In an annual study tracking customer satisfaction ratings with the top 100 online retailers, perhaps the biggest takeaway is …
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Living to 100: As It Becomes Common, Money Regrets Follow
We’re on track for a population with 600,000 folks over the age of 100 by 2050. Yet almost nobody is planning for it financially.
We Lost $38 Billion Last Year Just Waiting Around for the Cable Guy
You know how the cable company gives you that huge window of hours when they’ll be able to stop by and fix your service? Well, it’s not just annoying — it’s expensive. Turns out that waiting at home for the cable guy, U.P.S., …
Housing Survey: Americans Pessimistic, but ‘Would Buy’ If They Had to Move
Pity the American consumer, especially when it comes to housing. A large proportion of those surveyed (43%) in a recent Fannie Mae poll about homeownership and the economy report that their expenses are “significantly higher” …
Survey: College Is Unaffordable, and a Poor Value. But It’s Still a Good Investment?
Is this a mixed message? Of course. It’s also a formula for college to keep getting more and more expensive.
$7.5 Million: That’s the Magic Number, Then I’ll Feel Rich
Plenty of rich people don’t really feel particularly well off. In a new survey of millionaires, the magic number—the amount they’d need to feel truly rich—seems to be $7.5 million.
The Nation’s Most Fiscally Responsible Citizens Hail From … New Jersey?
My home state, much derided as a haven of McMansions, malls, and obnoxious, tanning-booth-crazed reality TV stars, and a place regularly accused by its own residents of having one of the country’s most fiscally irresponsible governments in the land, actually boasts the country’s most financially capable and responsible people. Who says …
