Like your files, your glossary of personal finance terms and concepts will keep expanding. Here’s a list of what you should know when you start covering personal finance on the
The following is an excerpt from a Beat Basics Update by Dorianne Perrucci on covering personal finance. You can read the entire update to the ebook here. Technological and other changes will continue to
In March 2020, Covid-19 hit U.S. families at the low end of middle-class income ($25,000-$110,000) hard, but as the pandemic continues, it is now widening its reach to include those
Country music singer Dolly Parton will have to update her 1980 hit song, “9 to 5,” to “6 to 9” in 2020 for working women. More women than men have
Small businesses generate 99% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but dig deeper into those numbers and a more surprising picture emerges: Rural areas (10,000 or less population) count
By Dorianne Perrucci Jane Bryant Quinn thought for a moment before answering my question. “Exactly what is personal finance?” Quinn was the journalist whose Washington Post column on personal finance
The much ballyhooed trading app Robinhood, a startup with an $8.3 billion valuation, has had runaway success, leapfrogging over major market players Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Fidelity, and E*Trade, since
On March 27, corona-related relief for retirement plans and IRAs signed into law by President Trump allowed U.S. workers under 59½ to begin taking early distributions of up to $100,000
Current retirement security is elusive for many. Half of all seniors had average savings of $83,500, according to a 2019 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. But the future impact
How is COVID-19 changing U.S. retail? Changing shopper preferences and habits, and cutthroat competition. Some major retailers are closing their doors, but others are thriving by offering new products, and
As their August recess approaches, Democratic and Republican lawmakers aren’t likely to agree on the funding necessary to help the millions of unemployed and struggling U.S. workers weather the continued
In October 2019, when the Federal Reserve Board conducted its seventh annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), most adults said they were in good financial health. The economy
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