Latest articles by Ella Vincent
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Seven of the Best Budgeting Apps
The best budgeting apps allow you to declutter your finances, set savings goals and make sure you're on the same financial page as your spouse.
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How to Use a Dependent Care FSA to Lower Child Care Costs
With a dependent care FSA, you can set aside pretax funds to cover care expenses.
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Do You Need Umbrella Insurance?
Umbrella insurance can protect you from financially devastating events that aren't covered by other policies.
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How Blended Families Can Navigate Finances
If you’re planning to become part of a blended family, consider these financial issues as you and your spouse start a new life.
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How to Avoid These 17 Pesky Travel, Dining and Shopping Fees
There are plenty of random, unexpected fees when it comes to travel, dining and shopping. Here's how to avoid them.
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A Guide to Your Credit Card Statement
Your credit card statement holds key information about your card’s balance, interest rate and payment due date. It's generally considered a great way to keep tabs on your finances.
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How to Write a Fraud-Proof Check
Fraudsters have found clever ways to alter the names and amounts on checks you've written. Use these simple steps to prevent them from taking your money.
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PLUS Loans Can Help Pay for College — at a Cost
What to know about PLUS loans: Parents can borrow up to the cost of a child’s education, but interest rates are steep.
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How to Cash in Savings Bonds
savings Whether you bought savings bonds during inflation’s peak or have older bonds collecting dust, take these steps to cash them in.
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How to Organize Your Financial Paperwork for Your Heirs
A guide to organizing your financial paperwork so heirs have any easier time getting affairs in order.
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8 Great Places for Snowbirds to Land
These affordable warm-weather cities for snowbirds offer plenty of housing options, abundant activities for retirees and access to good health care.
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Rising Home Prices and Mortgage Rates Can Make This Insurance More Relevant
It's been hard to avoid private mortgage insurance in an era of rising home prices and higher mortgage rates.
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Finding the Right Home Health Care For You
Kiplinger reviews how to find the right home health care for yourself and your situation.
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How Finances Are Split In a Gray Divorce
Navigating how finances are split in a gray divorce? Divvying up assets accumulated over many years of marriage can be complicated.
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Why Prenups Are Not Just for Celebrities
A prenuptial agreement helps protect your assets in a divorce. Here's what to know
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How to Calculate Your Adjusted Gross Income — and What It Means
Income Tax Your eligibility for certain money-saving tax breaks depends on your adjusted gross income.
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Why You Shouldn't Let Your Credit Cards Sit Unused
Keep your credit cards active, even with small charges, to protect your credit score.
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How to Help Your Kids with Finances When They Move Back Home
For millions of older parents, the nest is as crowded as ever.
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Four Ways To Beat ATM Fees
Use these four strategies to plan ahead and avoid paying annoying ATM fees.
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Don't Rely on a Large Inheritance
You may not get that large inheritance, since older Americans are living longer, reducing how much they’ll leave behind.
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Gen X Parents: Saving for Retirement and College at the Same Time?
Saving for retirement and college at the same time is tough. As you prepare to send your kids to college, don’t neglect your nest egg.
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Why You Need a Power of Attorney
Having a power of attorney is critical should the time come when you can’t make health and financial decisions on your own.
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How to Manage Adoption Costs
Adopting a child can be expensive, but subsidies and tax breaks are available.
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Documents You Need to Change When You Get Married: A Checklist
This checklist covers all the financial and legal documents you need to change when you get married.
