Getting family members to listen to you when you think they are headed down a dangerous financial path can be difficult. But there are preventive steps you can take.
Category: Personal Finances
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Your Tax Refund Could Be Taken if You’ve Defaulted on Student Loans: What to Know
Millions of people are at risk of the government’s seizing their refunds to pay what is owed on student loans.
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What to Know about Bilt’s New Rewards Program for Mortgage and Rent Payments
Bilt, a rewards and payments start-up, has three new credit cards that can help users earn points when they pay their mortgage. You will need to do math.
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How a Puzzling 401(k) Plan Changed One Woman’s Life
Eryn Schultz was an H-E-B grocery store leader with an M.B.A. A slow pivot toward a big career change began when she found her retirement plan wanting.
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How Gen Z Investors Went from Meme Stocks to Index Funds
Some Gen Z-ers first entered the markets during the pandemic’s meme stock craze. They have since become more patient investors.
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How to Make, and Keep, New Year’s Financial Resolutions
Experts offered a variety of suggestions, including paring your list of goals, making saving automatic and avoiding spending temptations like marketing emails.
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Will Stock Markets Sizzle Into 2026?
Returns have been fabulous but consider the potential for setbacks in this already hazardous year, our columnist says.
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Retirement 2026 by the Numbers
As the new year begins, savings have hit unprecedented levels, but rising health care costs and growing poverty make retirement unaffordable for many.
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Big Changes Are Coming to Student Loans. Here’s What to Know if You’re Struggling.
Millions of borrowers who are behind can expect the government to tighten the options in 2026. Experts say take action now to get help.
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More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy
A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like them should try.
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Crypto for Christmas? Gen Z-ers Are Cautiously Open to the Idea.
Despite recent volatility in the crypto market, younger generations are still open to receiving digital currencies as gifts.