Your 5-Point End-of-Year Financial Checklist

Your 5-Point End-of-Year Financial Checklist

It's that time of the year again -- when we not only start counting down toward Jan. 1, but also begin crossing critical items off our financial to-do lists. So if you'd like to end 2017 on a financially strong note, here are a few moves to start working on today.

The benefit of working for a company with a 401(k) is the opportunity to save far more for retirement than you can with an IRAs alone. Unfortunately, most workers don't take full advantage of this option. According to Schwab, only 15% of participants max out their 401(k)s. If you aren't one of them, then now's the time to get moving.

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