Thanks to healthier lifestyles and advances in modern medicine, the worldwide population over age 65 is growing. In the past decade, the population of Americans aged 65 and older has grown 38% and is expected to reach 82 million in 2050. As our nation ages, many Americans are turning their attention to caring for aging parents.

What to do now to stay in your own home as you grow older.

Tax-loss harvesting means taking capital losses (selling securities for less than what you initially paid for them) to offset any capital gains you may have.

As we plan for retirement, have you considered planning for long term care?

Are you making charitable donations at year's end? If so, you should know about some of the financial "fine print" involved, as the right moves could potentially bring more of a benefit to both you and your chosen charity.

Use a 529 plan to fund a grandchild’s education without impacting their financial aid eligibility.

The SECURE 2.0 Act allows savers to roll unused 529 funds into the beneficiary's Roth IRA without a tax penalty. But that's probably not a reason to overfund 529s.

Some of the biggest challenges many face when it comes to education are financial. Luckily, a 529 college savings plan can help. And they're not just for college anymore - added to the tuition eligibility are K-12, private and religious schools.

One study estimates the average cost of raising a child to the age of 17 for a middle-income family is about $310,605. As a point of comparison, the median home price in the U.S. was $417,700 at the end of 2023.