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This article's mission is clear: to alert some investors to something that the masses of investing gurus and salespeople don't put in front of them. It's a mad, mad, mad world of constant information ...

A certificate of deposit (CD) can be a great way to keep your savings safe while also earning interest. CDs tend to offer higher interest rates than even high-yield savings accounts, allowing you to ...

Fixed-income investors need predictable income, and one of the classic ways to receive continual cash flow from investments is to set up a bond ladder. Just like a step ladder has ever-higher rungs, ...

There are two things that are sure-fire tinder for stress: Facing a tough decision and needing to make it quickly. Leaders often are put in impossible decision-making positions. Fire a misbehaving ...

Social Security payments reliably safeguard against inflation. Critics sometimes dispute the details of the administration’s cost-of-living adjustments—although, one suspects, few recipients will ...