Think you're paid what you're worth? Explore how your salary compares to the average earnings in your country, then see where your wage sits globally. Find out how your wage compares to the ...

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 ...

A deductible IRA can lower your tax bill by allowing you to deduct your contributions on your tax return - you essentially get a refund on the taxes you paid earlier in the year. You fund a ...

After filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Labor, the agency provided CNNMoney with so-called EEO-1 Employer Information Reports for Cisco, Dell, eBay, Ingram Micro ...

Given that so many Kickstarter projects ship late, it's almost amazing that Ukiyo-e Heroes -- offering hand-crafted prints of popular video game characters incorporated into ancient Japanese art ...

Start by looking at your income. There are income limits for Roth IRAs, so if your income is above those limits, then it's a no-brainer: a traditional IRA is the only one for you. Let's say you're ...

That's the good news. The bad news is that 2008 is the Year of the Rat. 2 Eli Lilly: Thank God. We've been so worried since Lucky dyed his hair jet black and started listening to the Smiths.

The old rule of thumb used to be that you should subtract your age from 100 - and that's the percentage of your portfolio that you should keep in stocks. For example, if you're 30, you should keep ...

Absolutely. That's because different investment mixes are riskier than others, and your tolerance for risk decreases as you age. Stocks - which are shares of ownership in a corporation - provide ...

Less education, on top of physical or mental impairments, makes it hard to find work or maintain a full-time job… Which in turn, makes it difficult to earn enough to get by… The poverty rate ...

A pension is a retirement account that an employer maintains to give you a fixed payout when you retire. It's a kind of defined benefit plan. Your payout typically depends on how long you worked ...

Agents may try to sell you a cash-value policy as a way to invest for retirement. They'll tell you that the investing component serves as "forced savings." (Sure, but retirement plans like 401(k)s ...