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Americans are really falling down on the job when it comes to estate planning in part because we just don't want to think about our own mortality and it can be hard to worry too much about what will happen to our assets after we're gone since we won't be around to see it but dying intestate does have some pretty serious consequences, even though you won't be the one experiencing them. Here's the sobering truth about what happens if you don't have a will in place when you die.

If you don't make enough money right now to set aside, there are still ways to grow your retirement savings. You just have to think outside the box. This article highlights 9 creative ways to boost your retirement savings.

Should you plunge your head into the sand and do nothing, no matter how worried you feel about a possible market crash? No. Here are some steps you can take that would both set your mind at ease and help prepare your finances for whatever the market brings.

Student loan debt in America now ranks as the second-largest consumer debt category, trailing only mortgages and, based on the latest data, it isn’t about to end any time soon.

There are many ways to pay off your home loan faster. With the right tactics — like the following ones — you’ll scarcely notice the increase in your monthly payments.

With the right batch of investments, you could still count on income from dividends no matter what the markets are doing. Here's how you can do that.

Are you planning to buy a vehicle and looking at different ways to finance that…[purchase]? Here are 5 ways that can help you out...

…Asset allocation…explains 100% of investment performance – yes, all of it. Accordingly, most of your time, energy and money should be spent on asset allocation…and a plan for asset allocation is called an investment policy. …Asset allocation are risk decisions designed to achieve objectives with an acceptable likelihood…This risk decision is called “risk willingness” or “risk necessity” and needs to be …

I recently discovered a video entitled 10 Myths About Government Debt that lays out several reasons why we are in real trouble. I encourage you to watch this 21 minute video. The most troubling assertion in the video is that our nation’s usual sources of loans are tapped out…[and that] the only source we have left is the Federal Reserve, which means …