Dan Price made news for raising his employees’ salaries, but the move was emblematic of his approach to creating a positive workplace culture at Gravity Payments.

The answer is simple: as soon as you can. Ideally, you'd start saving in your 20s, when you first leave school and begin earning paychecks. That's because the sooner you begin saving, the more ...

Given the plans' valuable tax breaks, it makes sense to invest the maximum if you can. There are annual limits. In 2016, if you are under 50 years old, you can contribute a maximum of $18,000.

It's simply a pool of money from thousands of people like you that invests in certain things. One mutual fund might invest in the stocks of large U.S. companies. One might invest in Treasury bills.

The average price for regular gasoline on Monday, March 7, was $1.98 a gallon, down from $1.90 per gallon a month earlier, according to AAA. A year earlier, the average price of a gallon of regular ...

Medicare is the federal insurance program for Americans age 65 and over (it also covers the disabled). You are automatically enrolled at age 65. Medicare includes a mind-numbing maze of coverage ...

It can be daunting to entrust your financial future to a stranger. And it's tough knowing where to turn for help because a changing marketplace has blurred the line between insurance salesmen and ...

That part is up to you. You have to choose among the investment choices - typically mutual funds - that the plan offers. While your company may give you information about the funds, you'll need to ...

Ryan Smith, 37, is the CEO of Qualtrics, an online survey software company. Smith started the company with his father in his parent’s basement back in 2002. He bootstrapped the firm for 10 years ...

How do you reach the top of a company? Sure, luck, timing and talent play a role, but so does "political savvy, agility in the use of power, and the abilit ...

After you turn 70 ½, you must make required minimum withdrawals from a 401(k). That means you can't leave the money in there, growing and growing, as you might like to do if, for example, you ...

Typically you need to keep the money in the plan until you reach age 59 ½. Withdraw any of it before then and you'll be hit with a bruising 10% early withdrawal penalty, on top of the regular ...