New Year’s Eve is the biggest party night of the year, so if you’re hosting a soiree on Dec. 31, you’d better have an equally outsized budget to match the occasion. After all, the cost of decorations, food, beverages, a venue and countless miscellaneous odds and ends can quickly overload your already hefty holiday bill, leaving you to start the new year with debt and money stress at the forefront. The good news is that with the right cost-saving strategies, even frugal hosts can afford to be...

The millennials are millionaires — or at least some of them are. According to data from Fidelity Investments, those born between 1981 and 1996 are finally trickling into the class of 401(k) millionaires — those who have leveraged their workplace retirement plans to build seven-figure nest eggs. The average millennial has just $66,500 in a 401(k), but the high achievers with two-comma balances tend to share a few common traits and most aren’t reinventing the wheel. Here are the surprisingly...

yacobchuk / Getty Images/iStockphoto The decade leading up to retirement could be the 10 years that make or break your strategy and determine the fate of your life savings. The first half of the decade is your last, best chance to build a financial snowball that grows as it rolls. The second half is the time to make crucial strategy and lifestyle adjustments to protect what you’ve built and position yourself for success. GOBankingRates spoke with experts who outlined what to do — and what not...

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a pro-crypto platform. He strived — successfully, by most accounts — to differentiate himself from Vice President Kamala Harris and paint the Biden administration as hostile to digital currency. According to CNBC, Trump promised to launch a strategic national crypto stockpile if reelected and elevated A-list crypto cheerleaders like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk as his most visible surrogates. Both men are currently prepping for prominent roles...

Costco fans buy memberships because they don’t like to shop around. They pay to join knowing that, in most cases, Costco sells nearly everything people buy for cheaper than the competition sells it, so they can save money. But with all their eggs in one wholesale chain basket, what changes can they expect a second Trump administration to bring to their monthly Costco bill? No one knows for sure how many of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals will actually take effect or what impact...