Göreme, in the Cappadocia region of central Turkey. Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Americans’ enthusiasm for travel has rebounded to levels unseen since the broad rollout of Covid-19 vacci...
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More than one-third of Americans say they’ve never had a retirement account
Never had a retirement account? You’re not alone – 36% of American workers said they’ve never had a retirement account, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA, a new Bankrate survey found. Generation Z and ...
Wage growth may be slowing from ‘breakneck’ pace
A Now Hiring sign hangs in front of a Winn-Dixie grocery store on Dec. 3, 2021 in Miami. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The rapid pace of pay increases that characterized the labor market for much of last ...
Obamacare plans are more affordable, helping the Great Resignation
Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers – part of what is now called The Great Resignation. Around 4 million workers have quit each month between July and November 2021. Erica Leman had main...
Moved On From Your Job? Here’s What to Do With Your Old 401(k), and Why to Do It
Dreamstime Text size Editor’s note: Barron’s Retirement readers have sent along many questions about their savings, investments, and strategies over the past few months as everything from the record-b...
Saving for college: the pros and cons of 529 savings plans, prepaid plans and how to decide
For many, college is one of the best times of a person’s life — but it can also be extremely expensive, and that bill could last a lifetime. If you expect to be footing at least part of the cost, edu...
Five Retail & Consumer Stocks To Watch
The wall Street street sign is seen on March 23, 2020 in New York City. – Wall Street fell early … [+] March 23, 2020 as Congress wrangled over a massive stimulus package while the Federal...
Some ticket prices are up as much as 100%
Going out is not only less common these days, it’s also a lot more expensive. In general, the prices that consumers pay for goods and services recently notched their largest year-over-year jump ...
The IRS will stop sending out one type of taxpayer notice to try to cut down on aggravation this tax season
Trying to minimize aggravation during a tax-filing season that could have plenty of challenges, the Internal Revenue Service said it is pausing one of its notices that could ferment taxpayer frustrati...
Here are the odds you’ll outlive your money
What year was the worst possible time in U.S. history to retire, from an investment point of view? To put this question another way: What year’s U.S. retirees had the greatest difficulty sustaining th...
The Fed uses one inflation gauge as its North Star. Here’s why
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his re-nomination hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Jan. 11, 2022 in Washington. Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Ge...
Mega Millions’ jackpot is $421 million. What to do if you win
MARK RALSTON | AFP | Getty Images Sure, the chance of your ticket hitting the Mega Millions jackpot is tiny — roughly 1 in 302 million. Nevertheless, it’s worth considering what you’d do i...
Fed rate hikes are coming — how to tackle your savings, mortgage, car payments and credit-card debt in advance
Wall Street investors and Washington D.C. lawmakers are closely listening to what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says Wednesday about the central bank’s next steps in its fight against decades...
‘This feels very unfair.’ I’m 73 and worked full-time in education. Over 17 years, I made only one late payment on my student loans. I still owe $12K. Can you help?
Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m 73 years old. I took out student loans in 1999 and consolidated in 2004. I have made only one late payment in the 17 years I’ve repaid. I worked full time at two...
Opinion: ‘Easter Bunny cartoon cash’ — how Bill Maher called the Bitcoin crash
Young people were already feeling depressed about their future retirement prospects, according to polls. Still more following the collapse of all their cryptocurrency bets, one suspects. More than $1 ...
How The North Face is moving to compete with Patagonia
The global outdoor apparel market is a $12 billion industry. For more than a half century The North Face has competed in the space, outfitting mountain climbers and skiers. But the outdoor recreation ...
Why the stock market hates the idea of rising interest rates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell Jan. 25, 2022. TIMOTHY A. CLARY | AFP | Getty Images The specter of rising interest rates is spooking the stock market. The...
Here’s what to consider before taking a pay cut
Drakula & Co. | Moment | Getty Images The pandemic has upended millions of American lives, and for many has made them reconsider priorities around work. That’s prompted many to quit jobs ami...
8 tech stocks poised to bounce after Nasdaq plunge, according to AI platform
Nvidia Corp. tops a list of technology stocks that would be expected to bounce back strongly over the next month based on the reaction to past plunges by the Nasdaq Composite, according to an artifici...
Opinion: Warren Buffett’s advice for a volatile market: patience pays
Certainly you’ve been watching the stock market over the past few days. It would be hard not to. Even the most hands-off investor has likely noticed the scare headlines popping up on the evening news,...
Diversity among financial planners improved in 2021 — but it still lags
The Good Brigade | DigitalVision | Getty Images Diversity among financial planners improved in 2021 though the industry remains one that leans heavily toward white men, according to statistics issued ...
Here’s why new parents may qualify for another $1,400 stimulus check
Marko Geber | DigitalVision | Getty Images The IRS has issued all third-round stimulus payments to eligible Americans, the agency said Wednesday. However, new parents and other recipients who added de...
Older Investors Have a Lot of Money in Stocks. How to Check if It’s Too Much.
A suddenly sliding stock market is sending a wake-up call to older Americans that maybe they shouldn’t invest like they used to. Many are likely to ignore that call. Thanks to a long bull market that ...
CFPB signals crackdown on hidden fees for banks, credit cards
Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Alex Edelman/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday signaled a broad crackdown on hidden a...
Klarna launches physical card in the UK
LONDON — Swedish fintech firm Klarna is embedding its “buy now, pay later” service into a physical card in the U.K. The company on Wednesday announced the launch of Klarna Card, a Visa car...
SEC chair eyes tougher cyber rules to protect investors against hackers
SEC chairman Gary Gensler testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Sept. 14, 2021 in Washington. Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images Securities and Exchange Co...
Opinion: Thankfully, the Fed has decided to stop digging, but it has a lot of work to do before it gets us out of hole we’re in
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Project Syndicate)—The Federal Reserve has turned on a dime, an uncharacteristic about-face for an institution long noted for slow and deliberate shifts in monetary policy. While the...
These 7 semiconductor stocks may be close to a bottom. This chart pattern shows when and how much they might rebound.
Semiconductor stocks have been hit hard since the industry group rose to a record in early January. Analysts at Jefferies see a “peaking” pattern similar to those of 2014-2015 and 2017-2018, and expec...