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 ...

Instead, find ways to get into a good mood before the negotiation. Step out for a yoga class or a lunchtime workout, talk to a friend who makes you laugh, listen to music on your headphones--whatever ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For this calculator, we define middle class as two-thirds to two times median income for the county. In counties where two-thirds of median income would fall close to the poverty line, we set the ...