Building a middle-class budget starts with knowing what being “middle class” means in your life. Is it a fulfilling job? A flush bank account? Advanced degrees? Owning a home? A well-funded retirement ...

In today’s dollars, that comes to $342,691. In other words, Buffett bought a middle-class home and has lived in it ever since — despite being the eighth-richest person in the world.

Income is just one way to think about being middle class. Some researchers focus on whether someone has a college degree or if they own their home. Others focus on wealth: how much money someone ...

Everyone's talking about saving America's middle class. But just who exactly falls into this group? That's actually a much more difficult question to answer than it seems. While some experts ...