By Karen Bennett From Bankrate.com In a time when inflation is at a 40-year high and prices are surging on everything from gasoline and food to furniture and cars, many consumers are focused on how to better handle their money. Developing practical strategies for saving, spending, and investing can help you build an emergency fund,…
How to Make Your First Million in Real Estate in 6 Years: A Step-by-Step Guide
By Joe Edgar Over the last 50 years, home prices in the United States have increased by more than 5 percent annually on average, according to the National Association of Realtors. This means that the $200,000 home you buy today could be worth more than $864,000 in 30 years when your mortgage is paid off. It’s no…
4 Most Popular Investment Trends That You Won’t Want to Miss
By Giovanny Moreano From Bankrate.com Seasoned investors often approach the markets with a long-term view, using short- and medium-term volatility to buy into the themes they believe will pan out over many years. While identifying these trends is difficult, tuning out the noise can reveal what’s to come, possibly resulting in significant gains. As we…
Navigating Today’s Daunting Housing Market
It has not been a great year for Wall Street and the economy. In an effort to combat rampant inflation, the Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates in early May. In June, the Fed increased interest rates once again, by 75 basis points, marking the largest increase in a single meeting since the early 1990s….
How Will the Sharpest Rise in Mortgage Rates in 3 Decades Affect Home Prices?
By Jeff Ostrowski From Bankrate.com Mortgage rates are climbing fast. The national average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 5.91 percent this week, surging from just 2.87 percent in August 2021, according to Bankrate’s national survey of lenders. The last time mortgage rates rose so swiftly was in 1994. In late 1993, rates were…
3 Inflation-Proof ETFs to Put Into Your Portfolio
By Melissa Brock If you’re concerned about inflation, you’ve got a good reason. Inflation has hit its highest level since 1982 to an increase in the level of prices of the goods and services that households buy. What do you do when commodity prices are surging? High inflation can be the result of a hot economy or companies….
What Does the G7 Russian Gold Ban Mean for Gold Stocks?
The G7 plans to announce a ban on Russian gold imports. But does that really matter for investors? While there hadn’t been an official Russian gold ban until now, this news isn’t exactly a surprise to the industry. And we’re seeing a lack of reaction in gold prices on June 28. Typically, a ban on imports…
Inflation-Hedging Strategies to Protect Your Savings
When the word inflation starts hitting the news, people have a reason for concern. Inflation means that your dollar will buy less than it did a year ago—possibly even just a couple of months ago. Although some amount of inflation is considered normal and possibly even beneficial in a market-based society, a high rate of…
In Unchartered Territory, Is the Housing Market About to Crash?
By Mark Patrick Produced by Planner at Heart and syndicated by Wealth of Geeks The housing market is heading into waters not charted in decades. We haven’t had to deal with several factors at play in a long time, including high inflation, rising interest rates, low supply, and rapidly increasing home prices. All of these factors…
The Stock Market Is Tumbling. What Now?
It has not been a lucrative year for the stock market. The S&P has fallen for a whopping 10 weeks out of the past 11. The Dow closed below 30,000 for the first time since January 2021. If we turn to historical data for insight into the future, things don’t look much more optimistic. According…
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