Saving + Spending

Will Health Savings Accounts Be the New 401(k)?

By Mark Miller, Reuters

If HSAs are to play a major role financing healthcare, they will need to be more robust and less expensive - and more transparent to consumers shopping for the best deals.
How Much Money Do You Need to Be Wealthy? Here’s What Most People Say

By Beth Braverman

Americans’ collective net worth has risen in recent years, thanks to a healthy stock market and steadily increasing home values, but most people think they need a lot more money to feel financially...
Tax Day 2017: Where to Get Free Stuff and Special Deals

By Donna Doyle, dealnews.com

The days inch ever closer to April 18 and some of us are still scrambling to get our taxes filed in time. If this rings true for you, you can look forward to Tax Day for one reason — free stuff! Lots...
Where Americans Spend Their Money: The 25 Top Stores and Restaurants

By Yuval Rosenberg

Here’s an amazing new measure of just how deeply Walmart is ingrained into the fabric of American life: Last year, 95 percent of U.S. consumers bought something from the retailing behemoth, either in...
Why 2017 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year to Buy a Car

By Janna Herron

The record-setting car-buying boom appears to be over—and that’s good news for anyone in the market for a new set of wheels. Thanks largely to cheap gas and auto loan rates near historic lows, U.S...

Consumer Confidence at a 16-Year High: What Are Americans So Excited About?

By Anthony Mirhaydari

The big news this week isn't that the Dow Jones Industrial Average narrowly avoided the longest losing streak since the 1970s. Nor is it the new Justice League trailer or word the Oakland Raiders...
That’s a Lot of Peeps: Why Easter Spending Will Set a Record This Year

By Beth Braverman

Easter spending will jump to its highest level ever this year.
This Big Washington Battle Could Hit You in the Wallet

By Brad Wolverton, NerdWallet

If you’ve ever had to dispute a charge on a credit card, fix a mix-up with your mortgage or stop a debt collector from hounding you, you’ve benefited from the work of a federal watchdog agency that...
Americans’ Household Wealth Hits a New High

By Janna Herron

Americans, on the whole, are richer than ever. The combined net worth of U.S. households hit $92.8 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2016, due to big gains in the stock market along with steady...
The 10 US Companies With the Best Reputations – and the 10 Worst

By Janna Herron

Amazon is the big winner in new survey of attitudes toward U.S. corporations. The online retail giant recorded the highest score for reputation among 100 top companies, and is celebrating its win...

Why You Should Save for Health Care the Way You Save for Retirement

By Jason Notte, MainStreet

Should you save for health care the way you save for retirement? Well, the folks selling flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements and other such products wish you would. Alegeus...
Five Reasons to Break Up With Your Bank

By Beth Braverman

The widespread adoption of direct deposit and automatic bill pay make checking accounts particularly “sticky,” or harder for banks clients to switch away from. Only 5 percent of consumers made a...
How the Brexit Affects Your Retirement

By Dan Burns, Reuters

Britons have voted to leave the European Union, an outcome that has shocked global financial markets, sending stocks plunging and sovereign bonds and the U.S. dollar sharply higher. The decision is...
Americans Will Spend 8.9 Billion Hours Doing Taxes in 2016

By Suman Bhattacharyya

Americans will spend nearly 9 billion hours this year filling out paperwork for the IRS, according to a Tax Foundation report released last week. That’s more than 1 million years, or enough time to...
A Shocking Number of Americans Have No Emergency Savings

By Jessica Dickler, CNBC

Many Americans are woefully ill-prepared for an unplanned expense, so much so that a whopping 66 million U.S. adults have zero dollars saved for an emergency, according to a new study. When broken...

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