Most people believe their retirement accounts are completely off-limits until age 59½. But there are several ways to access your retirement funds earlier, including something called the Rule of 55.

If you're charitably inclined and have investments in a taxable brokerage account, you might be leaving significant tax savings on the table. Most people automatically reach for their checkbook or credit card when making charitable donations, but there's a more tax-efficient strategy that could save you thousands of dollars over time.

Using a HELOC as an emergency fund isn't always inherently wrong, but it's also not the straightforward optimization it might appear to be on the surface.

Cryptocurrency has moved from the fringes of finance to a mainstream investment option. If you're considering adding crypto to your portfolio, you have several ways to gain exposure.

Scroll through TikTok (or YouTube and similar platforms) for five minutes, and you'll find no shortage of confident voices promising to unlock the secrets of wealth building. Some claim you can retire by 30 with one simple trick. Others insist traditional financial advice is a scam designed to keep you poor. Let's examine some of the most popular and prevalent personal finance "tips" on social media that are actually myths or at best, misleading.

When you have a significant amount of cash to invest, you face a sometimes tough decision: should you invest it all at once or spread it out over time?

Volatility is a natural part of investing. It’s the “price of admission” that we pay in exchange for the opportunity to grow wealth over time. But when markets start swinging wildly, especially to the downside, it’s easy to let emotion take the wheel.

So what is the actual state of Social Security based on the most recent data and analysis? And what does this mean for your financial future?

Target date funds are convenient, popular, and designed to do the hard work for you. But does that mean a target date fund is the best choice for your financial future?

If you've come into a lump sum of money, whether from a business sale, inheritance, settlement, or years of disciplined saving, you may be asking: "How can I turn this into reliable income?"