As holidays approach, people look forward to spending quality time with loved ones. They should also plan to spend some time talking about family finances.

Charitable giving and other monetary gifting approaches can be powerful and effective ways to leave your financial legacy. Each strategy has its own advantages and benefits.

Economics is rife with self-correcting mechanisms, and we give our thoughts on how that dynamic is likely to play out in the relationship between the U.S. budget deficit and longer-term interest rates.