Question: I think my financial adviser takes 1% each month from my $50,000 tax-free savings account. Isn’t that high? I lose $500 a month. How should I handle this situation? Answer: Yes, if you have ...

My parents gave me good financial advice while I was growing up. They helped shape how I think about and spend — or save — money today. As baby boomers they had a different perspective than the ...

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Bernadette Joy is the founder of Crush Your Money Goals. Her media and education programs teaches women how to become financially independent after she and her husband paid off $300,000 of debt and ...

It's never too early to start thinking about saving for college, and a 529 plan can help with that. However, I only contribute a small amount to my daughter's plan each month. A 529 plan is great for ...

Opening a custodial brokerage account can usually be done in just a few minutes and entirely online. Here are some of the things to know before you get started.

My checking account used to be the center of my financial universe. Every dollar I earned landed there, and at one point I had over $30,000 just sitting in checking doing absolutely nothing. Then I ...

Google's Gemini gave me similar savings advice as my financial planner - but here's why I don't plan on getting rid of my human adviser anytime soon When I logged onto Zoom (ZM) for my first-ever ...

In our How I Manage My Money series we aim to find out how people in the UK are spending, saving and investing money to meet their costs and achieve their goals. This week we speak to Graham Wells, 52 ...