July 2, 2020
There is no general rule or age limit that dictates when a person must stop driving. In some states, however, drivers may experience more license renewal scrutiny after age 70, like an eye test. Being a driver can be a closely ingrained identity, …
July 1, 2020
Perception is the ultimate barometer of reality. As the economy continues to struggle to pull itself out of a COVID-19 quagmire, everyday people want to think that life will soon return to normal. Especially when it comes to unemployment as July …
June 30, 2020
A new law passed by Congress will now require your 401(k) to show you this very important piece of information: How much income to expect in retirement. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement (SECURE) Act enact several sweeping changes to …
June 29, 2020
The volatility and speculation in the stock market since the COVID-19 lock down has been unprecedented, and this hasn’t been lost on Mad Money’s Jim Cramer. “I’ve never seen so many games played with stocks, which is …
June 26, 2020
Big businesses will prosper and everyone else will suffer, thanks to the pandemic. That’s the view of Jim Cramer, the irascible CNBC host of “Mad Money.” The business lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to “one of the …
June 25, 2020
COVID-19, the newest strain of the coronavirus, has killed more than 120,000 Americans and infected 2.3 million of us. Facts and common-sense strategies are the only way to combat coronavirus panic and the spread of misinformation regarding how to …
June 24, 2020
As nearly half of U.S. states brace for an onslaught of new COVID cases, the financial impact is becoming nearly unavoidable — small business going under in droves, making the employment picture worse by the day. “You are going to have such a flood …
June 23, 2020
Yi Wen, an economist working at the St. Louis Fed, says policymakers in the United States “will need to consider negative interest rates” if they want to see a V-shaped recovery. Congress acted quickly to expand unemployment …
June 22, 2020
About 10 million American homes feature an inground pool. For many Americans, installing a pool is the closest equivalent of an extravagant home feature — a sign that you “made it” in America. Yet a pool is probably the least interesting …
June 19, 2020
The only thing that can be more expensive than attaining higher education may be the price of ignorance. Still, the cost of tuition is high. The average one-year tuition for a private college is $37,000 and $22,600 at a public college. Tuition may …
