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Millennial Money: Save for Holidays Now, Skip Regret Later
Factoring holiday expenses into your budget all year long is effective for avoiding debt, but it's not always feasible with a limited budget or unforeseen expenses.
Far-Right Cryptocurrency Follows Ideology Across Borders
The Daily Stormer website advocates for the purity of the white race, posts hate-filled, conspiratorial screeds against Blacks, Jews and women and has helped inspire at least three racially motivated murders. It has also made its founder, Andrew Anglin.
4 Workaround to Book Your Fall Vacation Rental with Points
Here are some options to use your rewards from credit cards or hotels to help pay for your next vacation rental.
US Investigating Airlines Over Slow Refunds During Pandemic
The Transportation Department is detailing efforts it says it is making to help airline customers who were wrongfully denied refunds after flights were canceled or changed during the pandemic.
5 Ways to Rein in Impulse Spending
When the nonessentials threaten to put your finances in jeopardy, it's important to keep your financial goals on track. Here are five strategies to help you navigate impulse spending.
Nerd Wallet: Pandemic Spurs School Finance Courses
What if you learned about budgeting or credit scores in the low-stakes environment of a classroom? It may not sound like fun, but at least it's more practical than trigonometry.
Census Data: Same-Sex Families Hit Twice as Hard by COVID Economic Downturn
Census data shows that same-sex families in America are twice as likely as their heterosexual counterparts to be severely hard-hit by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SEC Approves Nasdaq's Plan to Require Board Diversity
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday approved Nasdaq's groundbreaking proposal to boost the number of women, racial minorities and LGBTQ people on U.S. corporate boards.
Don't Want a Vaccine? Be Prepared to Pay More for Insurance
In 2020, before covid vaccines, most major private insurers waived patient payments — from coinsurance to deductibles — for covid treatment. But many if not most have allowed that policy to lapse.
Study: Gay and Bi Men Earn Less, Lesbians Earn More, Than Straight Counterparts
The tattered myth that gays are generally better off than their heterosexual peers took another hit with a new study that reconfirms gay and bisexual men earn less than straight men do.
When It Can be a Good Idea to Co-Sign for Your Young Adult
If you're the parent of a young adult, you may be asked to co-sign for a car loan or an apartment lease. Before you agree, know what's at stake.
Millennial Money: A Garden's Lessons for Growing Money
Willing a plot of land into a vibrant state of bloom takes intention, know-how and no small amount of trial and error. Here's what my garden taught me about managing money.
Liz Weston: How to Have a Retirement Worth Saving For
Most advice about retirement planning focuses on how to save enough money to replace your paycheck. But work provides us with a lot more than income.
Liz Weston: We Deserve a Better Credit Reporting System
In some ways, the U.S. credit reporting system has improved. Unfortunately, our credit information still isn't as accurate, easy to obtain or secure as it needs to be.
How Digital Banking Is Driving Social Change
A growing number of banks and fintechs are using digital banking platforms to meet the unique challenges and needs of individual communities.
8 Life Events When Couples Should Revisit Their Finances
Money discussions at the start of your relationship may have taken place years ago; your financial situation has probably changed considerably since then.
How to Be a Frugal Traveler and Still Have Fun
That first post-vaccine vacation is finally a possibility for many, but after more than a year without travel, the sticker shock is no joke.
Michael Kitces On The Right Way To Save For Retirement
You've probably heard you should be saving 10% to 15% of your pay into a tax-advantaged retirement account. The problem is...it may not be true.
Hospital 'Trauma Centers' Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home
Tens of thousands of times a year, hospitals charge enormously expensive trauma alert fees for injuries so minor the patient is never admitted.
Using A Credit Card To Send Money On PayPal — Should You?
PayPal is a convenient way to send money to a friend or family member. But is using your credit card to send money using the service financially sensible?