Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Benzinga was able to follow up with renowned financial journalist Kathy Kristof after her recent publication in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. Titled "Six Steps to Building More Wealth," Kristof outlines a guide that will not only help you reach financial security, but...

Amid last week’s market volatility, a few voices rang out strongly reminding investors that the stock market rotates through semi-predictable cycles. Within these cycles, spikes and dips appear drastic over the short term, but in looking at the overall trend, the stock may be trading...

With the continual rise of higher education costs and the number of Americans with student loan debt at astronomical levels, questions about saving for the next generation's college career also grow in number. Establishing a 529 College Savings Plan may sound ideal, but it is not practical...

Kiplinger's Personal Finance contributor Tom Petruno understands the realities of the emerging marijuana industry. “If you look at what's happened right in Washington and Colorado and say: ‘Well…this is probably some kind of growth industry of the future, right?'. But what typically happens at...

During the market low of 2009, most of the companies that Tom Petruno, contributing writer for Kiplinger's Personal Finance, features on his list of “The 10 Best Stocks of the Bull Market” were all on their way to bankruptcy. This excludes the biotech companies Pharmacyclics (NASDAQ: PCYC) and...