Personal Finance

Behavioral finance is the study of the influence of psychology on the behavior of investors or financial practitioners.

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Question of the Day for your personal finance classroom: What is the average amount of time between a job interview and receiving an offer?

Most U.S. workers are in occupations that have only emerged widely since 1940, according to a large-scale study of 80 years of U.S. census data, led by MIT economist David Autor.

More young people are opting out of traditional college and opting into vocational programs.

Question of the Day for teachers and students (Updated): What 3 jobs are projected to be the fastest growing over the next decade?

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This graphic illustrates the biggest stock markets by country, providing a unique breakdown of $110 trillion in valuation.

So-called point-of-sale donations have sharply increased in recent years, bringing in hundreds of millions a year. But the requests to "round up" your bill for charity have really taken off.

New York placed strict restrictions on short-term rentals last year. Rents still remain high, and some former hosts are frustrated. Meanwhile, Airbnb rentals in New Jersey are booming.

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Striving to get into the fanciest college might not be the best choice

Find student loan debt statistics, including the national debt balance, average individual balance, and annual growth rates.

Costs have gone way up and there are so many options — but we are here to help. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans suggests some streaming strategy best practices and looks carefully at the major providers.

Why major US cities are finally ditching parking mandates

FitMoney providees free, unbiased financial literacy programs to empower K-12 students with critical life skills for a financially fit future.

Choice of major, internships and getting the right first job after graduation are critical to career paths, new data show.

Jeff Bezos has been unloading Amazon shares at a fast clip, dumping nearly 36 million shares for about $6 billion. Here's why.

Bezos has said he plans to offload about 50 million Amazon shares in total over the next year, worth ~$8.7 billion currently.

Question of the Day for teachers and students: What percent of high school students are interested in pursuing a career in a trade?

Almost 96% of all dental hygienists are women. Six out of seven lawyers are white. New government data shows who fills occupations according to gender and race.

For most home buyers, the purchase of real estate is one of the largest financial transactions they will make.

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Amazon has something in abundance that its rivals don’t: customer data

Predominantly, the top 20 most expensive neighborhoods in the country are located in California, Florida, and New York. In stark contrast, Homewood North in Pennsylvania secures the position of the least expensive neighborhood, where the average property is priced at $29 per square foot.

A new Harvard analysis finds people across income levels got squeezed by rent hikes during the pandemic. The market has lost millions of low-rent places, and new construction is mostly high-end.

Climbing rents in recent years propelled US cost burdens to staggering new heights: in 2022, half of all US renters were cost burdened. This all-time