Social Security payments reliably safeguard against inflation. Critics sometimes dispute the details of the administration’s cost-of-living adjustments—although, one suspects, few recipients will ...

Fixed-income investors need predictable income, and one of the classic ways to receive continual cash flow from investments is to set up a bond ladder. Just like a step ladder has ever-higher rungs, ...

Certificates of deposit rates dipped moderately in the second half of 2024 due to Federal Reserve interest rate cuts but have bounced back in 2025, with the best CD rates falling into the 4.5% range.