Oil prices tend to see sustained gains following Middle East crisis events, while stocks eventually churn higher as safe haven assets gold and Treasurys fade from their initial pops, according to historical analysis.
Crude prices jumped roughly 3% on Friday...
As a 20-something, you have amazing power to shape your financial future. The decisions you make today are impactful because they lead to habits. And habits get repeated, which magnifies their outcomes. Good habits help you save and meet your financial goals,...
They met, fell in love and decided to spend the rest of their lives together. Now that he (or she) has popped the question, it’s time to start planning one of the biggest events in life — the wedding.
Before hiring vendors, here are the top five things you should...
What does your ideal retirement look like? Living in a tiny place and eating the senior special at 4:30 p.m. every day, or having a comfortable home and eating dinner whenever you want? You can create the easygoing retirement of your dreams if...
Today’s gig economy is creating both opportunity and problems for millions of Americans. Gig workers include those who devote at least some of their time to providing ride-hailing services, short-term rentals of their homes or delivery services.
One powerful...
It’s easy to feel regretful about your college years, especially when graduation leaves you with tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. Yet, a recent survey revealed that the majority of student loan borrowers, now in hindsight, would still have...
Having a good credit score can make a big difference when it comes to the interest rate you get on all types of credit, whether you’re trying for a home mortgage, an auto loan or credit card.
Here’s how it works: Three major credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — regularly...
The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates low for more than a year, and new policy may keep it that way for the foreseeable future too, it said in a policy statement on Thursday.
The central bank said it...
Homeowners picking up the pieces from Hurricane Michael will quickly learn an important lesson: not all hurricane-related damage is covered by home insurance.
Before making landfall Wednesday, Michael rapidly intensified to an extremely strong storm packing 155 mile-per-hour winds, just shy of Category 5 status. The storm ranked as the...
With the cost of weddings skyrocketing, couples are turning to alternative methods to pay for their big day.
Nearly three-quarters of couples planned to take on debt for their nuptials, according to a Student Loan Hero survey, and 61% said they planned to use credit cards to cover some of...
