cost of living

Your monthly alimony payments are fixed while inflation keeps rising. We look at how to keep up, whether you can adjust your alimony, or allternatively, find a more lasting solution.

Inflation makes everything cost more—rent, groceries, gas. A cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) helps workers keep up. But what if your boss refuses? Is that just unfair, or could it actually be illegal? Let’s dive into the facts.

Forget everything you've heard about needing massive savings for retirement. Some of the world's most beautiful places tend to court retirees with modest nest eggs actively. The secret is knowing where to look.

A dollar used to be worth its weight in gold—or at least in cheeseburgers, movie tickets, and gallons of gas. From the 1950s to even the early 2000s, you could stretch that single George Washington bill a lot farther than you can today.

My husband’s job is transferring him to California and we have to move. My neighbor says it’s a huge mistake financially. What should we do?

In 1960, a 21-inch black and white TV cost so much money that most families had to finance them.