Elizabeth Blessing is a financial writer and editor specializing in growth investing, high-yield stocks, small caps, and gold investing. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed ...

As I am about to enter my 20s, I am filled with an overwhelming sense of doubt. I am one step closer to graduating ...

I’d like to think I’m mature, but I’m not so sure. To be honest, I don’t really know what that word means. Does it make me mature just because, by definition, I’m an adult? I have a new apartment, a ...

Years ago, I sat over lunch, reading your mom’s “Definition of Maturity.” It was shortly after my dad died, and reading it made me realize how lucky I had been. Those were all lessons I learned at ...