When comparing Medicare and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) coverage, it helps to look at how each program works, who qualifies and what the…
A health savings account (HSA) can support your retirement plan through tax-deductible contributions, tax-free growth and tax-free withdrawals for qualified medical expenses. But not all insurance premiums qualify, so it’s important to know which costs…
Image by Getty Images; Illustration by Bankrate Key takeaways Reasons people keep cash at home include emergency preparedness, financial privacy concerns and mistrust of banks. While some cash at home may be a good idea, it is a safer option to keep most of your liquid funds in an FDIC-insured…
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed that consumer prices remained elevated in September, ahead of the central bank’s policy meeting next week. The Commerce Department on Friday reported that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index rose 0.3% in September from a month ago and is up 2.8% from last year. Those…
You can make a Roth IRA conversion at any time, as long as you have money in a qualifying pre-tax account. But the real question is whether it benefits you. Converting in your 60s, for example, can help you avoid required minimum distributions (RMDs) and future taxes on qualified withdrawals.…
First comes love. Then comes marriage. And for around 670,000 couples per year, then comes divorce. While you’re thinking about the holiday season that’s off and running, the nation’s divorce attorneys are already looking ahead to another kind of season: divorce season. Sadly, if not surprisingly, filings tend to go…
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Companies in the private sector lost 32,000 jobs in November, payroll processing firm ADP said Wednesday. The figure is below economists’ estimates of a gain of 10,000 jobs. The prior month’s payrolls number was revised…
