When people talk about improving financial literacy, the conversation often focuses on teaching practical skills: how to ...

With each passing day, Chicago Cubs fans are becoming more convinced that their team isn't going to make a major splash in free agency this offseason. Jed Hoyer and the rest of the Cubs' brass could ...

Unemployment rose from 4% in January 2025 to 4.6% by year end. Jerome Powell is expected to step down in May 2026. Trump has signaled he wants lower interest rates and will hand-pick the new Fed chair ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Candace Owens has a very popular internet show in which she trots out deranged conspiracies about, among other ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...

Contrary to a common assumption, you don't need a ton of capital to get started as an investor. Plenty of average earners have grown their retirement savings to seven-figure sums. The key is letting ...

H ave you ever met a Zionist Foucauldian? Some 30 years ago, I half-jokingly asked my fellow graduate students in a social-theory course if they had ever encountered such a creature. No one had. The ...

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates again at its final meeting of the year, signaling that Chair Jerome Powell was able to guide his deeply divided committee toward a consensus over how to ...

A third rate cut this year may be a foregone conclusion but any clues about its plans for its balance sheet will be crucial. The stock market finished on the cusp of record highs on Friday, led higher ...

If you have ever sworn off social media for a week or two because you sensed it was feeding your anxiety or dampening your mood, you may be on to something. A new study out last week in JAMA Network ...