Investment

Budget Battles

  • Live Comfortably to 100 on Your Own Money

    By Andrew Osterland, CNBC

    Whatever dreams and aspirations people may have for their retirement, one goal usually tops the list: Don't run out of money. "People want a 100 percent chance of not outliving their money," said...

  • New Target of Financial Planners: Clients’ Kids

    By BETH PINSKER GLADSTONE, Reuters

    Clients often ask financial adviser Grant Rawdin to teach their children about money before they send them off to college or to their first jobs. After years of doing so, he had an epiphany: He...

  • Trust Your Heirs Not to Squander Your Estate

    By Erik Sherman, The Fiscal Times

    Did you hear what Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing with their estates when they die? Giving most of it away . And they've convinced many other billionaires to do the same thing through a...

  • Black Friday: The Smartest Financial Moves to Make

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    The holiday season has only just officially begun, but even as you peruse the Black Friday sales and plan what to do with your Thanksgiving leftovers, it’s not too early to ponder what to do with...

  • Investors Look Past Santa Rally to Volatility

    By Patti Domm, CNBC

    As stocks sail into the holiday season at record highs, strategists are looking past any Santa rally to the volatility that could come with the new year. In the week ahead, the focus will be very...