Money well spent

What's the one word you'd pick to describe the holiday season? Joyous, perhaps. Exciting, hectic, maybe even fattening. How about expensive. A study last year by Deloitte University Press reported that Americans planned to spend...

Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Here’s your chance. In Money’s “Readers to the Rescue” department, we publish questions from readers seeking help with sticky financial situations, along with advice from...

The sooner you plan, the more you'll save

It's the crime of our times. Have you escaped?

Be prepared to save a lot of time (though not a lot of money).