A sign is displayed at the Department of Labor Frances Perkins Building on June, 2025, in Washington. Kevin Carter | Getty Images The Department of Labor on Monday proposed a rule that would allow 401(k) plans to more easily include alternative assets such as cryptocurrency, real estate and private market assets. The proposal is in…
Andresr | E+ | Getty Images For a growing share of new-car buyers with a vehicle to trade in, an unwelcome part of their old loan follows them in their new purchase: negative equity. An estimated 30.5% of car buyers with a trade-in owe more than the car is worth, according to J.D. Power’s automotive…
President Donald J. Trump exits the House Chamber after delivering the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 24, 2026. Kenny Holston/the New York Times | Via Reuters As Americans receive their tax refunds this…
Senior couple having coffee in front of suburban home Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images For many couples, money is a source of stress: They might be facing credit card debt or student loans, trying to buy a house, or figuring out child care. Talking about it could help. But people in romantic relationships…
Getty Images | Rebecca Drobis “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage” is a book about betrayal, heartbreak and loss. But for women, the financial lessons in it are paramount. In her bestselling memoir, author Belle Burden recounts the deeply personal dissolution of her marriage after her husband admitted to an affair and left her abruptly in…
Pheelings Media | Istock | Getty Images The average tax refund is 10.9% higher so far this season, compared with about the same period in 2025, according to the latest IRS filing data. As of March 20, the average refund amount for individual filers was $3,571, up from $3,221 roughly one year ago, the IRS reported on Friday. The…
Tunyada Kongkapan | E+ | Getty Images A growing number of filers are facing tax refund delays amid a government-wide phaseout of paper checks. House Ways and Means Committee Democrats this week sent another letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, with “additional concerns” about roughly 1.4 million IRS notices sent to filers about refund delays…
Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty Images About 59 million Americans provided care for an adult family member, neighbor or friend in 2024, according to a new report from the AARP Public Policy Institute. Their efforts added up to 49.5 billion hours of care, representing $1.01 trillion in total economic value annually, the report estimates….
A man pumps gas at an Exxon station as the price of oil and gas has surged amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 5, 2026. Ken Cedeno | Reuters As the Iran war continues, and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil shipping route, remains stalled, many…
Toucanstudios | E+ | Getty Images Single women have long outpaced single men as homebuyers — and they may be pulling ahead financially as well. Among first-time buyers, single women have a median income of $73,000 compared with $66,400 for single men, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and…