Personal Finance
Here’s a cool deal for Tuesday, Aug. 18: You can get a free small ICEE at more than 1,800 locations nationwide for the first National ICEE Day. Free drinks will be available at participating Walmart Fuel and convenience locations and Krystal restaurants, with no purchase necessary. You can also get…
Retiring at 52 could lock up a big part of your nest egg until age 59 ½. If most of your money sits in a 401(k) or traditional IRA, early withdrawals might trigger a 10% penalty. A Roth conversion ladder, however, may provide access sooner without that charge, but you…
This summer I toured a couple of 6,000 to 7,000 square foot mansion in the Kahala neighborhood of Honolulu, all in preparation for a potential move in two or three years. We plan to move back for either 6th or 7th grade for our son and 3rd or 4th grade…
Buc-ee’s opened its first Arkansas location in Benton on Aug. 17, continuing the beaver-branded travel center’s expansion out of its Texas stomping grounds. The location is expected to bring more than 200 jobs to the city and will occupy 74,000 square feet with 120 fueling stations, according to a Buc-ee’s…
Americans are spending a lot on groceries, with food prices up 33% since 2019. But if you plan well and utilize your freezer, you can put plenty of wiggle room into your food budget. You probably can’t negotiate your rent or your car payment. But you can almost certainly reduce…
Here’s a question worth asking before next tax season: If artificial intelligence is now doing most of the grunt work on your return, why isn’t your bill going down? The work really is getting easier. TurboTax’s maker says its software now automates data entry for about 90% of tax forms…
How much does it cost to go to an SEC school? We looked up the numbers for all 18 schools and ranked them on cost of attendance for one year, including tuition, room and board, food plans, activity fees and more. All the information was gathered from each school’s official…
You’ve probably heard the old saw that you need to change your oil every 3,000 miles to keep your car running smoothly. Except now most modern cars can go as much as 5,000 miles between oil changes. Long-time drivers’ heads are probably filled with such rigid rules they learned when…
I thought our family budget was airtight. We tracked our spending, cooked at home, and rarely splurged. Yet, every month, our checking account felt like it had a slow leak. Out of sheer frustration, I uploaded a raw spreadsheet of our monthly statements to a free AI chatbot and asked…
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Monster. As conversations about burnout and work-life balance continue, long hours remain common across the workforce. Monster’s Workaholics Report finds that for many full-time employees, working beyond 40 hours per week is not the exception but the norm. In fact, most workers now…
