Amy Fontinelle: Personal Finance Writer

To retain control of your options as you get older, make plans and formalize key documents ahead of time.

Steps include estimating medical costs, planning for parental leave, and evaluating your insurance needs.

Be strategic to lower your tax bill in retirement.

Can you help your aging, financially struggling parents without compromising your future financial security?

These money-saving tips from wedding industry experts can help you stick to your big-day budget.

The financial pyramid helps you achieve your saving and retirement goals by prioritizing your finances.

Saving for retirement is easier the earlier you start. Here’s how to take that all-important step.

Scammers defraud seniors of billions of dollars per year, but you can take preventative steps.

Is it better to be a great student at a lesser school, or a lesser student at a great school?

Try these ideas for financial, but non-cash, gifts that will benefit any college graduate for years to come.

Learn about two top choices that many investors use in their portfolio.

When you start earning your first paycheck, work toward setting yourself up for lifelong financial security.

Health savings accounts let you put away pretax dollars for medical expenses.

The right nursing home can improve longevity and quality of life for a loved one.

Supporting a child on a single income takes resolve, creativity, and mutual support.

Learn how to retire early without paying penalties on retirement account distributions before age 59½.

How students can handle any response to their college applications.

Your former home could become an asset, if you fully understand the duties and expenses of landlording.

Amy Fontinelle