Author: Adam Shell, USA TODAY

How to avoid investment mistakes amid Dow’s sell-off this week. Hint: Don’t peek at your investment balance too often and don’t think short-term.

Empty nesters should consider downsizing to a smaller home. Housing is one of the biggest expenses for most families and big homes are more costly.

Empty nesters can free up a lot of cash for themselves and their retirement investments once they get their kids settled and stop paying their bills.

JohnBogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, who revolutionized investing by inventingtheindex fund, has died. He was 89.

After the costly expense of raising kids, freshly minted empty nesters often fall behind on retirement savings. Here’s a plan to boost 401(k) savings.

What’s the secret to successful stock market investing? USA TODAY’s Adam Shell offers advice gleaned from two decades of covering the Dow’s swings.

Bringing up kids causes many Americans to fall behind on savings. With you kids now out of the house, here are steps to reboot retirement savings.

The stock market will be open for a full day of trading on New Year’s Eve, Monday, Dec. 31, but closed for New Year’s Day on Tuesday, Jan. 1.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finishes wild week with small loss but first weekly gain since late November.