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You Saved for Retirement for 40 Years — Why Is Spending the Money So Hard?

For 30 or 40 years, the financial instructions are remarkably consistent: save more, spend less, contribute to your 401(k), and don’t touch the money. Then...

Saving Advice · Oct 3

Parents Are Sacrificing Their Own Savings to Help Adult Kids — When Is It Too Much?

Helping an adult child with rent after a layoff can feel completely different from paying their cellphone bill for the tenth year in a row,...

Saving Advice · Oct 2

People in Their Early 60s May Have a Bigger Retirement Savings Window Than They Realize

Turning 60 can make retirement feel less like a distant financial goal and more like a deadline that’s approaching quickly. But workers in their early...

Saving Advice · Oct 2

Best Retirement Accounts for 2027: What Investors Should Compare Before Choosing One

Choosing a retirement account can look deceptively simple until you start comparing tax deductions, employer matches, Roth rules, contribution limits, and withdrawal requirements. In 2027,...

Saving Advice · Oct 2

Labcorp to Pay $2.3 Million After Data Breach Put 10.2 Million Patients at Risk

Labcorp will pay nearly $2.3 million and overhaul how it protects patient information shared with outside vendors following a multistate investigation into a massive 2019...

Saving Advice · Oct 2

CMS Corrects Technical Errors in Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Payment Rates for Fiscal Year 2027

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has corrected several Medicare payment figures for inpatient psychiatric facilities after discovering an error in the wage data...

Saving Advice · Oct 2

Parents With Nothing Saved Inherit $340,000 — Their Adult Child Wants Control of the Money

Imagine your parents have reached retirement age with virtually nothing saved when an unexpected inheritance of $340,000 suddenly lands in their laps. Instead of feeling...

Saving Advice · Oct 1

How a Republican Victory in November Could Affect Families, Retirees, and Workers

The November 2026 midterm elections won’t put a president on the ballot, but they could still influence some of the rules that determine what families...

Saving Advice · Oct 1

Your Parents Are Spending Your “Inheritance” on Travel — Do Adult Kids Have Any Right to Care?

Your parents just booked another cruise; they’re talking about spending three weeks in Europe next summer, and you’re quietly doing the math on what all...

Saving Advice · Oct 1

Eating Yogurt Every Day After 60? Here’s What Nutrition Research Suggests

A container of yogurt may seem like one of the least complicated foods in your refrigerator, but after 60, what you eat regularly can matter...

Saving Advice · Oct 1