How to have a fun summer when your finances fall short
With layoffs, bank closures and inflation, financial tensions remain high for many Americans heading into the summer. In a fall 2022 survey conducted by The Harris Poll for…
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Millennial Money: Trusts can aid those with mental illness
More than 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder during their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chances…
Liz Weston: Audit your credit cards for greater savings
Credit card rewards help our family save money on groceries, gas and other necessities. We also use rewards for airline tickets, hotel rooms and airport lounge access.We’re…
Thinking of Starting a Business? Consider Buying One Instead
Starting a business can be an enticing dream. It’s also notoriously difficult to come up with an original idea, find the right team and fund its growth.If you want to work…
Infinite banking has TikTok buzzing, but is it for you?
Scroll through TikTok’s finance feed and you’ll come across viral videos on “infinite banking.” The concept is making a splash on social media, fueled by celebrities like…
Kimberly Palmer: How to bolster your financial confidence
Melinda Perez, a financial educator, still remembers the first time she felt financially confident. She had recently started investing money outside of her…
Relief options if you’re in debt from your kid’s education
In January, the Department of Education unveiled details of a repayment plan overhaul that could halve monthly payments for many federal student loan borrowers. But one…
Millennial Money: Young adults traveling on fiscal thin ice
Prices for travel remain stubbornly high. The cost of airfare in February was 27% higher than the same month a year earlier, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
Liz Weston: Retiring? If you need a home loan, get one first
Retired engineers Kelly and Derek Barkey assumed they would be approved when they applied for a $50,000 home equity line of credit two years ago to fix up their new…
The Health Emergency Is Ending. Will COVID Costs Be Covered?
John Rossheim
Why should you care that the COVID-19 public health emergency officially expires on May 11, 2023? Because, depending on your insurance,…