People sometimes say the stupidest things when they lose a job—and they end up regretting it. Words said in frustration can burn bridges with employers and/or colleagues you may need later on. Amon...

You could end up being charged for a service on your monthly mobile phone bill even though you never asked for it. This practice, called “cramming,” occurs when a provider other than your phone co...

Today’s low interest rates mean that many people who think they have fully paid-up whole and universal life insurance policies will one day receive some distressing news in the mail—there are insu...

Do you want to support your country by buying American, only you don’t know what’s made in the USA anymore? You are not alone. Walk the aisles of the typical big-box store, and it often seems as i...

E-mail is an efficient way to communicate, but, truth be told, it can also be overwhelming. People fire off e-mails so fast that messages often pop into our in-boxes every few seconds. And the urge to...

Employee retirement plans have drawbacks as well as advantages. Several new rules from two departments of the federal government—Labor and Treasury—are designed to reduce some of the drawbacks and...

Are you expecting those Hummel figurines to help pay your kids' college tuition? Better hope the kids earn scholarships. Collecting is fun, but it is a perilous investment if you choose the wrong col...

What’s the best way to transfer stocks, bonds and mutual funds from one broker to another? Let the new broker handle the transfer of your assets. That broker will ask you to fill out and return a fo...

Based on the weak and volatile stock market returns of the past decade, many investors believe that the traditional strategy of buying and holding a stock for many years is dead. But some top mutual f...

Patrons of a Citibank near me recently got “skimmed” using the ATMs in the bank’s own lobby. Crooks installed hidden devices to capture information encoded on the magnetic strips of bank cards. ...