Hollywood Shuffle made it into movie theaters in 1987. It was a film that attacked racial stereotypes (and the casting that resulted from those perceptions) in cheerful fashion. Try to watch it now wi...
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How to deal when you’re stressed out about credit card debt
london, uk Peter Muller | Image Source | Getty Images Few things cause more financial distress and anxiety than a large slug of high-interest rate credit card debt. Millions of Americans of all income...
How the U.S. government can keep household debt in check
On Aug. 24, President Biden announced the cancellation of $10,000 in federal student loan debt for most borrowers making less than $125,000 annually. But student loans account for less than 10% of hou...
Berkshire Hathaway Could Owe Billions on Stock Gains Under the New Tax Law
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, likes holding favorite stocks forever. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has long said that his favorite i...
Opinion: You work hard to pay off debt. Here’s the secret to keep you from backsliding as the economy slows
Credit-card debt has surged 13% this past year — the largest increase in 20 years. If you find yourself with a growing amount of debt, you need to get yourself back on solid footing before it snowball...
‘Savings are gonna run out’: Already battered by high inflation, Fed’s rate hike will hit lower-income and rural Americans hard
The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday in an effort to temper the rising costs of consumer goods and services. While economists say raising the interest r...
What possible credit-card legislation could mean for Visa, Mastercard — and you
Credit-card companies look to be under a political microscope once again as senators announced a new bill that would target Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, and Se...
Here’s Everything That Will Cost More As Fed Raises Interest Rates
Topline The Federal Reserve on Wednesday again authorized one of the biggest interest rate hikes in 28 years as part of its effort to combat the quickest surge in prices in four decades—doubling down ...
Visa tops earnings expectations as CFO sees ‘no evidence of a pullback’ in spending
Visa Inc. topped expectations with its latest results Tuesday and gave an upbeat signal to investors about the resilience of spending volumes in the current macroeconomic climate. Amid increasing unea...
1 in 5 Americans dodging credit card statements as interest spikes
domoyega | E+ | Getty Images As credit card debt swells and interest rates spike, many spenders are fearful about high balances. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans are afraid to check their credit card statement...
Cryptocurrency Is Coming to Your Credit Cards
Cryptocurrencies are a volatile investment today, but card companies including Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are betting crypto will one day be used routinely for everyday purchases from food to cloth...
I want to retire next year, but I have $25,000 in credit card debt and a major monthly mortgage payment — I also live with my three kids and ex
I’ll be 57 next month and am divorced with three kids living with me. One is 28, she’s working, another is 21 and a senior in college (with a full scholarship) and the youngest is 15 (a sophomore in h...
What the Fed Rate Hike Means for Your Savings, Credit Cards and Loans
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‘I am a 53-year-old single man with very little savings’: I want to take out a 30-year mortgage, but pay it off in 7 years. Is that possible?
I am a 53-year-old single man with very little in savings. I paid off all my credit-card debt a couple of years ago. I have now decided to purchase a home. My rent has increased to the point where it ...
He has $100K in credit card debt, $60K in bitcoin. 4 money pros on what to do
What to do when you have crypto assets and debt to contend with. Getty Images/iStockphoto “I have $100K in credit card debt, but $60K in bitcoin. Should I use it to repay the debt, or hold onto bitcoi...
What the Fed’s Interest-Rate Increase Means for Your Mortgage, Loans, Savings
The Federal Reserve raised its short-term benchmark rate by a half-percentage point on Wednesday, the sharpest increase since 2000, to a range between 0.75% and 1%. Though widely expected, the move wi...
A Second Durbin Amendment Won’t Help Low Income Consumers
Retailers that accept credit cards pay an interchange fee for processing each transaction. The fee depends on the volume of business the retailer does and ranges from 1.2 to 3.5 percent of the transac...
Gas prices are up roughly 40% from just a year ago. So you may want to try this method to get ‘basically free money’ for gas — but there’s a catch
Is a gas credit card right for you? Getty Images Amid high inflation, rising prices of crude oil and the war in Ukraine, gas prices have jumped from an average of about $2.88 per gallon a year ago, to...
Apple, IBM, and 14 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends
Text size IBM plans to raise its dividend. Migel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Apple, International Business Machines, and Discover Financial Services were among the large U.S. companies that announced ...
Georgia is now the latest state to mandate personal finance education
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp makes remarks during a visit to Adventure Outdoors gun shop as he pushes for a new state law to loosen requirements to carry a handgun in public, in Smyrna, Georgia, Januar...
High inflation may prompt consumers to change summer vacation plans
Summer vacations plans could be in flux this year. This time, it’s not because of Covid-19. Instead, high prices due to inflation may prompt prospective travel goers to switch up their plans. In...
Tesla, AT&T, Netflix, Bank of America, IBM, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size First-quarter earnings season picks up next week, with 67 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. Bank of America will be Monday’s highlight, followed by Netflix , Johnson & Johnson ...
I’m 62 with $100K in student loans and $13K in credit card debt. What can I do?
How to get out of student loan debt Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I work as a nurse for a small for-profit agency. I am salaried and have no option for overtime. I only have every other weekend ...
Older Americans, Flush With Housing and Stock Portfolio Wealth, Poised to Revive Spending This Year
Covid-19 kept many older Americans on the sidelines of the recovery in consumer spending as they held back from in-person services like dining and travel. But their spending is picking up as the Omicr...
Russian Banks Turn to China to Sidestep Cutoff From Payments Systems
Russian banks that have been cut off from global payments networks are turning to China’s state-owned UnionPay system as the country tries to sidestep boycotts by Western businesses for its invasion o...
I shared expenses 50/50 with a friend on vacation. She wants me to split the cost of her credit card’s foreign-transaction fees. Is that sharp practice?
Dear Quentin, I recently took a trip to another country with a friend. We agreed to share expenses. When they presented their list of expenses, they included a foreign transaction fee charged by the c...