Chris Taylor is an award-winning personal finance writer whose work has appeared in Reuters, Fortune, Money and the Wall Street Journal. His honors include recognition from the National Press Club.
To the rescue: Why you need an emergency fund
With the stock market at record highs an emergency savings fund might not seem like the most pressing need at the moment. But in this is exactly when you should be thinking about starting one.
The post-grad playbook: How new graduates can prep their finances for success
New grads can take advantage of this period to get their financial lives in order: To build up their credit, put some money away in savings, and get a retirement account started.
High interest rates benefit savers - if they know where to look
Do you know how hard your money is working for you? It’s very possible you don’t -- at least in the case of the interest rate on your savings account. That means savers could very well be leaving money on the table - and may not even know it.