Category: personal finance

It’ll Take Lots of Discussion and Planning

Dear Dave, My wife and I are in our late 20s, and we have a full emergency fund saved up. Our only debt is our home. We have talked about having a child sometime next year, but I am on the road three weeks a month for my job. I don’t want to be gone…


Teens and Parents Beware, Social Media Scams Are on the Rise

By Steve Rosen From Tribune Content Agency Teens these days—and many parents too—are obsessed with social media. So are scammers looking for identity theft targets. For victims, the day-to-day impact of letting your guard down can be life-changing, both financially and emotionally. And the problem appears to be worsening, according to the Identity Theft Resource…


Generational Poverty: How to Break the Cycle of Poverty

Are you familiar with escape rooms? The only way you can escape is to solve a complicated problem. But what happens if you fail to escape the room on time? Having lost, you are then “imprisoned” in the room. OK, not literally. However, you will not be able to leave the room until a staff…



How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Monday Oct. 10, 2022

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street ahead of the beginning of the corporate earnings reporting season, which will provide insight into how high inflation and rising interest rates have been affecting U.S. companies. The S&P 500 fell 0.7 percent Monday. The Nasdaq fell 1 percent, while the Dow fell 0.3 percent U.S. bond trading was…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Oct. 10)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.51 to $91.13 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for December delivery fell $1.73 to $96.19 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for November delivery fell 11 cents to $2.62 a gallon. November heating oil fell 11 cents to $3.91 a gallon. November natural gas fell 31 cents to $6.44…


Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The 6 Money Hacks You Need to Be a Millionaire

You know those videos where something you didn’t know existed blew your mind? My experience was exactly the same when I discovered some basic money hacks that led to me becoming a millionaire. Sadly, I had to learn these money hacks the hard way. The good news is that I’m going to share them with…


The 6 Money Hacks You Need to Be a Millionaire

You know those videos where something you didn’t know existed blew your mind? My experience was exactly the same when I discovered some basic money hacks that led to me becoming a millionaire. Sadly, I had to learn these money hacks the hard way. The good news is that I’m going to share them with…


Investing: Ranking the Small Online Brokers

By Nellie S. Huang From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Brokerage start-ups such as Robinhood, M1 Finance, and SoFi are tiny compared with the trillions of dollars in brokerage assets at the likes of Schwab and Fidelity. But they’ve already made a big dent in the way things work. These newcomers pioneered commission-free stock trading and fractional-share…


UK Expands Scheme Helping People With Mental Health Issues Find Jobs

The UK government has expanded a scheme aimed at helping people with mental health problems find work. The government is investing £122 million ($135 million) to extend a service providing those who receive mental health support with employment advice to help them stay in work or return to the job market quicker, the Department of…