Topic: Greg Daugherty

The holiday season is full of pitfalls that can drain your bank account. . If you're not careful, you can end up taking a year to pay for all the ...

12 holiday money mistakes to avoid

0 . The holiday season is full of pitfalls that can drain your bank account.. . If you're not careful, you can end up taking a year to pay for all ...

How to Haggle Like an Expert

It's easier than you think to talk your way into a discount. " Don't give the impression that the sale is all about you, says Frank Acuff, author of How to Negotiate Anything With Anyone Anywhere Around the World. "It's ...

Stressed-out Americans see hope in retirement

Is retirement the cure for what ails us? The survey was sponsored by Princess Cruises, which presumably believes relief might also be found on a deck chair or in the midnight-buffet line.. Nearly three-fourths (72 percent) reported their lives were out of ...

401(k) limits won't change for 2010

In case you missed it amid the media hoopla over the 0 percent cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients, the IRS announced yesterday that 401(k) contribution limits will also remain unchanged for 2010. In a way this is good news for ...

Best dogs for retirees

Now that the stock market seems to have calmed down a bit, those of us who are planning for retirement might want to put away the Tums and focus on some other important matters. I recently consulted professional dog trainers from across ...

Plan to work longer? Here's some advice

com, shows most Americans (a stunning 75 percent, in fact) plan to cling to their jobs as long as they can during their "retirement" years. ... on the advantages of working longer.. ... Greg writes the "Retirement Guy" column each month in the Consumer ...
We rate many things around here, but so far, places to retire isn't one of them.. Still, it's always interesting to see other publications and Web sites take a shot at it-especially because their lists are often so different.. As ...
When you leave a job, voluntarily or otherwise, you usually have several options for the money in your 401(k) plan. Not only does that result in income taxes and, often, tax penalties, but it also means the money (and the additional ...

What my parents taught me about money, #4

Money wasn't a taboo topic in our middle-class Midwestern family, but I don't remember much discussion of it. Fortunately, it was OK to ask what they did for a living, and you could extrapolate from there. There was, for example ...