Personal Finance

There are over one million registered charities in the United States alone, and many more worldwide. How do you choose among them? MyGoodness is a simple game that helps you understand how you give.

Financial aid offer letters look vastly different from one school to the next, and it isn't always clear how much students will have to pay. "It's really the Wild West," one expert says.

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College in the United States is expensive. The cost of higher education just keeps going up. Tuition costs at both public and private universities have doubled since the late 80s, while accounting for inflation. "I think that it's so ingrained in your head that you have to go to college, that college is the next step after graduation," said Jarret Freeman, a college graduate with roughly $50,000 in student debt. "I think in hindsight, I see that college is not for everyone." But a college education is becoming more and more necessary to succeed in today's economy. Georgetown University esti...

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For free coffee, students can provide their names, phone numbers, email, majors and interests. This information is then provided to corporate sponsors who want to "diversify students' career choices."

The personal savings rate hit a historic 33% in April, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said.

As late as April 2019, Origin, an independent research firm, found that 75% of consumers still carried cash.

This paper explores how often U.S. consumers spent and held cash during the 2017 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice survey. Data from 2017 show that cash continues to be the most frequently used payment instrument, representing 30 percent of all transactions and 55 percent of transactions under $10.

ShareTweet EPI’s Family Budget Calculator measures the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living. The budgets estimate community-specific costs for 10 family types (one or two adults with zero to four children) in all counties and metro areas in the United States. Compared with the federal poverty line…

Index mutual funds and ETFs have become overwhelmingly popular in the last decade. But are they they best way to invest your serious, long-term money? Keep reading to find out, the answer might surprise you...

A new prize-linked savings account called Yotta Savings has sparked interest among Redditors and the Doctor of Credit blog. According to its website, Yotta wants to help Americans become more financially secure “by making saving instantly fun.” The company says the concept came from Premium Bonds—the UK’s biggest savings product—which offers bondholders the opportunity to win £1 million every month.

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This podcast series explores the lies we believe about college and digs into the soaring cost of tuition and the predatory nature of the student loan industry.

If buying food is busting your budget, it’s time to rethink what you know about grocery shopping. Learn how to save money on groceries with these 30 easy tips.

Apple Card is a better kind of credit card. And with Apple Card Monthly Installments, you can pay for a new iPhone with interest-free payments.

We'll pick a random 10-year period and see if you can spot and avoid the downturn.

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Popular payment app Venmo has ushered in 40 million users to its platform, its parent company PayPal announced on Wednesday.

Answer: 27% Questions: Which majors do you think are more likely to lead to a job in that field? What steps can you take to prepare yourself for employment, regardless of which major you choose? Given that almost 3/4 of college grads end up in fields that are not related to their major, do you think it's a good idea to consider multiple majors while in college?  Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.  Behind the numbers (Inside Higher Ed): A New York Federal Reserve Bank study came up with this 27% statistic. The Insi...

Index funds (funds that mimic popular stock market indices like the S&P 500) now have more assets under management then active funds trying to "beat the market."  Per the WSJ:  Funds that track broad U.S. equity indexes hit $4.27 trillion in assets as of Aug. 31, according to research firm Morningstar Inc., giving them more money than stock-picking rivals for the first-ever monthly reporting period. Funds that try to beat the market had $4.25 trillion as of that date.