TopStories

Title Link Description PubDate
‘I worked at 14, had an 8.8% mortgage rate and drove used cars’: Did boomers really have it easier than millennials? link ‘We were frugal, using coupons, discount stores, shopping during the sales and eating leftovers,’ one baby-boomer reader writes. 2025/08/03 01:32
‘I have never been asked for money before’: My friend wants to borrow $1,600 to pay her rent. Do I say yes? link “I have heard mixed reviews on lending people money.” 2025/08/03 01:17
My therapist said he was in-network. The insurer says he’s not. Am I obliged to pay full rates for all prior sessions? link “The insurance company is saying he is not in-network and that they will not pay anything.” 2025/08/03 01:13
Are Trump’s tariffs helping or hurting America’s economy? 6 key facts about U.S. trade. link There’s no connection between bigger trade deficits and slower economic growth. 2025/08/03 00:31
The ‘great wealth transfer’ is coming. Many people will be rich — but they’re not ready. link Inheriting money is one thing; keeping it is another. 2025/08/03 00:29
As the eldercare crisis escalates, families seek help from these coaches and consultants link Families overwhelmed by a fall, new diagnosis or caregiving are calling this growing group of care and insurance experts. 2025/08/03 00:14
Luxury cruise lines are relaxing their evening dress codes. But is denim at dinner too much? link So much for the Titanic era of dressing up for dining at sea. 2025/08/03 00:08
Weight-loss drugs may be covered by Medicare, Medicaid under experimental program link Costly GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound could be covered under the new plan. 2025/08/03 00:00
All the reasons privatizing Social Security would be a terrible idea link Converting Social Security into millions of individual investment accounts would end the program as we know it. 2025/08/02 23:46
I’m in my 60s. My salary is not keeping up with inflation. Is this a bad time to jump ship? link “If my salary had kept pace with inflation, I would be earning an additional $17,000 a year.” 2025/08/02 23:11