Americans are souring on the housing market. Home buyer sentiment hits lowest level since 2011 — and mortgage rates reach 7%.

There’s no respite for home buyers these days. From rising rates, high home prices, and an uncertain economic outlook, shoppers are finding it hard to jump into purchasing a home.  Fannie Mae noted th...

American households and businesses are seeing their savings deteriorate as ‘financial fragility’ rises

After socking away savings during the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, American households and businesses are watching their financial cushions rapidly deteriorate as prices have soared and the Feder...

Asia Society Launches New Center For China Analysis As ‘A Think And Do Tank’

The Asia Society formally launched a Center for China Analysis with an event in New York on Monday, … [+] Oct. 3. From left to right: China Strategies Group President Chris Johnson, Asia Society...

If Hurricane Ian destroyed your home, take these critical first steps for disaster relief and insurance

The full financial and human price of Hurricane Ian’s destruction is still unknown, days after it lashed Florida, and now with the Carolinas fresh off its wrath. But even with the immediate search-and...

Chinese Tech Billionaire Richard Liu Settles Sexual-Assault Case in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS—A legal battle that Chinese feminists had seen as pivotal for the country’s embattled #MeToo movement ended abruptly just before a jury was set to hear the case in a Minnesota courtroom. R...

The Case Against CBDCs In A Capitalist Society: Banks Won’t Be Happy

The Bitcoin Policy Institute’s report on CBDCs makes a strong case for why the US should reject a centrally issued version of the dollar. Bitcoinist covered that already. This time, we’ll focus on the...

SuperRare Partnered 0x Society for Artist Education

SuperRare recently elevated its value proposition by entering a year-long partnership with 0x Society. The collaboration will result in artists and collectors learning more about the cryptoart space. ...

Opinion: The Federal Reserve is missing a crucial turning point in its fight against inflation because it believes in flawed data

The Federal Reserve can’t see the probable economic crash that is coming because it’s still looking into the rearview mirror, where it sees nothing but high inflation. The danger arises because the co...

Toyota Softens Toward Critics of Its EV Push

Sept. 25, 2022 5:33 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Toyota Motor wants to meet with critics who say it is behind rivals in the race for greener cars, nearly a year after the auto maker pledged to ...

‘I would not have been able to do it without him’: I built a property portfolio with 23 units while we were dating. How much should I give to my fiancé in our prenup?

I’m about to marry a wonderful man. I built an investment portfolio of 23 units while we were dating. Now we’re questioning how to create a prenuptial agreement. Over the years, I have identified, pur...

Why the ‘sell Rosh Hashanah, buy Yom Kippur’ trade is a tough call as stock-market selloff deepens

It might seem arbitrary to take investing advice from old market adages, but there is one market strategy commonly mentioned ahead of the Jewish holidays – “Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur.”  This ...

6 in 10 people with credit-card debt say they’ve owed money for at least a year

Nearly half of all credit-card users say they’re carrying debt each month — and 60% of people with credit-card debt have owed money for at least a year, according to a new report from Bankrate’s Credi...

Buy Eli Lilly Stock. Its Obesity Drug Mounjaro Will Be a Hit, Analyst Says.

Text size Eli Lily said in August that initial demand for Mounjaro was strong. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Eli Lilly’s novel treatment for diabetes and obesity could become one of history’s bestselling dru...

Brace yourselves, the Fed is about to inflict ‘some pain’ to fight inflation — here’s how to prepare your wallet and portfolio

The Fed is ready to bring the pain. Are you prepared? Weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned there would be “some pain to households and businesses” as the central bank jacks up inte...

Home values in August saw their largest monthly decline since 2011. Some cities see house prices drop by 3%.

Home values are edging down as buyers remain spooked by high mortgage rates, according to a new report. The typical value of a home in the U.S. fell 0.3% in August from the previous month, according t...

Social Security’s retirement age is 70

An informal survey of staff at the Center for Retirement Research asking “What is the current retirement age for Social Security?” produced a range of responses.  About half — mostly the “old hands” —...

Empowering Today’s Society with Smart and reliable Weather Systems

The global climate is changing rapidly as compared to the pace at which natural variations occurred in the past. And with the climatic changes, previously unseen occurrences that could hinder many day...

What will people do after getting $10,000 or $20,000 in student debt forgiven? MarketWatch asked readers — here’s the No. 1 answer.

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 ...

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...

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...

Opinion: Americans are feeling poorer for good reason: Household wealth was shredded by inflation and Fed tightening

U.S. households’ real wealth plunged at a record 20.9% annual rate to $143 trillion in the second quarter of the year, with modest gains in home values offset by high inflation and a big selloff in th...

Will Social Security Run Out? No, but It Will Hit a Breaking Point. What It Means for You.

Will Bowron doesn’t give much thought to retirement. The 32-year-old from Birmingham, Ala., is busy with his job at his family’s coffee and tea roaster, his wife and young child, and a side career wri...

Bates Gill Named To China Post At Asia Society Amid Rise In Great Power Competition

Asia Society CEO Kevin Rudd, pictured in 2010, welcomed Gill’s appointment at a time of growing … [+] great power competition. (Photo by Alan Porritt-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images Long-t...

Dwayne Johnson Battles The Justice Society In New ‘Black Adam’ Trailer

Warner Bros. Discovery just dropped a second trailer for Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam. The key hook this time around is positioning its title character as a glorified villain (or at least anti-hero) be...

On The High Probability Of Society Failing

getty When you consider what society has experienced in recent years, it can feel like we are spinning in circles – exhausting ourselves on a hamster wheel continuing to desperately do what we’ve alwa...

Black Fathers Work Together To Shine A Spotlight On Their Role In Society

Glen Henry and Jimmie Allen are part of a new movement, powered by Dove Men+Card, empowering Black … [+] Dads. #CelebrateBlackDads. Glen Henry/Jimmie Allen/Richard Fowler Country music artist Ji...

528 Turtles Club: The ultimate utopian society

What is the 528 Turtles Club? The 528 Turtles Club is a limited NFT collection that doubles as your membership to a futuristic utopian DAO Republik known as Crypto528. A DAO Republik is a decentralize...

‘Social Bonds’ Help People. Investors in Them Get Paid.

When Rook Soto lost his law enforcement job in 2010 for health reasons, he had big medical bills and had to take temporary jobs to survive. For a month, he was homeless and lived out of a van. Soto ha...

Compounding a disastrous year for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency: IRS proposes controversial new question about digital assets

The Internal Revenue Service could have a potential head-scratcher of a question about your crypto investments and what’s taxable, according to a major accountants’ association. For two years, the IRS...

Must be ‘fit and active’ or ‘digital native’: how ageist language keeps older workers out

Ageism is wrong. Age discrimination is illegal. But if you are or have been an older job seeker and you suspect your age is a barrier to getting job offers, your instincts aren’t wrong. “Ageism is a r...

U.K. Tobacco Company Imperial Brands Is a Good Bet Against Inflation

Tobacco companies as a whole have historically been one of the most recession-resistant industries. Dreamstime Text size Stockholders have had a rough time this year, with surging inflation and fears ...