Here's a disturbing number: The Internal Revenue Service filed liens against 1.1 million taxpayers in fiscal 2010. That's up from 168,000 in 1999….

The numbers of boomers who expect to kick back and retire anytime soon are shrinking fast–real fast. A lifetime of poor savings habits coupled…

Investors know that the long-term capital gains tax rate is attractive compared to ordinary income tax rates. But it's easy to get lost in all the…

Taking care of aging parents is emotionally draining and time consuming. It's also hard on finances. Personal finance columnist Sandra Block offers…

Last week on Marketplace Money, host Tess Vigeland interviewed Jenny Anderson and Paula Szuchman, the authors of a new book called Spousonomics: …

Lynn O'Shaughnessy is a long-time observer of the higher-ed scene. She's the author of The College Solution, an Amazon bestseller. She writes thr…

The bad news keeps coming when it comes to housing. Home prices continue to spiral lower, with the latest Case-Shiller national index showing home…

Race and the Recession: How Americans are getting by is an incredibly rich series. The survey is by the Washington Post, the Kaiser Family…

It's practically a personal finance epidemic: Damaged credit scores. Millions and millions of Americans fell behind on their debt payments during…

For more insight into money and homelessness following Tess' interview with Patrice Nelson, executive director of the Urban Ministries of Durham,…