Demonstrators hold signs during a rally for health-care funding outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sept. 30, 2025. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions of people are likely to drop their health insurance now that enhanced premium subsidies for consumers who buy coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have expired. That could increase…
Momo Productions | Stone | Getty Images Student debt can make it more challenging to prepare for retirement — and that is reflected in the retirement balances of older borrowers, Fidelity data shows. Retirement balances are roughly 30% lower among employees over age 50 who currently have student debt, at an average of $153,000, compared…
Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images Older workers and retirees who have lost track of retirement savings from a previous employer may benefit from a relatively new resource to help them reunite with those funds. Of the 236,269 unique visitors who logged onto the Labor Department’s Retirement Savings Lost and Found database from its…
Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images With tax season underway, many filers are expecting bigger refunds due to retroactive changes enacted in President Donald Trump‘s “big beautiful bill.” One expanded tax break in particular could trigger a sizable windfall for certain filers, experts say. For 2025, the legislation raised the federal deduction limit for state and…
President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” may affect when some older individuals retire, due to its new work requirements for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The law introduced Medicaid work requirements for certain individuals up to age 64. States have until Jan. 1, 2027, to adopt the new requirements. The One…
U.S. President Donald Trump points a finger onstage at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Trump Accounts Summit, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Jan. 28, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Trump administration has framed its new investment account, Trump accounts, as an early wealth-building tool for children — one that officials have said could make your kid…
Hill Street Studios | Digitalvision | Getty Images Housing affordability challenges are weighing on not only would-be buyers, but also on a growing share of existing homeowners, new data suggests. Late-stage mortgage delinquencies — those with payments at least 90 days past due — rose 18.6% in December from a year earlier, according to new…
Travelers wait in a long security line at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, May 7, 2025. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Travelers, be warned: Starting Feb. 1, you may need to pay a fee of $45 or more for going through airport security checkpoints without a Real ID…
President Donald Trump has picked Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. In keeping with the president’s push for lower interest rates, Warsh is expected to be more supportive of cutting the Fed’s key benchmark rate later this year. “I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Many Gen Z investors first learned about stocks at the peak of the meme stock craze in early 2021. Five years later, they’re taking a more disciplined approach to investing. Sharon Epperson explains how finance education in high school helped. Source link