Everyone returns a gift or an impulse purchase now and then. Maybe it doesn’t fit. Maybe it doesn’t suit your taste. Maybe you ordered something on a whim (or you snagged an awesome deal) and now you ...

Stores are quietly tightening return windows and adding more fees—especially for mail-in returns. It’s not your imagination.

Everyone loves seeing growth in their portfolio. However, a good year of investing doesn’t necessarily indicate a sound long-term investment strategy. Generating sufficient retirement income means ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

You can return a Kindle book that you accidently bought on Amazon within seven days of purchase. After seven days, you won't be able to get a refund for any Kindle book. To begin returning a Kindle ...

Robin has worked as a credit cards, editor and spokesperson for over a decade. Prior to Forbes Advisor, she also covered credit cards and related content for other national web publications including ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Key Takeaways Returns are costly in both time and money for retailers. Instead of being restocked, many returned items are discarded in landfills or sold on the secondary market.Online return rates ...

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Taxes may be fact of life, but have you ever been up close and personal with a Form 1040? Here's a beginner's guide to understanding how federal income tax returns work. Many, or all, of the products ...

A key takeaway from the above table of Dow Jones net annual returns is that the highest years are generally lower than those of the S&P 500 index, but the lows are not as low. This suggests that the ...