Do I Get Rich, or Go Bust? These Tools Predicted My Financial Future

Plug your income, debt, assets, hopes and fears into MaxiFi and Boldin, two next-generation financial-planning tools, and see how your…

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Improve Your Fitness and Financial Life in 2025 With These WSJ Challenges

Sign up for one of our email challenges to start your year.

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Even Rich Retirees Fear Outliving Their Money

Spending makes retirees happier. Many are afraid to do it.

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Money Can Buy a Longer Life—to a Point

Saving makes your nest egg last longer. Spending might make you last longer.

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The Financial Regrets and Wisdom of Americans Over 80

There is a lot of life to live after the traditional retirement age that many wish they had prepared for.

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How to Avoid Costly Tax Blunders in 2025

Make a New Year’s resolution for your taxes. Here are five to consider.

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Money Moves for the New Year: Setting and Keeping Your Personal-Finance Goals

A four-part podcast series that answers listeners’ questions about achieving their financial goals for 2025.

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When the Hassle of Moving Cash Is and Isn’t Worth It

With the Fed cutting rates, some savers say they are done moving money from bank to bank in pursuit of…

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Porch Pirates Are Now Raising the Price You Pay at Checkout

Retailers are charging a few extra dollars on orders to protect customers against lost and stolen packages.

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A Credit-Score Hangover Is Hitting America’s Riskiest Borrowers

Credit scores soared during the pandemic, enabling a borrowing binge that has now forced a reckoning.

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