If you are a consistent reader of this weekly missive, you know that I occasionally open with an analogy to set the course of my article.  Well, you will have…

This week's topic might seem a bit narrow, but bear with me as few personal finance questions create as much spirited discussion as this one: the long-standing debate between paying…

A Different Kind of Retirement My parents retired in an era where retirement account information arrived by mail (mostly), once a quarter, and was read exactly once and then put…