An expert financial planner identifies three ways to give back to your alma mater: Time, Talent and Treasure, including gifts of appreciated stock that can help you save on taxes.

Four steps for end-of-year charitable giving. Make sure you are giving to a good charity and taking the right tax deduction.

Mid-life has its dangers, including the ones that come from having more money. If you have it, it’s easy to blow it, and some people are just one bad financial decision away from losing it all. Here's how to stay on an even keel.

The Federal Reserve impacts our lives in direct ways, from how much interest our savings accounts earn, to the cost of borrowing money to finance a car, to make a home purchase or to start a new business. Even the cost of our groceries is affected by the Federal Reserve.

To determine whether you have enough money to retire, you need to create a financial plan, probably with a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional on sophisticated software.