“Shop Till You Drop” isn’t just a motto this holiday season. U.S. consumers are expected to spend a brisk $1,007 on gifts, candy, decorations, and
Identity theft among children under 17 is growing. In 2017, more than one million children were victims of identity theft or fraud, a recent 2018
Believe it or not, most of your readers are a lot like the multi-talented musician and singer Prince, who died in 2016, or Aretha Franklin,
Millennials, whose start in financial life was delayed—and to a substantial degree derailed—by the Great Recession, have been developing surprisingly robust money habits, recent surveys
It’s not too late for taxpayers to contribute to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or company-sponsored 401(k) plan before the 2017 tax filing deadline on
Call it “bliss” economics. That’s one way to describe the attitude of most consumers surveyed by Fidelity Investments’ New Year Financial Survey for 2018. Approximately 76%
Many personal finance experts recommend that consumers think about financial steps for the new year in the fourth quarter of the old year, but January
Americans’ personal financial satisfaction is the highest since 2006, as the latest report from the American Institute of CPAs latest survey shows. That’s not too
Whether they’re strapped for cash or are trying to squeeze all the value they can out of their credit card rewards, many readers could likely
It’s just a tiny blip for now in the economic picture, but early and serious credit delinquency, particularly among borrowers with lower credit scores, are
Most personal finance coverage assumes that consumers have access to credit cards and checking and savings accounts, but that’s not always the case. In fact, research
A quarter-percentage-point here, a quarter-percentage-point there. The Federal Reserve has been raising short-term interest rates so slowly that many consumers haven’t felt the pinch yet.
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