Vance Cariaga

Vance Cariaga When you reach retirement age — as most baby boomers have — it's tempting to start cashing in your investments and putting the money into savings accounts or other risk-free assets.

Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is designed to help seniors deal with inflation by increasing their monthly payments. Learn More: Your Social Security Check Could Be Higher...

Home buyers in 2026 continue to face challenges because of high home prices and mortgage rates. Before you buy, here are seven things you must do.

If your idea of the perfect retirement is to enjoy leisurely mornings, you'll need to start preparing ahead of time. Retirement planning starts while you're still working.

Vance Cariaga The summer season is fully underway, and now is a great time to try out a new side hustle.

People of a certain generation will remember the year-long bicentennial celebration of 1976, when the United States celebrated its 200 th birthday

Predicting gasoline prices has never been simple. Crude oil markets, refinery capacity, seasonal demand and geopolitical shocks all pull in different directions at once.

Vance Cariaga Gen Zers who have recently graduated from college — or expect to soon — face intense job competition.

Millionaire status used to mean something exclusive. Now it just means you're one of roughly 24 million Americans — a club that's more than tripled in size since 2000, according to data from Ramsey Solutions and Statista

The main (and obvious) advantage of earning a higher salary is that it gives you access to more money. Whether that translates into greater financial power depends on how you manage it.