Holly covers personal finance topics from credit cards to wills. She enjoys turning complex money matters into clear, practical advice. Whether it’s totting up tax bills or dealing with disputes over ...

Three children in Ohio are facing juvenile charges after allegedly stealing a car and crashing it into a residence, after learning how to do it from Grand Theft Auto tutorials on YouTube. According to ...

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Full retirement age (FRA) is 67 for those born in 1960 or later, lower for earlier births. Claiming Social Security at FRA avoids penalties, after FRA earns 8% more yearly. Working past FRA doesn't ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

Social Security uses your top 35 income years, adjusted for inflation, to calculate benefits. Claiming benefits before full retirement age leads to permanently reduced monthly payments. Delaying ...

Learn the benefits and risks of options and how to start trading options Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, ...

My stepmom is executor of dad’s estate. She sold his house a year ago but my brother and I still haven’t received our share of the sale. What now? Story by Quinn Mercer • 1w 1 / 21 ©Modified from ...