Personal Finance

Fake checks purported to be issued by FINRA appear to be back in circulation in 2019. The checks are counterfeit, and may arrive by special delivery and require a recipient's signature. Learn about the risks of cashing unexpected checks and our tips to avoid being a check scam victim.

Time for a Military Saves Week pep talk. YOU CAN DO IT! We're talking about saving meaningful money toward your retirement. Below are four ways to help achieve a secure retirement.

Before you go on a spending spree to show your love this Valentine's Day, try a different tactic this year and get on the same page about debt. It might just be the key to building a stable and happy future together.

If you just got or are expecting a raise, you might be surprised at just how much even a modest salary bump can improve your financial fortunes.

Wouldn't it be nice if there were a tool that could give you the most important facts about a particular bond in an easy-to-digest package? FINRA has you covered with the new Bond Facts tool.

Many of us can identify with the plight of the furloughed federal worker. That’s because we have experienced economically stressful times at one or more points in our working life—and may again. Here is a short to-do list to get you through situations in which employment is interrupted and income curtailed.

It's mid-January. How are those 2019 New Year's Resolutions going? Even if you were not thinking about saving and investing when the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve, the time has not past to hit the rest button on 2019 and set fresh financial goals.

The vast majority of interactions between investors and investment professionals are positive. However, sometimes the relationship doesn’t go as planned and you may find yourself considering arbitration or mediation. There are many factors to consider as you proceed down these paths, such as should you hire an attorney.

Some tips are truly essential to financial health—the kind of information you'll want to avoid getting into the kind of financial trouble from which you might never fully recover. Here are nine super-charged investor tips to start your 2019 on the right track.

Surges and sags—that has been the nature of the stock market in 2018. What should you do in times of volatile markets? In many situations, the answer is sit tight, and take the long view.