One of my favorite personal finance journalists is author and Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary. Happy to say that I’ve gotten to know Michelle a bit through our regular conversations. In ...

The rate of retirement savings is inching upward. "Nearly a third of companies that use automatic 401(k) enrollment now start workers saving at 6% of their salaries or higher," said The Wall Street ...

When it comes to your retirement savings, protecting what you’ve built while still allowing it to grow is critical. The financial landscape offers various options for retirement planning, but some of ...

Preparing for retirement is a decades-long process we focus on throughout our adult lives and careers. However, retirement doesn’t always go according to plan. Sometimes, an illness creates a sudden ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...