Amy Fontinelle: Personal Finance Writer

How students can handle any response to their college applications.

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

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

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

Certain behaviors and inaction can be counterproductive to financial wellness and lead to budget instability.

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

We all like to think that illness, disability, and early death won’t happen to us or to our loved ones.

Tips for paying off debt from using proceeds from retirement plan distributions to Social Security tactics.

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

When you’re in your twenties and early thirties, you have a huge advantage in growing wealth.

From helping a child to shielding assets, trusts can sometimes come in handy.

Retiree tips for qualifying for a mortgage without employment income.

As a grandparent, you have options for providing support for grandchildren and lending assistance to parents.

College-bound kids need to be wary of the pitfalls of unaffordable debt.

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

Changes in tax law regarding alimony will likely make financial planning for divorce more complex.

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

Reduce college tuition costs by accelerating the time in the classroom.

Amy Fontinelle