Buying a house is a huge emotional decision. It's important to know the market you're buying in — and just as important to construct a relationship with your realtor.

Senior citizens are racking up debt to help out their family members — and the younger generation is digging a hole themselves to give their parents a hand.

It may sound crazy, but a group of wealthy young people is giving their inheritance money away.

The disposition effect says investors tend to "sell the winners, and hold onto the losers" for purely emotional reasons. One behavioral economist fell for the classic investment mistake.

The private college 529 plan allows parents to prepay tuition at today's rates at some universities. The only hitch? Their kid has to get in.

Why one woman refused to let cancer alter her retirement planning.

The consumer website Bankrate released its 2013 survey of credit unions. And it shows that credit unions have stepped up their game.

Older Americans are being targeted by con artists abroad. The victims are told they are winners of a "foreign lottery" and that they only have to pay taxes and fees to claim their jackpots. But, the scam is costing people more than money.

Ten percent of all health care dollars are spent in the last year of life. Those final days are when the toughest, most costly decisions are made, and emotion can easily overrun decision making. Here's one man's story about the choices he made.

It seems like con artists are dreaming up new scams every week — and often seniors fall prey to the trickery. But why?