Personal Finance

Your Money in the News

May 24, 2017

The ‘Below Average’ Fund Fee Could Eat Your Retirement

May 19, 2017

The Next Shortage Facing Young Homebuyers: Good Schools

May 19, 2017

Here’s How Your Credit Score Really Gets Set

May 17, 2017

Graduation Gifts That Pay for Themselves

May 16, 2017

Rich Retirees Are Hoarding Cash Out of Fear

May 12, 2017

Modern Motherhood Has Economists Worried

May 12, 2017

You’re Killing It With Your 401(k)—on Autopilot

May 11, 2017

Who Says You Need Tax Breaks for Retirement Saving?

May 11, 2017

For Business School Naming Rights, the Price Is Only Going Up

May 5, 2017

Ten Graduation Gifts From Warren Buffett

Markets

Pound Traders Sweat as Narrowing Polls Boost Election Jitters

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China's Industrial Profits Rise 14% as Global Trade Improves

May 26, 2017

California Warns Senate Taking Step to Gut Auto Efficiency Rules

May 26, 2017

Brazil Outlook Lowered to Negative by Moody's on Temer Probe

May 26, 2017

Corbyn Preserves Ambivalent Stance on Nuclear Weapons and NATO

May 26, 2017

Brazil's Iron Lady Resigns as Head of BNDES Development Bank

May 26, 2017

PGIM's Peters Sees Only Downside in Bank Loans, Favors Junk Debt

May 26, 2017

Municipal Bonds Richest in a Year as Supply Dries Up in Summer

May 26, 2017

Harvard's Hausmann Asks JPMorgan to Cut Venezuela From Index

May 26, 2017

Investors Pour Money Into Brazil After Political Scandal Creates an Opening

May 26, 2017

Dollar Recovers as GDP Revised Up, Paring Transitory Weakness

May 26, 2017

OPEC Insiders Reel After Key Minister Is Fired During Their Meeting

May 26, 2017

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Signals Gains in Spending Remain Likely

May 26, 2017

South Africa Predicts Record Corn Crop After Rain Boosts Yields

May 26, 2017

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Retirement

How to Find -- and Afford -- Your Second Act

Aug 5, 2015

The Retirement Expert Who Got Death Threats for Her Ideas

Jul 16, 2015

How a Harvard Economist Screwed Up—and Then Saved—Her Retirement

Sep 18, 2015

Don't Fall Into the Social Security Trap

Sep 28, 2015

Quick, When Do You Claim Social Security? What Do You Get If Your Ex Dies?

Sep 11, 2015

These Millennials Are Socking Away 15% of Their Salaries

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$5.7 billion

The Internal Revenue Service collected about that much in 2011 from penalties for early withdrawals from 401(k) retirement savings accounts

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May 26, 2017

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