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Byline: Adam Shell Special to USA TODAY NETWORK Health care insurance isn't the only carrot that employers dangle in front of workers during open enrollment. There are many other perks [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Need a loan to buy a house? Applying for a new rewards credit card? Acing the lender's credit check will get you the [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Daydream about being rich? Kick yourself for not buying shares of Tesla or Facebook or Zoom or Beyond Meat when they first started [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Too chicken to buy Apple stock? Can't come up with $3,100 for one share of Amazon? Eyeing other highfliers like Facebook or Netflix, [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Sure, millennials are the trendy crowd these days. But that doesn't mean your stock portfolio can't profit from investment trends tied to aging [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Stock picking not your thing? Don't know the difference between a municipal bond and a junk bond? But you're still looking for an [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Newsflash for investing newbies: You don't need a Ph.D. in finance to start saving for retirement or other long-term goals. But you can't [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Buying so-called value stocks at bargain-basement prices has netted sub-par returns for more than a decade. The big winners have been popular growth [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY When the economy hits a slow patch, seeking shelter in pockets of the stock market where companies can still grow their earnings has [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY When shopping for a home, some detective work can help ensure your investment is a good one. Emotions play a big role in [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY In the eyes of Realtor Deborah Baisden's client, a 65-year-old retired banker, the renovated waterfront home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for just under [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY When it comes to money and divvying up your assets, time is either on your side or it's not. What types of assets [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Wild swings in the stock market can hurt 401(k)s in two ways. Emotions can take over, spurring bad investment decisions, and an investor's [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Unemployment is soaring. Corporate earnings are shrinking. And the recession is just getting underway. So why is the stock market -which was down [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Homebuilder stocks have been affected by the coronavirus. Some have lost two-thirds of their market value in six weeks. Will they become profitable [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY When it comes to personal finances, sticking to the basics can do wonders for your bottom line. And that means making sure you [...]

Byline: Adam Shell Special to USA TODAY Sheltering in place, shutting down large parts of the economy and skyrocketing job losses due to coronavirus are bad for America's health, the [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY The market's steep slide during the coronavirus crisis has exposed the pros and cons of buying individual stocks and purchasing index funds that [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY When will the stock market stop going down--or, at least, flash signs of stabilization? If you're a rattled 401(k) investor nursing big paper [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Long-term interest rates in the U.S. have tumbled to lows never seen before as concerns about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY The coronavirus crisis threatens the longest bull market in history, days before it's set to celebrate its 11th birthday. Can the battered bull, [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Since Donald Trump's election victory in 2016, the two biggest storylines in the investment world have been tech stock supremacy on Wall Street [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, Special to USA TODAY Are you nervous about the Dow's wild swings, brought on by trade war tweets from President Trump or announcements from China saying that [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYSharon Greenthal always dreamed of living in a cottage by the sea.So when the freelance writer and blogger became an empty-nester when her two kids left [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYWhen it comes to money, Dana Anspach got the tough-love treatment from her parents when she was growing up and living under their roof.'It forced me [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYJohn Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group who revolutionized investing by inventing the index fund, a product that gave Main Street investors a cheap way [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYFinancial planner Jonathan Knapp says it's not uncommon for recent empty nesters to realize they're not on track for a secure retirement after years of funding [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYIf anyone understands how bear markets and plunging stock prices can upend a sense of calm and financial well-being, it's me.I've spent the past 19 years [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYAfter raising four kids and shelling out cash for clothes, child care, food and school tuition over nearly four decades, Jackie Toye says all her adult [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe Dow took another big hit Thursday, closing down more than 600 points after Apple warned about slowing revenue and iPhone sales in China, and a [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe Dow posted a small gain in a volatile first day of trading for 2019 as the battered bull market looks to rebound from its worst [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYStocks closed out a bruising 2018 with gains on New Year's Eve but it wasn't enough to help the market avoid its biggest annual loss in [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYFor stock investors, 2019 can't get here fast enough.One of the broadest measure of stocks, the Standard & Poor's 500 index, has been pounded in 2018 [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYIt's been a wild, often gloomy year for financial markets. But there's still a little time left to bolster your investment portfolio and increase your chances [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYIf investors could ever use a late-December stock surge, this is the year. But the prospect of a so-called Santa Claus Rally is looking more and [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe worst December for stocks since 1931 keeps getting worse.The Dow closed sharply lower again Thursday amid a negative reaction to the Federal Reserve's latest interest [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe battered Dow closed higher but well off its best levels Tuesday, staging a rebound from a two-day drop of more than 1,000 points sparked by [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYEverybody's heard of sticker shock. But what about account balance trauma?That's a form of distress 401(k) savers with all their money invested in stocks likely will [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYU.S. stocks suffered steep declines Thursday after the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive fanned trade worries and a swoon in oil prices worsened fears [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYSo much for the all-clear sign on Wall Street.Just when it looked like the battered bull was healing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered a drop [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAYStocks kicked off the week with a rally, boosted by President Donald Trump's trade truce with China and a de-escalation of tensions that have been weighing [...]

Byline: Adam Shell and Paul Davidson, USA TODAYPresident Donald Trump took fresh aim at Jerome Powell on Tuesday, slamming the Federal Reserve chairman he hand-picked for the job in an [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY After weeks of carnage that marked the worst fourth-quarter start for stocks in 10 years, the market rebounded Monday, raising a key question: Is the [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY Dreaming of getting off the 9-to-5 treadmill and retiring at 65? To make it happen, you'll need a big pile of cash - much of [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY In a span of two phone calls, Daniel Milan found out last week just how nervous some of his Detroit-area investors were about the stock [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY As stock market reactions go, the rally on Wednesday following news of a divided U.S. government was about as far from a scary Brexit-like moment [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY If the big rally on Wall Street after the midterm elections is any guide, gridlock is good for stocks. U.S. equities jumped sharply higher Wednesday [...]

Byline: Adam Shell USA TODAY In a good sign for retirement savers, the average 401(k) account balance reached a record high of $106,500 at the end of the third quarter. [...]

Byline: Adam Shell, USA TODAY The number of 401(k) millionaires hit a record in the third quarter as investors who own stocks in retirement accounts got a boost from the [...]

Byline: Paul Davidson and Adam Shell, USA TODAY The economy isn't the biggest topic on Katherine Cousins' mind as Tuesday midterm elections draw closer. It's the Trump administration's tone and [...]