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From $6 eggs to $50,000 cars, these charts show how inflation has defined the past 5 years20:11 Rising prices have been crushing consumer confidence and biting at Americans’ wallets for more than five years now. Social Security checks are projected to be cut by $540 a month in just six years19:39 Social Security’s future may be even more dire than expected as time is running out to shore up the program’s finances. Choosing these AI-exposed college majors could dent your job prospects — and lower your pay18:35 At a time when many college students say they are rethinking their academic focus because of AI, new findings supply hard data on the potential costs of these decisions. Tax-free bond yields are in a sweet spot. Get in before it’s too late.18:03 Yields on municipal bonds — adjusted for taxable-equivalent comparisons — have widened dramatically over those of corporate bonds over the past two months. Do this one thing to help prevent your parents from being scammed17:31 “I felt like I was talking to a robot,” said one adviser about a client who was ensnared in a romance scam. |