Terry Savage

For the vast majority of Americans, their home is their greatest lifetime investment. But as in all investing, timing is everything. The real advantage of putting money into home ownership...

It's official. Federal student loan repayments will start in October, and it's your job to get ready. After more than three years of deferrals by both administrations, the debt ceiling...

It's up to us, the consumers, to determine the fate of our economy. While we waited for the debt ceiling impasse to be resolved, and while we continue to wonder...

Last week's column explained why it's so difficult to "beat" the market. A review of professional money managers by S&P Dow Jones Indices revealed that half of large cap fund managers failed...

A recent survey from the Senior Citizens League detailed the impact of inflation on the items senior consumers purchase most often. Over the past 23 years — from 2000 to...

Two months ago, I wrote a column telling the story of an older woman, a widow recovering from heart surgery, who was being harassed by the Social Security Administration demanding a "clawback"...

People tend to avoid the discussion of estate planning because no one likes to think about their mortality. Plus, there's the presumption that only the wealthy have an "estate" that...

In the search for safety of your financial assets, there's a sudden recognition that the FDIC doesn't cover deposits above a certain limit: $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank. You...

The Social Security trustees just announced that the primary trust fund used to pay retirement benefits is set to become depleted in 2033. At that point, the only money available...