Personal Finance

Fasten your seatbelt: The housing market is in for a bumpy five-year ride.

30% of Americans say they’re reliant on their tax refund to make ends meet in 2023, especially Gen Z and millennials Despite fewer pandemic tax credits, 29% of Americans expect a higher tax refund this year Nearly a quarter of American taxpayers plan to use their tax refund to pay for necessities (24%) It’s the […]

More states are slashing or eliminating taxes, lessening the burden mostly for the wealthy. What does that cost the rest of us?

Graph and download economic data for S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index from Jan 1987 to Oct 2022 about HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, USA, and composite.

These services essentially provide customers an alternative way to pay for purchases over time without going into credit card debt or taking out a traditional personal loan.

In the 2018 Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture at the University of Chicago, Richard H. Thaler discusses his Nobel Prize-winning research.Richard H. Thaler is t...

Buy Now, Pay Later (or BNPL) loans have seen an astronomical growth in popularity - you’ve probably seen them while shopping online. While they may seem like...

BNPL loans are consumer installment loans that allow you to purchase items right away with little or no initial payment and pay off the balance in installments over time.

Upwork (Nasdaq: UPWK), the world’s work marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent, today released the results of “Freelance Forward

Maxwell Frost, who became the first Gen Z candidate to be elected to the U.S. House in November, says Congress has a serious problem of accessibility for people who don't come from wealth.

A growing body of research shows the Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) leads survey-based average rent indexes, including the rent component of the Consumer Price Index, by up to 12 months.

Money makes us do things we wish we didn’t, but why is that? Behavioral economists and neuroscientists decode psychological dynamics resulting from 25 million years of human evolution - all so you can make smarter financial decisions.

Rents in October rose 4.7% compared with October 2021, the slowest annual increase in 18 months, according to Realtor.com.

Allen would have likely made more money buying an S&P 500 index fund.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer launched a new webpage to help the graduating class of 2023 apply for the Michigan Achievement Scholarship and lower their cost of college by thousands of dollars a year.

The backdoor Roth IRA strategy allows taxpayers to set up a Roth IRA even if their income exceeds the IRS earnings ceiling for Roth ownership.

A majority of Americans say they’re not keeping up with their retirement savings, according to a new Bankrate survey. A key reason: Inflation.

Justice Clarence Thomas said he doesn’t “have a clue” what diversity means as the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over eliminating race in college admissions.

IR-2022-188, October 21, 2022

The IRS has released higher federal tax brackets and standard deductions for 2023 to adjust for inflation. Here's what filers need to know.

You can use credit to buy the hottest item of the year. But is it worth the price?  Answer: 4 Years and 6 Months [and $873.04 total price]   Questions: Considering the cost of AirPods Max, do you think this is a good idea? Explain your answer. What big-ticket items or once-in-a-lifetime experiences do you think are worth spending money on?