Ciara Horton | A minute | Getty Images If you’re ten years away from retirement, the current stock market volatility can be a good reminder of the risk ahead for your nest egg. Although stocks tend to offer the best opportunity for long-term growth despite their ups and downs, a continuous market decline leading to … Read more
Open this photo in the gallery: Today’s labor market is sluggish, and uncertainty is high.diego_cervo/iStockPhoto/Getty Images We are not, technically, bankrupt. But for those who are currently unemployed, we can be too. We are in what economists call a “low-fire, low-hire” market. Employers are shedding jobs left and right as they may be in a … Read more
Question: “My husband who took care of all our finances suffered a stroke. It seems that he will not be able to start his finances from now on. Now I take care of everything and I am burdened by my head. I have the feeling that our financial plan has prepared us to remove a … Read more
People walk through downtown Detroit on April 19, 2025. Dominic Gwinn | Afp | Getty Images Social Security is the largest social insurance program, paying about 75 million Americans every month. However the program is facing an imminent funding shortfall. The Social Security fund for pension benefits could run out by 2032, which could result … Read more
The widespread costs and expenses of a health crisis are pushing many Americans into financial trouble, a new study has found. What You Should Know According to a new study by the financial services company JG Wentworth, conducted in February 2026 and evaluating 1,421 adults in the US, almost half of each person’s bankruptcy is … Read more
Mortgage rates are sitting at 6.38%, according to the latest data from Freddie Mac – up slightly from earlier this year, but still lower than last year (in January 2025, rates rose to a little over 7%). (You can see mortgage rates in your area herefrom our marketing partner Bankrate.) So what’s next for mortgage … Read more
Less than 10% of working Americans live with their parents, according to data from 2020 and 2022 from the Employee Benefit Research Center. Among them, more than one-third cover all living expenses in full, such as mortgage payments, rent or utilities. And that can cause financial problems. Samita Thephasit, research assistant at EBRI wrote in … Read more
Question: “I am 37 years old and together with my partner, we usually had a combined annual income of $10-13K a year. We did not stop living like college students. But thanks to a well-made agreement, I have my house, and it was worth $1.2 million in 2020. My plan was to take that money … Read more