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The phone call came to Dad’s daughter (FD) at 6 AM. Again. This time, it was the night caregiver reporting that her father…
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Mortgage rates ticked higher for the first time in weeks, mortgage buyer Freddie…
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Summer tends to be the slow season. Many people take time off to…
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Earlier this year, my husband and I attended the BNP Paribus Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. Top players attend…
If you’re contributing to a 401(k), chances are you’ve been default invested into a retirement target-date mutual fund—and you may not…
“What would my parents have wanted?” Those six words capture the emotional chaos that can follow a parent’s passing. Many retirees…
By Lucy Lazarony, Next Avenue Michael Murray has been trading Massachusetts’ snow for Florida’s sun for 15 winters. At first, he…
By Lucy Lazarony, Next Avenue When her children went off to college, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox saw it as an investment opportunity. Rather…
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Considering that a three-day hospital stay costs $30,000; on average, a third of workers with employer-based…