Americans’ student debt loads are poised to lighten up and people are making plans on what’s next for their freed-up cash. Borrowers appear to have two prime targets in mind: getting current on their ...
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DeSantis Claims Credit As Dozens Of Venezuelan Migrants Arrive In Martha’s Vineyard
Topline Around 50 migrants from Venezuela arrived in Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday after being flown into the affluent Massachusetts island resort by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis—part of a wider eff...
Using Your Credit History in Web3: How Hybrid Evaluations Can Lead to Better Credit Access for All
Your credit score is important. Whether it’s buying a house, signing a contract for services, financing a car, and much more besides, your credit score acts as a barometer of your ability to access ca...
‘This is never factored into the equation.’ One big thing people forget to consider when thinking about how much they need to retire
I’m sure you’ve pictured it: on the beach mid-weekday, gently lapping waves falling on white sand, sipping an umbrella drink — and you no longer have to check your email, other than to confirm your di...
The next financial crisis may already be brewing, but not where many expect
A growing number of traders, academics, and bond-market gurus are worried that the $24 trillion market for U.S. Treasury debt could be headed for a crisis as the Federal Reserve kicks its “quantitativ...
I have $950,000 invested with a large financial firm, but they are charging me $1,100 a month in management fees. Is this reasonable?
Is your financial planner charging you too much? Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I am currently a customer with a large bank and have about $950,000 invested in the markets through them. I am being...
PayPal is ‘clearly now at a turning point,’ its CEO says
“It’s an uncertain macroeconomic environment, but I think we finally got the guidance right, and we’re executing against that.” — PayPal CEO Dan Schulman Pandemic darling PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL, -2...
These five stocks in the S&P 500 lost almost half a trillion dollars in value in one day amid widespread wipeout
A decline in gasoline prices couldn’t mask the problem that spooked investors on Sept. 13: Core consumer prices resumed their rapid increase during August. Fear of the Federal Reserve’s ongoing tighte...
The biggest Fed rate hike in 40 years? It could be coming next week.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and times are, arguably, increasingly desperate. The persistence of high inflation might force the Federal Reserve to resort to the biggest increase in a k...
Any doubt Fed will raise rates by 75 basis points next week is gone after hot U.S. inflation data
Any doubt that the Federal Reserve will raise its its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point next week is gone, economists said, following the hot U.S. consumer price inflation data for Augu...
Gen Z trusts this man more than Warren Buffett for financial advice — and he says this is the single best habit to adopt if you want to save money
Humphrey Yang Uncredited When asked which social media financial influencers they follow and trust, more Baby Boomers and Gen Xers chose Warren Buffett than anyone else. But for Gen Z, he only came in...
Inflation ‘collapse’ will spark big stock market gains: Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse expects the Federal Reserve to pause interest rate hikes sooner than widely expected due to tumbling inflation. According to the firm’s chief U.S. equity strategist, it will launch...
Gun law advocates hail credit card code as way to cut down suspicious sales
Fire arms are seen at the Bobâs Little Sport Gun Shop in the town of Glassboro, New Jersey, United States on May 26, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Gun law advocates are praising...
Norwegian central bank trusts Ethereum, credit goes to…
In a major announcement, the central bank of Norway, Norges Bank, has said that the source code for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) sandbox is now publicly available. The central bank has tru...
Most investors think the next big move for the S&P 500 will involve a near 20% drop, says Deutsche Bank survey
Last week’s first gain in four for stocks has likely emboldened some bulls out there, but investor wariness remains, according to a new survey from Deutsche Bank. Observe the chart below that shows ho...
Another sign of a looming recession? Americans’ ‘financial health’ fell for the first time in five years
Are you late paying for your utilities? Do you have enough set aside for a rainy day? Less than one-third (31%) of Americans are “financially healthy” in 2022, down 3% from a year ago, according to th...
When can I apply for student loan cancellation? How much will I get? Here are answers to some of the big questions.
President Biden’s highly anticipated federal student loan cancellation announcement last month created as many questions as it answered, prompting at least one major loan servicer’s website to crash a...
These three potential ‘naked swimmers’ threaten stocks and financial markets
Following a hat trick for all three major indexes last week, both optimism and trepidation are in the air as a new trading stretch begins. But some, like the Kobeissi Letter’s editor in chief and foun...
He’s won 18 Grammys and is worth an estimated $320 million, but Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl does this ‘smelly’ thing with his money (and psst: pros say you should too, with a twist)
It’s a simple way to save money, too. Getty Images/iStockphoto It’s times like these you learn to save again. That’s certainly what pros are telling Americans: Suze Orman, for example, recently upped ...
Singapore Hits the Brakes on Crypto Ads at F1 Grand Prix
Crypto.com has paid millions to sponsor Formula One. When the event comes to Singapore later this month, that could mean a lot of empty space. The company has been part of a drive by cryptocurrency fi...
These are the 10 major housing markets that just saw the biggest declines in home equity
Plus, what to know if you’re thinking about taking out a HELOC. Getty Images/iStockphoto As home prices soared in recent years, homeowners enjoyed record levels of tappable home equity, which is the a...
Democrats Eye ‘Hail Mary’ Effort to Revive Their Child Tax Credit
The White House and some Senate Democrats are reportedly eyeing a “Hail Mary” effort to revive their enhanced child tax credit this year. Hans Nichols of Axios reports that the White House has engaged...
Quantitative Tightening Is About to Ramp Up. What It Means for Markets.
The Federal Reserve now owns about a third of both the Treasury and mortgage-backed-securities markets as a result of its emergency asset-buying to prop up the U.S. economy during the Covid-19 pandemi...
Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Is Disrupting Crypto Trading and Lending
Text size Ethereum’s “Merge” is a hotly anticipated and long-awaited upgrade. Dreamstime Crypto markets linked to Ether are facing disruption as the blockchain network behind the wor...
Can you avoid that 6% mortgage rate? Here’s what pros think will happen next with mortgage rates
What might mortgage rates look like this month? Getty Images This past week, average 30-year mortgage rates crossed the 6% mark — though many borrowers can still snag lower lower rates than that — aft...
Opinion: Any one of these 15 money-losing companies could become the stock market’s biggest ‘unicorn’ failure ever
David Rush holds a Guinness world record for cramming 100 candles into his mouth and lighting them. Sandeep Singh Kaila spun a basketball on a toothbrush for a record 1 minute and 8.15 seconds. Nevill...