The purpose of life insurance is to provide a source of income, in case of your death, for your children, dependents, or other beneficiaries. (Life insurance can also serve certain estate planning purposes, which we won't go into here.)Whether you need to buy life...

A new study conducted by Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research states that Americans are $6.6 trillion short of what they need to fund their retirement, due in part to declines in stock and housing values. The study, based on American workers ages 32-64,...

WASHINGTON — Oct. 15 is fast approaching and is a key deadline for millions of individual taxpayers who requested an extension to file their 2009 tax returns. It is also a crucial due date for thousands of small nonprofit organizations at risk of losing their...