Money is supposed to fund a meaningful life, yet for many people it has become a full‑time obsession that never quite delivers the freedom they imagined. Ramit Sethi argues that the way out is not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) If you’re one of the many Americans who say they ...

Let’s be real: most of us don’t go broke because of one catastrophic purchase. It’s not the yacht. It’s not the mansion. It’s the constant drip-drip-drip of small, stupid spending that bleeds us dry.

Technically, you would call me a spender, since I don’t save very much at all. That is mostly a consequence of limited ...

The 4% rule of retirement puts you on an austere budget in your leisure years. Even if you save a million dollars, the 4% formula allows you to spend only $40,000 of your money in the first year. But ...