Financial Wellness

As with any economic shift, there are winners and losers. See who benefits and who will suffer more from the recent interest rate hike.

Here are 5 quick and easy tips to consider as stocks slide, interest rates rise, and inflation persists.

Stagflation is a future possibility. Discover how we might prevent it and what to do if it happens. Read now…

They were wrong. The answer to the question does money buy happens is… yes! In fact, the research is overwhelming. And, there are actually multiple ways to spend to increase happiness. Here are 11 ways to spend money to buy happiness. The following 11 tips are valuable whether you are 75, 65, 55 or 15!…

People often worry about the wrong things. You might be watching the stock market, but other metrics are significantly more important to most.

Worried you aren’t ready for retirement? You aren’t alone and the fixes aren’t too painful. Improve your financial prospects.

Stock market corrections are a reality, but that doesn’t make them less painful. Here are 10 tips for weathering these storms.

Financial mapping, creating a roadmap for your money can help you with better financial habits, decisions and outcomes. It’s GPS for your finances.

There is a lot of confusion about financial planning. Here are 18 of the biggest misconceptions.

How to make sense of retirement planning? Here is your guide to the 16 retirement numbers that are most important for a secure future.

Uncertainty. Fear. Confusion. Your worries might seem unmanageable, but there’s a lot you can do to improve financial well being right now. Get started!

The average that people got right was a mere 30 percent. How will you score on this quiz of retirement financial literacy? Find out now!

Financial advice is often complicated. However, it can be simplified. Browse wisdom for saving, investing, spending and living.

Don’t worry, be happy… Here are 11 real steps you can take that will enable you to experience less financial stress.

Many of us are oblivious to the fees, but almost everyone with a 401(k) pays them. Get 7 ideas for reducing costs to greatly increase wealth.

Kids, retirement, and aging parents – midlife brings a lot of competing priorities. Here are 8 things you can do to overcome feelings of financial stress.

Hear Monte Carlo simulations and think gambling? Nope. Learn how this mathematical formula can be used to predict your financial future.

Get great investing and planning tips directly from Jack Brennan, former CEO of Vanguard (the handpicked successor to Jack Bogle).

Don’t think you could possibly save more money for retirement? These tips will help you shift your mindset for a secure and happy future. Read now!

Episode 58 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Jack Brennan — the handpicked successor to Jack Bogle at the Vanguard Group

Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman’s new book “Noise” can help you make better financial decisions. Find out how.

 At age 47 I was jobless, emotionally broken after an abusive marriage, and running through savings to keep a divorce attorney in my corner. Grieving my mother’s death and terrified that my disabled adult daughter and I would end up homeless, I couldn’t see any kind of future for myself. Within five years I had…

Recently online, individual NewRetirement subscribers were discussing the most foolish financial decisions they had ever made. The conversations were interesting in that many highlighted a few bits of “wisdom” about being “foolish.” Foolishness Can Be a Great Learning Tool Making foolish decisions can be one of the greatest learning tools. “A wise man can learn…

Keeping your retirement savings on track helps you meet your retirement goals. That seems like a very simple concept, and in a way it is. But living with that plan every day isn’t quite so simple. Knowing how much one should save for retirement is useful — it can motivate you to take action. And…