Try to beat the market in the Market Timing Game by selling stocks when they are high and buying when they are low.

This morning, the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data released the 2023:Q3 Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. After only moderate growth in the second quarter, total household debt balances grew $228 billion in the third quarter across all types, especially credit cards and student loans. Credit card balances grew $48 billion this quarter and marked the eighth quarter of consecutive year-over year increases. The $154 billion nominal year-over-year increase in credit card balances marks the largest such increase since the beginning of our time series in 1999. The increase in balances is consistent with strong nominal spending and real GDP growth over the same time frame. But credit card delinquencies continue to rise from their historical lows seen during the pandemic and have now surpassed pre-pandemic levels. In this post, we focus on which groups have fallen behind on debt payments and discuss whether rising delinquencies are narrowly concentrated or broad based.

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/PRNewswire/ -- With the costs of everyday necessities on the rise last year, middle- and working-class families felt the biggest crunch on their bank accounts...

Starting in 2024, savers can roll unused money from a 529 plan over to Roth individual retirement account free of income tax or tax penalties.

A third of earners making more than $150,000 a year say they won’t be able to pay off their credit card balance this year. What's going on?

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The real value of $100 in San Francisco is $83.45, compared to $119.28 in Anniston-Oxford. In other words, the purchasing power in the Anniston-Oxford area is 43 percent greater than in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area.

Credit card rates and debt are at an all-time high as the Federal Reserve raised borrowing costs to tame inflation.

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Property insurers can now factor in climate risks including wildfires in rate prices, if they increase underwriting in at-risk areas to wean consumers off state-funded coverage.

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The CFPB has sued one US company for trapping consumers in an endless cycle of personal loan refinancing.

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Banks make money by lending out the money that you deposit. The more cash you put in, the better you’re treated - transactions take priority, fees get waived, interest rates are higher, and a personal banker is assigned. On the flip side, the less money in your account, the more fees you pay, and the further back in the line you start from. Banks chase affluent accounts who bring large balances and high cash flow. But it’s not just banks - every business aims for as many high spenders and wealthy as possible. Yet there are 2 companies - Western Union and MoneyGram, that have gone in the opposite direction in providing financial services in peer-to-peer money transfer (international & domestic) to a population that banks deem to be too poor and too low-value.Migrant workers and the poor are left out of the global financial system for similar reasons: they have too little money, their employment is volatile, their earnings are inconsistent, there are significant language and cultural barriers, they lack documentation, etc. In this episode, we’ll cover the business of Western Union and MoneyGram, how these companies drive economic growth in developing countries, and how the market is pushing their evolution into a bank for the poor.💬 Join the Modern MBA community - https://www.reddit.com/r/modernmba/☕️ Support Modern MBA on Patreon and unlock additional content, exclusive essays, and Q&A: https://patreon.com/modernmba🔎 YouTube is full of outstanding creators, but high-quality content is often hard to find. Favoree lets you explore, rate, and review YouTube channels. Discover their new website - https://bit.ly/favoree0:00 Sending Money for Better7:49 Distributed Systems19:54 Banking the Unbanked

On the anniversary of Black Monday, put the efficient market hypothesis to the test and see if you can beat the market in historical stock market scenarios

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2022, US merchants paid a record $160.70 billion in processing fees to accept $10.589...

Everyone knows you need to save. Settling on an appropriate amount to save, where to put the cash and how to get there in the first place are harder nuts to crack. One option is to consult old saws, such as putting away three-to-six months’ worth of essential expenses in a high-yield savings acc

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The biggest news in the insurance industry this year has more to do with climate change than anything else. Extreme weather, be it heat and fires or storms and flooding, are taking a toll on insurers. In turn their customers are seeing coverage become more expensive, if they can find it at all. Things are getting dire in states like Florida, California, Colorado, Louisiana and even Iowa as many key insurance companies are pulling out of the market.