Author: Janna Herron, USA TODAY

While it’s been almost nine years since I jettisoned my maiden name, it keeps haunting me in unexpected ways.

Marcus – the retail bank arm of Goldman Sachs – and Ally Bank both lowered the yield on their savings accounts. Are other banks next?

Americans will lose $111,000 per household by taking Social Security benefits too early into their retirement, rather than using their own savings.

Debtors with student loans feel more financially insecure, engage in riskier money behaviors and have more trouble paying bills.

Advances made by Americans since the Great Recession are uneven. Older, college educated, white and higher-earning people have recovered the best.

As people’s finances improved following the Great Recession, here’s what happened to their IQs when it came to money.

In a reverse mortgage, you get a loan either as a lump sum, in monthly payments or as a line of credit. You repay it when you sell the house or die.

Selling your home and buying another is balancing act. The keys are to understand the market and your financial limitations and plan for challenges.

Don’t let health insurance derail your early retirement. Without a job or Medicare, what health care options remain? A handful, it turns out.

The Dow closed lower Friday as stock investors were spooked by Trump’s tariff hikes on Mexican goods and renewed recession fears.