According to data from the Federal Reserve, the top 10% of Americans by wealth own a record high 89% of all U.S. stocks held by households. With the S&P 500 index up over 85% over the past five years, ...

Dear Eric: I have a good friend whose memory seems to me to be slipping. She laughs it off, saying she has so much going on that she can’t remember things, but I think there is something else ...

A big statue of a tiger sits in front of the train station of Norway’s capital, Oslo. A local once explained that Oslo is nicknamed “Tiger City” because, in the 19th century, when country boys would ...

Give the experience as a gift the kids will remember long after they tire of another toy. Take a ride on The Holiday Lights Trolley in 10 cities, including Boston, Philadelphia and Kansas City. You ...

I'm a cultural chameleon, mastering a little slice of the Greek life – indicating I'm ready and rarin' for more. When Greeks really want to show hospitality, the drinking shifts from ouzo to its ...

Sunny, out-of-the-way Languedoc stretches from the Mediterranean to the Pyrenees in southwest France. It shares a balmy climate, winter wind, grapevines, and the sea with the better-known neighboring ...

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month, which made me think of our diets. Stay with me here. When it comes to our nutrition, we know that sweet treats tempt us with their deliciousness, but we ...

When traveling in the Netherlands – with its canals, windmills, and tulip fields – it all seems so cute and sweet; you may find yourself exclaiming, "Everything's just so…Dutch!" But for another side ...

What was the best part? Ask three people who have shared a vacation – even in the same family – and they will each likely have a different answer. Maybe it was a superb meal, maybe it was scoring a ...

Q: We will be selling our home in the near future, and a neighbor a few doors down has expressed an interest in buying our home. She would be downsizing from a larger multistory home to our smaller ...

Pretty, pristine, and perched on a lake, with a striking mountain panorama as a backdrop, Luzern has long been Switzerland’s tourism capital. Since the Romantic era in the 19th century, it's been a ...

This is the time of year when I typically offer financial planning advice to those who have the flexibility to make charitable gifts or plan ahead for taxes. But this year, more than ever, I am ...