Alison Southwick

Just as you can't allocate your entire holiday plate to stuffing and pie, you need a balanced mix of assets in your retirement accounts.

It's hard enough to put yourself into a position to really enjoy your golden years, so don't get misdirected by "truisms" that aren't true.

Not that you can use pot as a medium of exchange, of course, but with marijuana legalization spreading, the legit businesses that grow and sell it are are experiencing major share-price moves.

In investing we have to consider balance, excellence, profit and more. But finding the right ratios and assets is a constant struggle.

Long-term care -- the phrase alone can make your assets quake in terror.

It's a whole new tax world out there this time around, so you may need to adjust your tax strategy.

Losing the lion’s share of your assets is awful, but when it happens, it’s often just the beginning of your troubles.

Listeners' questions this month ran from grad school to the golden years, but quite a few people are already thinking about what they'll owe Uncle Sam.

What comes down does not necessarily go back up, but investors can do well by snapping up shares in companies enduring various types of temporary issues.

We're all buying more, wanting more, keeping more, and generally drowning in more. Here's why -- and how -- to make some changes.

And a plan.

Silver? 401(k)? 529 plan? Mutual funds? Individual stocks? Or maybe a really nice violin?

There's no Fool like a young Fool, so this week, we talk about strategies for getting your kids enthusiastic about investing.

Finding companies you want to buy is relatively easy compared to deciding it’s time to unload them -- at least if you want to be doing it for the right reasons.

Just kidding. Those infernal machines are practically unstoppable, and the folks who unleash them upon us are getting even more sneaky.

This month's questions range from "war on cash" strategies to stock buyback philosophies to portfolio balance quandaries.

Not every Fool fan can make it to Alexandria, Virginia, for our big member shindig, so we’re bringing you one of the highlights.

Our experts share some tips and guidelines for how to smooth out one of the more awkward conversations you’ll have.

It's a tale of two households this week: one, a modern couple who retired at 38; the other headed by one of America's richest revolutionaries.

Issuers want you to spend with them, and their sign-up bonuses can be pretty darn good if you know what to look for.