interest rate on your savings, there are new tools that can make money management easier. Armed with the conviction that consumers are hungry for different types of financial