When viewed through a business-cycle lens, the current economy is showing signs of both mid- and late-cycle dynamics....
Money Matters Articles
Start planning now to care for elderly parents
If you have an aging parent and want a glimpse of what the future holds, look no further than Leslie Glutzer. The...
How to put a dynamic retirement spending strategy in place
Welcome to retirement at the beginning of the 21st century: People are living longer, return expectations are muted...
Retirement Lessons Learned From Botching Savings Early In My Career
At every career stage, it's all too easy to get caught up in the excitement of new money and forget about re-evaluating your retirement plan. As we...
Why black workers who do everything right still get left behind
We’ve known for a while that black Americans aren’t making economic progress. A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning...
With a recovery like this, who needs a recession: 62 percent of Americans don’t even have $1000 in savings.
The stock market just hit another record high. Yet only half of Americans actually own any stock. Real estate prices are ebbing closer to their...
Pinklining: The Financial Threat More Women of Color Are Facing
The Great Recession is over. The economy is back on its feet. That’s the popular narrative Americans see and hear every day, but the impact of the...
Investment Tips for Grads
My Comments: Interview with Christine Benz by Jeremy Glaser. Really great advice as always from Morningstar.
Putting it on plastic again – Record number of credit cards issued in 2015 surging 90 percent from 2009. 60 million credit cards issued last year alone.
We love credit cards as much as we hate paying bills. As a nation we have an addiction to instant gratification. In the not so distant past,...
How To Spot A Home Repair Scam And Contractor Fraud – Life at Home – Trulia Blog
Contractor fraud and home repair scams are all too commonplace. No matter how many reviews you’ve read online, follow these rules to avoid being...
The education and employment myth: Almost two-thirds of people in the labor force do not have a college degree.
There is an ongoing perception that most of the workforce has a college degree. When we say college degree we mean at a minimum a bachelor’s...
1 out of 3 American households can no longer afford rent, food, and transportation. The biggest rise in expenditures comes from rising housing costs.
The real unemployment rate is nearly twice as high as the stated headline unemployment rate. Only 44 percent of the adult population is engaged in...