We've been killing ourselves working for hours on end for decades, caught up in the work-and-spend dynamic.

It sounds like you have prepared well for the financial changes that are likely to occur when you move back to the States, ... Your commitment to monthly savings programs is encouraging and should be continued.

Increasing the minimum wage is a bad move economically, philosophically and politically.

Unless you have a minimum of $5,000 to invest [each time], you should not be buying individual stocks, ... is inappropriate.

Parents usually plan for the expense of college but forget about the discretionary cost during the nine-month period when the child is away.

Bob has been smart to shop his situation around to several planners, ... Yet in doing so, he has become further confused in realizing that financial planning is more an art than a science.

The money you inherit will come to you tax-free. Let that money be the money that funds education costs.

Don't let the temptation of deductible mortgage interest steer you away from paying down your mortgage.

The difficult parts is that the (middle-aged kids) feel they are put in a position where they have to make decisions for themselves and their older parents, yet it's difficult to understand the feelings and emotional worries that the older generation might have faced.