Liz Weston: 4 financial ‘experts’ who could steer you wrong
None of us knows everything we need to know about money, so we may turn to experts for help. But some money professionals who offer advice are not qualified to do so — nor are they required to put our interests ahead of theirs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: Start 2021 off strong with these money moves
After the train wreck that was 2020, you may well question whether it’s worth trying to plan anything. But knocking off a few financial tasks early in the year can better prepare you for whatever 2021 has in store.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Correction: NerdWallet-Liz Weston-2021 Money Resolutions
In a story January 4, 2021, about personal money resolutions, The Associated Press — in an article supplied by the personal finance website NerdWallet — erroneously reported some requirements for direct contributions to a Roth IRA. The ability to contribute ends at modified adjusted gross income of $140,000 for singles …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: 4 financial ‘experts’ who could steer you wrong
None of us knows everything we need to know about money, so we may turn to experts for help. But some money professionals who offer advice are not qualified to do so — nor are they required to put our interests ahead of theirs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: 4 financial ‘experts’ who could steer you wrong
None of us knows everything we need to know about money, so we may turn to experts for help. But some money professionals who offer advice are not qualified to do so — nor are they required to put our interests ahead of theirs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: 4 financial ‘experts’ who could steer you wrong
None of us knows everything we need to know about money, so we may turn to experts for help. But some money professionals who offer advice are not qualified to do so — nor are they required to put our interests ahead of theirs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: Start 2021 off strong with these money moves
After the train wreck that was 2020, you may well question whether it’s worth trying to plan anything. But knocking off a few financial tasks early in the year can better prepare you for whatever 2021 has in store.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: Start 2021 off strong with these money moves
After the train wreck that was 2020, you may well question whether it’s worth trying to plan anything. But knocking off a few financial tasks early in the year can better prepare you for whatever 2021 has in store.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: Start 2021 off strong with these money moves
After the train wreck that was 2020, you may well question whether it’s worth trying to plan anything. But knocking off a few financial tasks early in the year can better prepare you for whatever 2021 has in store.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: Start 2021 off strong with these money moves
After the train wreck that was 2020, you may well question whether it’s worth trying to plan anything. But knocking off a few financial tasks early in the year can better prepare you for whatever 2021 has in store.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: RV-Buying Mistakes to Avoid
Recreational vehicle sales are soaring, and the RV industry expects 2021 to be a record-breaking year. Dealerships say much of the demand is coming from first-time buyers and others anxious to find a safer way to vacation during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: RV-Buying Mistakes to Avoid
Recreational vehicle sales are soaring, and the RV industry expects 2021 to be a record-breaking year. Dealerships say much of the demand is coming from first-time buyers and others anxious to find a safer way to vacation during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: RV-Buying Mistakes to Avoid
Recreational vehicle sales are soaring, and the RV industry expects 2021 to be a record-breaking year. Dealerships say much of the demand is coming from first-time buyers and others anxious to find a safer way to vacation during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: RV-Buying Mistakes to Avoid
Recreational vehicle sales are soaring, and the RV industry expects 2021 to be a record-breaking year. Dealerships say much of the demand is coming from first-time buyers and others anxious to find a safer way to vacation during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: Got life insurance? You may not have enough
You probably need life insurance if your death would cause financial hardship to someone else. If the only coverage you have is through your job, though, you may not have enough.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Liz Weston: Got life insurance? You may not have enough
You probably need life insurance if your death would cause financial hardship to someone else. If the only coverage you have is through your job, though, you may not have enough.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Liz Weston: Life and money lessons from the pandemic
I’m a “be prepared” kind of person. I like having money in the bank and a good stock of emergency supplies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Liz Weston: Putting financial survivor’s guilt to good use
Financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializes in helping people deal with their
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Liz Weston: Putting financial survivor’s guilt to good use
Financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializes in helping people deal with their
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Liz Weston: Putting financial survivor’s guilt to good use
Financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializes in helping people deal with their
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Liz Weston: Putting financial survivor’s guilt to good use
Financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializes in helping people deal with their
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Liz Weston: How small businesses can help workers save
Donna Skemp of Bend, Oregon, struggled to save before she signed up for an automatic savings plan offered by her employer’s payroll services company. Now, some of her pay goes into a federally insured, interest-paying savings account that she can access any time with a debit card.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Liz Weston: How small businesses can help workers save
Donna Skemp of Bend, Oregon, struggled to save before she signed up for an automatic savings plan offered by her employer’s payroll services company. Now, some of her pay goes into a federally insured, interest-paying savings account that she can access any time with a debit card.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: How small businesses can help workers save
