Michelle Singletary

• Personal Finance

There’s been a lot of chatter about the state of the U.S. economy on the campaign trail save for one glaring omission

• Personal Finance

To instill good habits in your kids, it’s important to engage them on how to save and spend wisely — and by modeling smart personal finance practices yourself.

• Personal Finance

While this elite group benefited from surging stock prices, their gains are markers of steady investing over time and having the patience to ride out the rough patches.

• Personal Finance

Businesses also pay dearly when they allow bad situations to fester, and the toll is not just financial.

• Personal Finance

You aren’t entitled to other people’s money, even your parents’ assets.

• Personal Finance

National Public Data, the latest company to report a major data breach, tells consumers to protect themselves by taking “preventive measures.”

• Personal Finance

It’s good to step in when there’s a real need, but rescuing someone from their own poor money management only reinforces it.

• Personal Finance

Marriage won’t change your credit history, but it can influence what lenders are willing to do for you together.

• Personal Finance

Bear and bull markets are a normal part of investing, so ignore the political rhetoric coming off the campaign trail.