Amy Fontinelle: Personal Finance Writer

Avoid an unwanted tax bill by recontributing funds to your 529 plan within 60 days of a college refund.

Millions pursue advanced and professional college degrees, but it takes planning to make them pay off.

It's an attainable financial goal, but involves more than growing and saving your income.

A 401(k) loan can be a ready source of funds in an emergency, but there are risks involved.

If you don’t know what you’re doing, your extra student loan payments could be going to waste.

The need for DI depends on how much you have to protect. For high-income professionals, the need is significant.

With the right documents, a financial professional can help you with short and long-term money goals.

With the right documents, a financial professional can help you with short and long-term money goals.

Learn how students can get financial aid help when they or parents are hit with an income loss.

There are good, and not so good, ways to come up with a down payment to buy a home.

Here are some ways to help a youngster in addition to what the parents may have planned.

First step? Budget. But many other considerations follow.

Certain unique financial challenges affect LGBTQ parents, but resources exist to ease the burden.

Your home is a valuable asset and home equity loans are an affordable way to borrow.

Borrowing for college is often the best path to a fulfilling career and a financially secure future.

Both Roth IRAs and traditional IRAs can help you save for retirement. But they have different rules.

Marriage and children are getting pushed back by many ... and there are good reasons.

Refinancing your student loans with a variable or fixed interest rate is a big decision.

Amy Fontinelle