Personal Finance
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Married Filing Separately Is Medicare’s Most Expensive Tax Status: the Surcharges Start at $109,000 and Skip Straight to the Top
© shapecharge / Getty Images Filing status is a Medicare setting couples should check before April 15, and too few…
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Social Security Cuts of 22% Could Cost the Average Retiree $458 a Year
© MGS / Shutterstock.com For years, rumors have been flying that Social Security is at risk of going bankrupt and…
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National Ice Cream Day Deals: The best discounts you can get today and where to find them
National Ice Cream Day has become one of the sweetest food holidays on the calendar, and 2026 is no exception.…
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The RMD Tax Trap Hiding in Your $2 Million 401(k): How to Avoid the IRMAA Surcharge Two Years Later
A widowed 75-year-old files as single, sits on a $2.1 million traditional 401(k), and collects a Social Security check that…
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The Real Cost of Retiring in Sedona, Arizona, Where No One Bothers You
Plenty of people in their late fifties has spent enough weekends in Sedona to picture the rest of their life…
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Personal Finance: New housing affordability law has promising provisions
On June 23, members of Congress did something commendable and all too rare: They came together to pass legislation in…
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Getting a new Social Security Card: What is the fastest way to replace it, and how to do it without going to the office?
Losing a Social Security card can be stressful, but replacing it is often much easier than many people realize. Thanks…
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A $500,000 401(k) Balance Can Lose $140,000 to Hidden Fees. Here’s What to Do Now
© Vitalii Vodolazskyi / Shutterstock.com A 58-year-old engineer with roughly $244,900 in her main 401(k) and another $600,000 in a…
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That $6,000 Disney Trip Actually Costs $9,000. Here’s the Math Nobody Shows You.
© frantic00 / Shutterstock.com Bo Hanson, co-host of The Money Guy Show, put a number on something most families never…
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The Roth Conversion Trick That Could Save You More Than $50,000
© Andrey_Popov / Shutterstock.com If you’ve built up a large traditional IRA or 401(k) balance, a Roth conversion could be…
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