Your savings, your bonds, and your cost of living all hinge on what happens when Jerome Powell's replacement takes over.

The brief hope of lower gas prices and a calmer market collapsed over the weekend after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again, fired on commercial ships, and the U.S. Navy seized an Iranian vessel, leaving Monday's open pointed sharply lower.

With tax rates, inflation, and interest rates all in flux, the Roth conversion question is worth revisiting this year.

Understanding why your bond fund lost value is the first step to making sure it does not catch you off guard again.

The S&P 500 closed at a new all-time high this week, completing one of the fastest comebacks from a major decline in nearly a century.

The government's latest price report came in far better than feared, and your grocery bill may tell you why that matters.

The U.S.-Iran peace talks in Pakistan broke down early Sunday morning after running through the night, a naval blockade was ordered hours later, and oil prices moved sharply higher, putting the brief inflation relief retirees felt last week directly at risk.

Stocks held their gains for a seventh straight day, but oil's jump back toward $100 is a reminder that the Middle East situation is far from settled.

A two-week ceasefire in the Middle East sent energy prices sharply lower and gave your retirement portfolio a strong day, but real questions remain about whether the deal will hold.

Your retirement income is being squeezed at the pump and in the grocery aisle as the war in the Middle East drives the largest oil supply shock since 2022.

Friday's surprisingly strong hiring number arrived while markets were closed, and today's reaction tells you something important about your retirement income this year.

Here is what the Q1 numbers actually mean, and what to do about it.

Inflation is rising and the economy is slowing at the same time, and the Federal Reserve has no easy answer for either.

The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and every week that continues chips away at your purchasing power.

The March jobs data landed this morning on a closed market, and the trend behind the numbers tells a more important story than any single month's headline.

A hopeful sign from Iran sent stocks surging today, but gas is still above $4 a gallon and your retirement savings are not out of the woods yet.

For the first time, futures markets put the odds of the Federal Reserve raising rates this year above 50%, a historic shift that has direct consequences for your bonds, your savings income, and everything you plan to buy in retirement.

The world's leading economic forecasting organization raised its U.S. inflation prediction by nearly 50% overnight, and the new number has direct consequences for your grocery bill, your bond portfolio, and how long the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates elevated.

One of America's largest homebuilders just reported its worst revenue decline in years and cut its full-year forecast significantly, delivering a clear message about what high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty are doing to the housing market your retirement may depend on.

Two Truth Social posts on Monday morning sent oil prices to their biggest single-day drop since the war began, gave markets their best day in weeks, and opened a five-day window that could determine whether the financial pressure on your retirement income eases or gets worse.

A major Gallup survey released this week found that more Americans are struggling than thriving in their daily lives for the first time since tracking began in 2008, and the labor market data behind that finding has direct consequences for retirees, their families, and the corporate dividends they depend on.

Iraq's decision to halt exports from all foreign-operated oil fields just deepened the global supply crisis, and the financial pressure on your retirement income, your purchasing power, and your grocery bill is now more severe than at any point since the war began.

A coalition of the world's largest democracies pledged Thursday to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and the outcome of that effort will determine whether your energy bills, grocery prices, and retirement income get relief in the months ahead.

The Federal Reserve held rates steady and raised its inflation forecast, sending stocks sharply lower and telling retirees that the wait for cheaper borrowing costs just got longer.

The brief relief from falling oil prices lasted one day — crude climbed again Tuesday as Iran expanded its attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure — and now all eyes turn to Washington, where the Federal Reserve begins its two-day meeting with a decision due Wednesday.