The surprising answer to the question posed by the headline is: You bet. Contrary to conventional wisdom and the slew of recent articles suggesting that retirement for a great number…

Whether you’re looking to change careers or have lost your job, adding new skills is often a key to making a transition. But heading back for a master’s degree is not really what most…

Four years ago, Linda Waitkus quit her job as store manager for a Bloomingdale’s near Washington, D.C., to open Great Dogs of Great Falls, an 1,800-square-foot pet shop with grooming services…

Women are typically the chief financial officers of their households. They pay the monthly bills, cut the tuition checks and make sure groceries are in the cupboard. They even manage…

When you get knocked down, do you get back up even stronger? That’s the core question financial journalist Rick Newman poses in his new book Rebounders: How Winners Pivot From Setback to…

  Push off retiring until age 70 and your financial world is going to be much brighter. The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College reports in a new study titled: “National Retirement Risk…

Let’s call it chivalry. Most of the working women I talk to who are about my age (51) say mentors have helped them greatly in their careers. But the mentors…

Today is my husband, Cliff Hackel, and my 20thWedding Anniversary. Yep. We got married on the Fourth of July. Independence Day. It was a sunny day, brilliant blue skies, and there…

Two years ago, I had a string of bad luck. First, I needed an operation to remove a small tumor. Then, my beloved Subaru Outback (with more than 120,000 miles)…

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing three retirees, who are working part-time jobs they love– for pay. All three were hired after spending time as a volunteer. One…