Finance
-
How to make a student loan complaint that gets results
Mar 01, 2020 5:12 am - Trying to make a complaint against your student loan lender or servicer may feel like screaming into the void. In 2019, federal student aid customers made 44,155 complai...
-
3 financial moves millennials make that deserve more credit
Mar 01, 2020 5:10 am - Read almost any article about millennials and you'll come away with the distinct impression that this generation is royally screwing up. That they're suffocated by stude...
-
Liz Weston: Should you shift to a cash management account?
Mar 01, 2020 5:08 am - High-yield cash management accounts are popping up at brokerages nationwide, promising customers much better returns and higher insurance limits than they can get from t...
-
CFPB proposal would allow debt collectors to call you about old bills
Mar 01, 2020 5:00 am - A new proposal from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could spark a fight over what should happen to consumers' old debts. Debt collectors lose the right in many ...
-
A Best Buy program gets shoppers to pay twice the list price on big-ticket items
Feb 29, 2020 5:22 am - Best Buy last spring began offering a splashy lease-to-own program to customers who'd been rejected for its store credit card. Progressive Leasing, executives said, woul...
-
U.S. personal spending slowed in january as incomes jumped
Feb 28, 2020 12:00 am - U.S. personal spending decelerated in January to a still-solid pace, suggesting momentum among American consumers eased somewhat at the start of the year ahead of the co...
-
You're probably sitting on at least $167 of unused gift cards
Feb 23, 2020 5:00 am - More than $20 billion in unredeemed gift cards and store credit is floating around the U.S. and there is a good chance some of it belongs to you, according to a survey c...
-
Analysis: The rich can probably escape new laws on inherited IRAs. But the rest of us can't.
Feb 16, 2020 5:18 am - If you've got tons of money in your Individual Retirement Accounts, you can probably buy your way around the new rules for inherited IRAs. But if you've got merely pound...
-
Why your 50s can be your most dangerous decade in terms of money
Feb 16, 2020 5:15 am - Losing a job is almost always traumatic. In your 50s, job loss can be devastating - and devastatingly common. More than half the workers who entered their 50s with stabl...
-
What to know before laying down money for a mattress
Feb 16, 2020 5:12 am - Here comes Presidents Day, a time to celebrate Lincoln and Roosevelt - and blowout mattress sales. These holiday-weekend bargains can be a smart opportunity to shop for ...