Money

  • Grandma and grandaughter sitting at a kitchen table in front of coins

    These Old Money Tips Just Don’t Work Anymore in 2025

    Grandparents often love sharing their tried-and-true financial advice with younger generations. But not all the guidance that worked in Grandma’s day is still relevant. From outdated investment strategies to misguided credit card fears, here are several old-school money tips that…

  • Woman checking the bill when paying at a supermarket

    8 of the Most Common Money Myths Debunked

    While it might seem like frugality is all about pinching pennies and self-denial, that’s just one of many money-saving myths that don’t hold up to scrutiny. Let’s say, for instance, that you skip a doctor’s appointment to avoid the copay,…

  • Unrecognizable man with a cardboard box outside a yellow van from DHL on Broadway in the Soho district in lower Manhattan

    DHL Halts International Shipments Over $800 to U.S. Consumers Due to New Customs Rules

    If you’ve ordered something nice from abroad — say, over $800 — DHL just made things a bit trickier.  The shipping giant is temporarily stopping high-value international deliveries to U.S. consumers. It’s not personal, though it feels like it is.…

  • Worried senior couple feeling stressed while have to pay their bills over Internet

    If You Have These Bills on Autopay, Take Them Off Immediately

    Setting your bills to autopay might seem like a great way to never miss a payment, avoid late fees, and build credit. But it also makes it easy to stop paying attention, lulling you into overspending and unintended consequences. It…

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    15 Industries That Would Benefit From a Recession

    The stock market tumbles, businesses halt operations, and consumers tighten their belts against inflationary price hikes — it all sounds pretty bad. Yet some industries have built-in mechanisms that allow them to survive, and even thrive, when economic storm clouds…

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    32 Ways You’re Ruining Your Home and Don’t Even Know It

    Our home’s walls, floors, porch, patio, roof, plumbing, lights — and so on — form our own personal safety net. When you look at it that way, of course you want to do everything you can to protect that inner…