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Looking for more information about a particular financial topic? The educational articles below may help provide further insight and help you better understand your financial needs.

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Parents can show children valuable money skills during back-to-school shopping season.
Permanent life insurance comes in many different forms. Learn which kind may be right for your needs.
Everything changes when your financial plan includes other people. Here are tips for creating a family budget.

Retiring & Investing

To achieve FIRE — financial independence, retire early — takes extra planning and determination.
Investors use this method to strike a balance between playing the market and staying on the sidelines.
A GLWB rider can add guaranteed lifetime income to a growth-focused annuity. Learn how it works, what it costs, and whether it fits your retirement plan.

Insurance

Life insurance riders let you customize your policy with added benefits — from coverage options to long-term care — for a wide range of needs and life stages.
Women have less life insurance coverage than men, which may leave their loved ones at risk.
Protect your income, which is your biggest asset, with disability income insurance in the event that you can't work.

Planning

Accepting a loan from parents can feel like an easy fix, but emotional dynamics and tax rules complicate it. Here is what to know before you borrow.
Parents can show children valuable money skills during back-to-school shopping season.
These moves can help a college student navigate some of the school money challenges they may face.

Work & Business

Preparing for the unexpected may help you avoid unpleasant outcomes, like liquidation.
Our research indicates that many business owners have areas of exposure in terms of their business, personal, and financial pictures.
Just lost your job? These 5 financial moves — from filing for unemployment to cutting spending — can help stabilize your finances fast.

About MassMutual

At 10 years old, the MassMutual Foundation is only getting started and will continue to do great things on behalf of the company and the communities for which we care so deeply.
Many tend to overlook the interdependence it takes to achieve individual savings goals.
How the passing of a friend led one financial professional to establish a way to help students build confidence.

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