BETH PINSKER

Markets

How to beat newly hot real estate markets

How much house will $2 million get you in the United States these days?

Personal Finance

How to budget for three popular retirement trips

Where is retirement going to take you? If you're like most people, you're dreaming of grand European tours, African safaris, maybe even Antarctica.

Markets

Five ways to get help with your 401(k)

When Chris Costello wanted to test his new online 401(k) advice service called blooom, he asked his sister if she would let him peek under the hood of her account.

Personal Finance

How to choose the best rehab facility

This summer, I had the arduous and rushed task of picking a rehabilitation center for my dad, as post-operative complications left him too ill to return home at the time, yet the hospital was keen to discharge him.

Personal Finance

FSA rollover helps workers save, but few flex it

The U.S. Treasury Department changed a rule last October to allow employees to roll over $500 of unspent Flexible Spending Account money, ending years of a use-it-or-lose it policy, but most workers have yet to reap its benefits.

Personal Finance

'I don't take insurance' not always a doctor deal breaker

Some doctors really mean it when they say they do not take health insurance. For others, it is more of a nuanced statement.

News

Estate planning for the young, rich and childless

For many single or childless individuals, the question of how to distribute their worldly wealth after they die is wide-open and complicated. A charity? Alma mater? Distant nieces and nephews? A cat?

News

The undercurrent in weddings and marriage? Money is taboo

The couples interviewed in the new documentary "112 Weddings," which premiered on HBO in late June, don't talk openly about money. There are sideways glances and pained looks, but as they reminisce about their weddings and talk about how their marriages have gone, they simply do not go there.

News

Americans borrow less than 25 percent of college costs in 2013: study

American families borrowed less to pay for sending their children to college in 2013 than in the previous two years, according to a report from student lender Sallie Mae.

News

U.S. benefits enrollment season to bring more cost cutting: study

When benefits enrollment season arrives this fall, employees around the country can expect to see the impact of corporate cost-cutting on their finances.