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Net Worth
A balance sheet summarizes your assets and liabilities and reveals your net worth.
College Funding
Use this calculator to estimate the cost of your child’s education, based on the variables you input.
Cost of Retirement
Use this calculator to estimate how much income and savings you may need in retirement.
Loan Payoff
How much will it cost to pay off a loan over its lifetime?
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HOT TOPIC: Current Economic Conditions and the Prospect for Inflation
Inflation jumped up to 3.2% in April. That’s still below the 50-year average but it may be little consolation for anyone who has been to a gas station or a grocery store recently.
HOT TOPIC: American Manufacturing: Rebound or Renaissance?
During the last decade, U.S. manufacturing lost millions of jobs to foreign competition. The sector appears to be coming back strong, adding almost half a million jobs since 2010 as productivity rises. This article examines the conditions that originally caused the exodus of U.S. industrial production and those that may bode well for its future.
Rethinking the Role of Household Debt
Many people aspire to pay off their home mortgages before retirement, but the housing situation and a weak economy have taken a toll on the finances of many older Americans. There are some compelling reasons why pre-retirees might want to consider maximizing their retirement plan contributions and avoid carrying large amounts of debt into retirement.
Growth, Value, or Both
The average annual return for large-cap value stocks was about 2.1% higher than for large-cap growth stocks, yet growth stocks outperformed value stocks in 13 out of 30 years. This article examines the difference between the two approaches and describes why holding both may help investors take advantage of a variety of market conditions.
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