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Credit card debt is soaring, interest rates on balances has moved into the 30% range on many cards, and delinquencies...

This column was prompted by a call to a radio program from a man who explained that he is fairly...

Famed market commentator Dennis Gartman no longer writes a daily letter. But when he sends out a special bulletin, I...

Caution: Read this column only if the idea of “running out of money” in your lifetime (with the exception of...

The Fed has spoken. Chairman Jay Powell clearly declared victory over inflation at his annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming press conference....

Nothing could be more devastating to your personal finances than an uninsured illness or accident. Yet each year, many Americans...

Whether your retiring and rolling over your 40l(k) or just starting to build your financial future, it pays to get...

What’s inside your retirement plan?   That’s a question every boomer should be asking these days, according to Ron Surz,  of...

Here's a short special column intended to deal with the question of whether the Fed has any particular political inclination...

How long do you think you’ll live?  That’s not an idle question, since so much of your financial planning depends...

Announcing free money!  Did that get your attention?  If you have a high school child or grandchild, don’t let them...

The world is awash in geo-political confusion.  In England, a new Labor government was just elected by a landslide, after...

Most people would agree that for horrendous crimes there should be no statute of limitations for prosecution.   For example, the...

The stock market keeps reaching new highs on the major indices – The Dow Jones Industrial Average, The S&P 500,...

More than half of Americans – 56% to be exact – believe the United States is in a recession, according...

Identity thieves have a new way of gaining access to your finances.  Even if you’ve frozen your credit report, they...

If you own your own home, it’s no surprise that your homeowner’s insurance premium has soared. Opening that bill, you...

The most unexpected and costly expense of retirement is the need to pay for long term custodial care – a...

Consumers just got some good news about a student loan forgiveness extension and about protections on credit card late payment...

The unemployment numbers are encouraging.   The unemployment rate has remained below 4% for 27 months, the longest streak since the...