We may be paying a price for our pumpkin-spice cravings. A new study from the MagnifyMoney.com website has found that retailers routinely charge more for pumpkin-spice items than for the Read more
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Oh my gourd! People pay 14.1% more on average for pumpkin-spice products and what you need to know about the student loan forgiveness application as millions apply
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Oh my gourd! People pay 14.1% more on average for pumpkin-spice products. Some retailers push the pumpkin-spice upcharge to the upper limits. Trader Read more
People pay 14.1% more on average for pumpkin-spice products
We may be paying a price for our pumpkin-spice cravings. A new study from the MagnifyMoney.com website has found that retailers routinely charge more for pumpkin-spice items than for the Read more
People who do this one thing have HALF the Alzheimer’s risk
The things to remember about dementia are that it is absolutely horrible for you and everyone around you; it’s a high probability; and when it comes to fighting it or Read more
‘The mood has turned darker’: Desperate to outrun inflation, people are making big (and easy) changes to their habits. You can too.
We never were the same after last summer. Stubbornly high inflation rates in recent months and several interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve are impacting consumer behavior. That’s Read more
Why don’t some people ever retire — even if they have plenty of money?
I often meet people who have saved more than enough to retire. In my role as a financial planner, I share numbers with them showing that, if they retire today, Read more
How much do people rely on Social Security?
A reporter asked the other day how dependent people were on Social Security. The query sent me scurrying to find the latest Social Security Administration statistical publication showing the percentage Read more
Fewer than 50% of U.S. adults are now married. It’s time to give more legal and financial breaks to single people, law professor says.
The share of married Americans has fallen to 45%, down from 50% in 2015. At the same time, the share of Americans who are not in a romantic relationship rose Read more
SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.26 million over Instagram post touting crypto — and yet over one-third of people rate online-investing sources as ‘extremely important’
Kardashian is no stranger to the spotlight, but this case puts a hard glare on emerging challenges related to “finfluencers” — and, more broadly, it’s a timely reminder that there’s Read more
Young people shouldn’t save for retirement, new research says
Most financial planners advise young people to start saving early — and often — for retirement so they can take advantage of the so-called eighth wonder of the world – Read more