How To Know It's Time To Retire

The decision to retire is a personal one that’s as much psychological as financial.

Start Investing Now? Uh, Yeah

Don’t wait for stocks to get cheaper. Every second you procrastinate, you give up one of your greatest assets: time.

Lawmakers Want To Help You Save More

Legislation to boost retirement savings looks like a go in Congress.

10 Best Stocks Of The Bull Market

The winners are a diverse group in a wide range of industries. Not all are household names.

The Best Online Brokers

Top contenders in this years rankings finish in a dead heat.

How To Make Your Money Last

Create a stream of income that will see you through retirement.

What The Midterms Mean To You

Regardless of the results of the election, putting an end to the uncertainty is likely to be a plus for your portfolio.

Racing To Retirement

The Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement is catching on with a new generation that is redefining what it means to be retired.

A Visit With Mr. Money Mustache

Pete Adeney retired at age 30 and has been working hard ever since to inspire his FIRE followers.

How To Navigate Emerging Markets

Currency woes and runaway inflation in some countries mask long-term opportunities.

The Case For Keeping Some Cash

Two issues ago, I urged everybody to suspend all inclination to brood about gathering risks or missed opportunities and let ones portfolio snooze.

6 Tips To Hold On To Your Bull Market Gains

Now is the time to dial back risk in your portfolio and protect your bull market gains.

The Best List

WONDERING WHICH FUNDS ARE BEST TO SMOOTH OUT MARKET VOLATILITY AND FIGHT rising inflation, or which stocks to buy in an aging bull market? Looking for the credit card with the most-lucrative rewards or the cell-phone plan that offers the most bang for your buck? We’ve got you covered. Our staff compiled their top picks for stocks, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds for times like these; credit cards, banks, tax software and cell-phone plans for all types of users; tech that will protect you from identity thieves; and websites that will save you money on everything from prescription drugs to hotels.

Funding The Fight Against Alzheimer's

She donated $300,000 in her parents’ names for research into neurological diseases.

What To Do When Your Term Is Up

Many families are discovering that a 20-year term for a life insurance policy isn’t enough.

Disaster-Proof Your Vacation

Travel insurance can recover some costs when a natural disaster ruins your vacation.

Funds With Flexibility

Go-anywhere bond fund managers can pick and choose from a complete menu of income investments.

More Gains In Store For Homebuilders

The housing market reached a milestone in January that al-most no one noticed. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Composite, an index that tracks average home prices in 20 U.S. cities, finally rose above the record set in April 2006. Is it cause for celebration or trepidation?

Stocks That Smart Managers Like Now

These pros use the market’s downdrafts to their advantage.

The Secrets of Women Investors

For starters, they do more research and they panic less. And guess what—they get better results. 

8 Stocks Buffett Is Buying...Or Should Be

Hitch a ride with stocks the master already holds, or take a chance on four firms that he doesn’t own yet.

6 Strategies Women Need To Know About Money

Use our six strategies to weave a financial safety net that lasts a lifetime. 

Earn Up To 10% On Your Money

Our 29 ideas range from low-risk municipal bonds to high-risk mortgage REITs.

Wielding Weapons Against Cancer

These firms are in the forefront of the cancer wars, and their stocks should deliver healthy gains.

Put Your Pension To Work

How you decide to take this endangered asset may be crucial to a secure retirement.

Should You Invest In Commodities?

The market has again reminded us that stocks can move in two directions.

The Power Of Living Within Your Means

Creating a budget is crucial at any age, but it’s especially important—and daunting—for us millennials.

Get Help With Medicare Coverage

Whew! Thanks for your over-whelming response to my column on the challenges of signing up for Medicare (“Living in Retirement,” Dec.).

To Save More, Tap Into Your Emotions

I am knee-deep in mementos and family heirlooms these days, having cleaned out three separate houses within the past 14 months following my parents’ deaths and an aunt’s decision to downsize.

Profit From Being A Patient Investor

Call him Ishmael. On New Year’s Eve, 1948, he is born at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Ishmael’s parents scrape together a “pre–nest egg” of $3,000 out of savings and gifts from relatives. They invest the money in a mutual fund called Lexington Corporate Leaders, which has a portfolio assembled to reflect America’s industrial economy. When Ishmael is 12 years old, his parents tell him about the account but make him promise not to touch the proceeds until the last day of 2008, when he’s 60.