Dear Quentin, It seems like I have been paying my Parent PLUS Loan forever. Someone told me that when my husband passed away, even though we were divorced at the time, I wouldn’t have to keep paying t...
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‘The weight of this debt is crushing’: I’m 74, and a retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200K. Am I obliged to pay it off?
Dear Quentin, I have not seen anyone address student-loan debt for people over 70 years of age. I am a 74-year-old retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200,000. I’m on a ...
Three value stocks that can provide safety as interest rates rise
Stocks have been on a rocky road this year, as investors have tried to anticipate every possible move by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation. Value strategies have held up better than growth strat...
The silver lining of surging inflation: I-bond yields should climb above 9%
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. –Want to lock in a greater-than-8% return with U.S. Treasurys over the next 12 months? Of course you would, especially given the higher-than-expected inflation numbers reported this ...
Opinion: As the Fed Tightens, VCs Are Spending Big on Crypto
Share this article The Fed’s Quantitative tightening will make it difficult for risk-on assets like cryptocurrencies to shine. But at the same time, money from venture capital firms keeps pouring into...
Housing Crisis: Why 40-Year Mortgages Might Help Delinquent Borrowers
Text size Illustration by Laurent Duvoux About the author: Patrick Harker is the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The Covid-19 pandemic is not over. But many of the pande...
Opinion: The best retirement investment strategy Generation Z can learn from boomers
Generation Z will soon surpass millennials as the most populous generation on earth, with more than a third of the world’s population counting themselves as Gen Z. And this group is motivated to retir...
As food prices hit an all-time high, more Americans have abandoned online grocery shopping and returned to supermarket aisles
More Americans are browsing again — in grocery-store aisles rather than online. With U.S. states abandoning mask mandates in public places, and more retailers dropping requirements for masks — and the...
I’m 61, left my job due to medical reasons, and made $150,000 from the sale of my home. I’d like to work for at least another 5 years. Can I still retire? If so, how?
Dear Quentin, I recently sold my house and had to leave my job due to a medical issue that was easily resolved, and I am now fine. I have approximately $150,000 in my checking account from the sale of...
Do I resist refinancing my $160,000 federal student loan at a lower rate in the hope there will be loan forgiveness? What are the chances it will happen?
I graduated from college in 2017 with more than $210,000 in federal student-loan debt thanks to out-of-state tuition, a master’s program, and not fully understanding this cost at that time. I’ve chise...
Opinion: Want to beat the stock market over the next decade? Add bonds to your portfolio
The death of the 60/40 portfolio has been widely accepted as growth and technology stocks overwhelmed gains in fixed-income securities since the end of the financial meltdown over 10 years ago. Howeve...
Millennials have solved the retirement crisis
Wow. It looks like millennials have totally solved the retirement crisis. And it turns out it was a lot easier than anyone realized. The solution? Cryptocurrencies, of course. A new survey of 4,000 pe...
These income strategies can help protect your stock investments from inflation and a recession
There is always uncertainty in the stock market, but the deflationary cycle that helped feed tremendous gains over the past several decades has ended. Two related strategies can give you downside prot...
Opinion: Azuki Is the New Bored Ape Yacht Club
Key Takeaways Azuki is a collection of 10,000 anime-inspired NFTs that’s soared in popularity in 2022. With airdrops, private events, and ambitious plans for the future, the project shares some ...
Opinion: This simple change in words can dramatically increase retirement savings
In today’s increasingly complex financial world, individuals are faced with many competing financial priorities — from student debt to emergency healthcare expenses, just to name a few. As a result, n...
Opinion: Is the Biden Crypto Executive Order All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
Joe Biden – despite being a perpetual screw up since his first day in the White House (or the White House studio set) – has managed to grease the wheels somewhat with crypto analysts and traders in th...
Biden’s Wealth Tax Proposal Would Target More Than Billionaires
Text size President Joe Biden’s new budget proposal includes a wealth tax it says would target the top 0.01% of households. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images About the author: Thomas Hoenig is a dist...
Opinion: How to retire well — even if you’re not rich
Unquestionably, the best time to retire is after you have saved up more money than you will ever need. But not everybody can do that. If you are one of those people, then this article is for you. In o...
Opinion: How to make your money last in retirement
Lots of research has been done on the best way to generate retirement income. It’s one of the most popular financial topics. I think this popularity is driven by two things: its obvious importance—and...
Opinion: The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have now suffered a ‘death cross’ — here’s why this could resurrect them
Reports of the U.S. stock market’s death appear to be greatly exaggerated. I’m referring to the dreaded “death cross” that has now appeared in the price charts of the three major U.S. stock market ave...
‘I can tolerate him for 7 months — at the most’: My husband and I live apart in the summer. Should I refinance my house and set up a joint savings account?
Dear Quentin, My husband of seven years owns a home in Minnesota, and has a mortgage. I own a home in Florida with no mortgage. We have no savings or retirement accounts. Should I pull my equity from ...
‘Is this a good deal, or should I run for the hills?’ My boyfriend of five years wants me to give him a $165,000 loan using his house as collateral
Dear Quentin, I would like your advice on giving a hard-money loan to the man I’ve been dating for five years. He pressed me on this issue three years ago. I didn’t do the loan then, and it was a seri...
Lawyers Of Astroworld Victims Accuse Travis Scott Of Trying Influence Public Opinion Ahead Of Trial
Topline In a court filing on Monday, Travis Scott was accused of violating a court-mandated gag order that is supposed to prevent him from influencing public opinion, as the rapper faces multiple laws...
Inflation is raging, but these 16 companies have pricing power
Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...