Lifestyle

The financial preparation for retirement has slipped among workers to its lowest level in three years. Here are the top five most prepared and top five least prepared metro areas in the U.S.

Why don't the vast majority of investors understand that we're in the midst of a rip-snorting bull market? Instead of participating in this rally, they are content to sit back and lick their wounds from the financial crisis.

Let's face it: dying is a social act and usually can't be done on the cheap. Death has enormous economic implications that reverberate throughout our lives and the lives of our loved ones.

Ninety-one doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals have been charged for alleged participation in Medicare fraud resulting in $430 million in false claims.

Coming to election season is a good time to visit a historical landmark that hosted George Washington during the Revolutionary War. In addition to history, this easy day trip from New York City has a wide stretch of park space.

A doctor's practice is his or her most important tax shelter and doctors should be thinking about ways to use it as such each and every day.

There was a clear winner in the first presidential debate - Mitt Romney trounced President Barack Obama, giving the Republican nominee's campaign the second wind it needed.

Hedge fund heavyweights proved that they can move the markets when stocks gained or lost when these investors made their investment picks for the year. Chipotle lost 5% just on Tuesday, while an HMO enjoyed a bump.

Physicians aren't just teaching patients to do as they say because they're walking the walk. According to a Gallup poll, physicians in the U.S. are in better health than the rest of the adult employed population.

Like any earnings season, we're going to see both positive surprises and negative surprises. Investors should focus on more than just earnings surprises; sales surprises are important too.

Dutch entrepreneur Rene Andreasi-Bassi reveals the source of her business ideas and explains developing an idea into a viable business.

Health care is an interesting market because for the most part it's remarkably stable. Here are five health care-related stocks with long-term growth potential, according to Morgan Stanley.

There have been many popular rules of thumb about how much one would need to live comfortably during retirement. A new guideline gives you a better approximation of how much you should have saved at certain points in your life. This new guideline will help keep you on track.

Destinations may have a fascinating past but they still need tourist attractions to bring in visitors. Ojai, California, is no exception - vacationers have plenty of things to do, places to stay and restaurants to please the palate.

During the past 20 years, pharmaceutical companies paid more than $30 billion in settlements with federal and state governments over misdeeds, according to a new report.

Staring down the barrel of the fiscal cliff and still dealing with the European debt crisis, investors want more stability in their stock picks. Here are Morgan Stanley's top long-term growth prospects.

The fiscal quarter ended with more of a whimper than a bang with some disappointing economic numbers. Concerns of another recession sent investors flocking to health care and bolstered the stocks of companies like Johnson & Johnson and Merck.

Congress still has to decide on the action it will take in regarding gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax exemptions, so physicians should stay flexible and take advantage of any strategies that will lessen the amount of money taxed when Jan. 1, 2013 rolls around.

Amidst a minor scandal surrounding the resume of one of Abbott Laboratories' executives, the health care company received a little good news as the FDA expanded the use of Humira.

Television has made a lot of stressful and cutthroat jobs look more glamorous than they are. Here are the 12 most overrated jobs of 2012, including two health care jobs.

Despite a rising stock market and nearly record low interest rates, investors continue to pull money out of stocks and into bonds. What exactly is the catalyst behind this move?

Used car prices have risen far faster than new car prices since the recession, the direct costs of obesity in the U.S., slow adoption in the medical community and other interesting financial news you can use.

The physician shortage may be set to get worse, not better, regardless of how many new graduates medical schools send out into the world. Low satisfaction and changing practice styles are pointing to a physician exodus and more limited access for patients.

Not everyone is eligible for meaningful use funding, but physicians still interested in getting an EMR for their practice can look to trading partners for funding.

Despite the fact that the market has bounced back from lows, people don't feel like the market is any better off. So what, if any, effect will this have on how people vote in this year's presidential election?

If the responsibility of creating a successful group retirement plan has fallen to you, the first thing you need to determine is whether service providers (including financial advisors) are actually fiduciaries like they claim they are.

Retirement is on everyone's mind these days; not so much about how pleasant it could be, but instead how to pay for it. Today's average salaries are lower than in 1995 and yet the average age of death is increasing.

As the election creeps closer the candidates have begun to address one of the biggest issues: Medicare. However, neither option is looking particularly strong right now with Romney's details hazy and Obama simply increasing fees and costs.

The whole point of QE3 is to help the economy get better, preferably by spurring job creation, but is that really what we can expect to see out of the latest monetary policy?

Whether you're looking to leave your current job for another clinical position or to start a new non-clinical career, here are some lessons learned from those who went before you.