Author name: Sarah Oconnor

Your credit report is one of those things you may not think to check very often. After all, if you’re not about to apply for a big loan or a new credit card, what’s the point? But actually, it’s important to check your credit report not just from a potential borrowing perspective. Reviewing your credit […]

We’re only a few weeks into 2024, which means that hopefully, a lot of people are still making plans to uphold their financial resolutions. Recent research from The Ascent found that building an emergency fund was one big goal Americans were aspiring to in 2024. But the idea of doing so can be pretty daunting.

In this podcast, Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey and Jules van Binsbergen, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, discuss: Market sentiment. Savings goals. How to prepare for periods with lower rates of return. Disconnects between the real economy and financial markets. Whether the U.S. stock market is merely a “lucky survivor.”

These 5 Cars Have the Worst Resale Value By: Chris Neiger | Updated Jan. 22, 2024 – First published on Jan. 22, 2024 Buying a car is more expensive than ever, considering that the average price of a new vehicle is now $48,759. Other car-related expenses have spiked as well, including repairs and insurance. Many buyers

There are a lot of things a person might feel guilty about. For example, if you routinely flip the bird to slow drivers, maybe it’s time to rethink your behavior. If you’re deliberately unkind to waitstaff, you should ask yourself why. However, if you feel guilty because you don’t have as much money in a

If you’re juggling credit card debt, you’re not alone. As of the third quarter of 2023, Americans owed $995 billion on their credit cards, says TransUnion. It’s one thing to be managing a single credit card balance. But if you owe money on multiple cards, that may be even more stressful. And it may be

In this podcast, Motley Fool host Dylan Lewis and analysts Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger discuss: Why there’s so much cash sitting on the sidelines right now, and why it may or may not work back into the market. Blackrock and Fidelity getting in on the newly available Bitcoin spot ETFs, and how they could

The S&P 500 has never been higher, but some stocks still look extremely cheap. In this video, Fool.com contributors Matt Frankel and Tyler Crowe discuss two that they still think are bargains. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 25, 2024. The video was published on Jan. 26, 2024. Matthew Frankel, CFP® has