The Buy Now Pay Later Trap Catching 49% of Gen Z Before They Ever Save a Dollar
Buy Now Pay Later services have moved from a checkout novelty to a core part of how Gen Z pays for things, including items people used to pay for with cash or a debit…
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Retirement Participation Is Up, The Bottom Half of Earners Saw Their Balances Fall to $54,700
The Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances reported that retirement plan participation hit its highest level since 2010. The same survey reported that mean balances for participants in the bottom half of the…
Apple Pops 5% on Q2 Beat: Has the iPhone Maker Found Its Growth Story Again?
Shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) are up roughly 5% in Friday morning trading, climbing to about $284 after the iPhone maker delivered a powerful fiscal second-quarter beat and bullish forward guidance…
Income Investors Can Rely on Ford’s Dividend: Here’s Why the Payout Is Secure
Ford (NYSE: F | F Price Prediction) sells trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles, with Ford Pro and Ford Blue carrying the profit load while Model e bleeds cash. Shares trade near $12, and management…
Why Paying Off Your Mortgage Could Cost You More Than Investing
On a recent NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast segment, the host worked through a scenario any retirement-minded homeowner has considered. Take a $1,000 mortgage payment. Throw it at principal and you save interest. Invest that…
‘Never Go Into Debt for Disney,’ George Kamel Warns
On a recent Smart Money Happy Hour episode titled “Ritzy vs. Regular: Reacting to Social Events in Every Class,” co-host George Kamel laid down a one-line rule for bachelorette weekends, destination weddings and family…
‘You Are the Very First Person’: Suze Orman Breaks Her Never-Lease Rule for 66-Year-Old
On a recent episode of Suze Orman’s Women & Money, Orman broke a rule she has preached for decades. A 66-year-old single caller named Nancy asked whether she should lease or buy her next…
The AI Gold Rush Just Hit a New Layer: Here’s Why Sandisk Is Printing Money
The artificial intelligence boom is entering a new phase. For the past two years, investors obsessed over GPUs, data centers, and power consumption. But agentic AI — systems that can reason, plan, and act…
Gold Faces Headwinds From Higher Yields and Fading Fear but Year-End Targets Shine
The PHLX Gold/Silver Sector Index (^XAU) is edging lower this Friday morning by 1% even as gold spot prices tick higher to $4,644/ounce, a split tape that captures how investors are processing a calmer…
David Neeleman Reveals the Burger Chain Strategy That Built Four Airlines, and Why Your Startup Should Copy It
When a founder who has launched four airlines tells you to think like a burger chain, it pays to listen. On a recent How I Built This with Guy Raz Advice Line, JetBlue (NASDAQ:…
The Iran War Just Added Roughly Two Percentage Points to Your 2027 Social Security COLA Estimate. Here’s the Math.
Seniors who get most or all of their retirement income from Social Security tend to rely on the program’s annual cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, in a really big way. Without those COLAs, seniors would…
58% of Americans Own Stocks, But the Median Bottom Half Holds Just $12,600
The Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances delivered a headline that sounded like progress for ordinary households: 58% of American families now hold stock either directly or through retirement and mutual fund accounts,…
Inflation Could Soar To 10%
It is instructive to look back at the CPI from June 2022. Inflation hit 9.1% year over year. That was the highest increase since November 1981. According to the BLS release, “The increase was…
UnitedHealth or Humana: Which Managed Care Stock Had the Healthiest Returns in April?
The April scoreboard is in for managed care. UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) stock and Humana (NYSE:HUM) stock both staged impressive rallies, yet UnitedHealth won by just a few basis points (bps).…
The CBOE VIX Falls to 16 Level as Risk-On Trade Returns to Market
The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) has slipped below 17 to 16.55, settling comfortably into the 15 to 20 range that markets consider business as usual, a remarkable turnaround after a bruising stretch that pushed…