Tag: savings

Images of growing stacking coins and Hand putting coin into glas

It was hard to miss the news last year that four out of 10 people couldn’t come up with $400 if they had an emergency. The coronavirus is that emergency – on steroids. A wave of new surveys asking Americans about their personal finances reveal the depth of a crisis that has suddenly befallen untold…

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It’s smart to invest retirement savings in mutual funds that charge very low fees for one simple reason: the worker keeps more of his money and hands over less to Wall Street. But in a study of people in their 50s and 60s who have retired or otherwise left federal employment, the people with t…