A savings account is often the best place to set aside funds for emergencies and short-term financial goals. It provides easy access to your money, and some savings accounts even earn interest rates ...

Toni Husbands was a staff writer with CNET Money. She began writing about personal finance to document her experience paying off $107,000 of debt, which is detailed in her book "The Great Debt Dump." ...

Yield on cost calculates the current dividend income against the original investment cost. The metric helps track how dividend growth affects the income earned on the initial investment. It can be ...