Personal Finance: How to check the pulse of the economy
Financial geeks revel in collecting and interpreting mountains of economic data in an effort to divine future performance and gain an advantage in investment selection.
Personal Finance: Student loans impeding millennial homebuyers
It is hardly news that the student loan crisis has reached epic proportions in the United States.
Personal Finance: What’s up with gas prices?
Anyone who hit the road over this past Memorial Day weekend undoubtedly felt the pain of higher gas prices, up around 30 percent on average over last year.
Personal Finance: Why are wages rising so slowly?
Last week, we looked at how the government compiles statistics on job creation and wage trends, and observed that the unemployment rate has reached a 17-year low of 3.9 percent.
Personal Finance: Understanding the jobs report
On the first Friday of each month, a much-anticipated report is released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "The Employment Situation Survey," commonly called the jobs report, has the power to move markets because it is generally considered a key indicator of the health of the U.S. economy.
Personal Finance: Getting started with a savings plan
It is well known that Americans are not saving enough.
Personal Finance: Tweeting is not investing
Despite the recent correction, the stock market has enjoyed a sustained expansion since the Great Recession lows of 2009.
Personal Finance: Financial Literacy Month a great opportunity to improve financial literacy
Retirement should be anticipated as the reward for a lifetime of work.
Personal Finance: What is a stock buyback?
The topic of stock buybacks has garnered additional attention in recent months because of the adoption of the tax reform bill.
Personal Finance: New investor protection rules may improve transparency
The duty to protect investors is inherently in tension with the desire to maintain a competitive, free marketplace for investment services.