Donna Skemp of Bend, Oregon, struggled to save before she signed up for an automatic savings plan offered by her employer’s payroll services company. Now, some of her pay goes into a federally insured, interest-paying savings account that she can access any time with a debit card.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: How small businesses can help workers save
Donna Skemp of Bend, Oregon, struggled to save before she signed up for an automatic savings plan offered by her employer’s payroll services company. Now, some of her pay goes into a federally insured, interest-paying savings account that she can access any time with a debit card.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: When life blows up your well-laid plans
Job loss, business failure, involuntary retirement, divorce, disability or the death of a breadwinner — these are just some of the ways our finances can force us to come up with a Plan B. That’s never as simple as downloading a list and ticking off completed assignments, however.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: When life blows up your well-laid plans
Job loss, business failure, involuntary retirement, divorce, disability or the death of a breadwinner — these are just some of the ways our finances can force us to come up with a Plan B. That’s never as simple as downloading a list and ticking off completed assignments, however.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: The upsides to thinking about when you will die
Social Security’s life expectancy calculator predicts I’ll live to about 86. An insurance company’s version says I should expect to die at 98. A longevity calculator created by actuaries demurs, putting the odds at only 32% that I’ll make it to 95.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: The upsides to thinking about when you will die
Social Security’s life expectancy calculator predicts I’ll live to about 86. An insurance company’s version says I should expect to die at 98. A longevity calculator created by actuaries demurs, putting the odds at only 32% that I’ll make it to 95.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: The upsides to thinking about when you will die
Social Security’s life expectancy calculator predicts I’ll live to about 86. An insurance company’s version says I should expect to die at 98. A longevity calculator created by actuaries demurs, putting the odds at only 32% that I’ll make it to 95.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: The upsides to thinking about when you will die
Social Security’s life expectancy calculator predicts I’ll live to about 86. An insurance company’s version says I should expect to die at 98. A longevity calculator created by actuaries demurs, putting the odds at only 32% that I’ll make it to 95.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: How losing Obamacare could cost you
If the Supreme Court throws out the Affordable Care Act, your finances and your future could pay the price.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: How losing Obamacare could cost you
If the Supreme Court throws out the Affordable Care Act, your finances and your future could pay the price.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: How losing Obamacare could cost you
If the Supreme Court throws out the Affordable Care Act, your finances and your future could pay the price.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: How losing Obamacare could cost you
If the Supreme Court throws out the Affordable Care Act, your finances and your future could pay the price.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: Playing the market is a bad idea, especially now
The current day trading boom will end as these frenzies always do: in tears. While we wait for the inevitable crash, let’s review not only why day traders are doomed but also why most people shouldn’t trade, or even invest in, individual stocks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: Playing the market is a bad idea, especially now
The current day trading boom will end as these frenzies always do: in tears. While we wait for the inevitable crash, let’s review not only why day traders are doomed but also why most people shouldn’t trade, or even invest in, individual stocks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: Playing the market is a bad idea, especially now
The current day trading boom will end as these frenzies always do: in tears. While we wait for the inevitable crash, let’s review not only why day traders are doomed but also why most people shouldn’t trade, or even invest in, individual stocks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: Playing the market is a bad idea, especially now
The current day trading boom will end as these frenzies always do: in tears. While we wait for the inevitable crash, let’s review not only why day traders are doomed but also why most people shouldn’t trade, or even invest in, individual stocks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Liz Weston: Suddenly retired? Here’s what to do next
The pandemic seems to be driving a surge of early retirements as businesses close or downsize and older people weigh the health risks of continuing to work.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: Suddenly retired? Here’s what to do next
The pandemic seems to be driving a surge of early retirements as businesses close or downsize and older people weigh the health risks of continuing to work.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: Don't give your adult kids your house
Adding an adult child to your house deed, or giving them the home outright, might seem like a smart thing to do. It usually isn’t.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: How to create a retirement paycheck that lasts
Saving and investing for retirement may actually be easier than deciding how to safely spend what you’ve accumulated.
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Liz Weston: Tax traps that side hustlers should avoid
Millions of Americans earn extra money outside their regular jobs — as ride-hailing drivers, Airbnb hosts, eBay sellers and freelancers of all kinds. Their side hustle income may help make ends meet, but it also can create tax traps.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Liz Weston: How to stock up wisely, emergency or not
Concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (abbreviated COVID-19) mean more of us are doing what we probably should have been doing all along: washing our hands more frequently and thoroughly; staying at home when we’re sick; stocking up on food and supplies in case that stay becomes extended.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
