Josep Suria / Shutterstock.com It’s often said breakfast is the most important meal of the day — and you can bet the cereal industry agrees. It’s a $37 billion market. The diversity of options can be overwhelming; there are hundreds. Many sugar-coated and chocolate-covered varieties are marketed toward kids while others target health-conscious adults. Unfortunately, … Read more
PR Image Factory / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on FlexJobs.com. If you’re considering a career in programming or development, it’s a great choice! These are two of the most in-demand professions across nearly all industries, as companies increasingly rely on software to get work done. From finance and health care to manufacturing … Read more
Sean Locke Photography / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on The Penny Hoarder. You’ve spent months — years even — saving up for a down payment for a house. You’ve budgeted meticulously, banking savings whenever you could to make homeownership possible. After reaching that goal, you may feel like the pressure to budget … Read more
Whether you’re just starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, or you’re already retired, there are money moves you need to make to ensure your golden years are golden. What you want is a happy, stress-free life. How you’ll get it is with ideas like these. 1. Make sure you’re on … Read more
The way people talk about investing money makes it seem like magic. Have you seen TikToks or Tweets that talk about putting $5 a day into an account and turning it into $2.3 million? Sure, it’ll take five decades to accumulate and a 10% annual return, but it’s enough to make you reconsider that morning Starbucks! … Read more
Sean Pavone / Shutterstock.com What do you call a person with at least $100 million in assets? A centimillionaire. However, deciding where to stay when you’re traveling can be difficult, no matter your income level. From California to Florida, here’s a list of the most popular hotels visited by the nearly 10,000 centimillionaires living in … Read more
Mix and Match Studio / Shutterstock.com Like many Americans, I have plenty of street cred when it comes to dieting. When I was younger, in pursuit of weight loss I ate grapefruit, gave up fat, gave up all my favorite foods, followed a macrobiotic diet and tried fasting. Such crazy diet advice seems as American … Read more
fizkes / Shutterstock.com For many consumers, “online shopping” might be synonymous with “Amazon.” The enormous multinational retailer has come a long way from its 1995 beginnings as an online bookstore. It reported $149.2 billion in sales in the three months ending in December 2022. But Amazon isn’t alone in the online-shopping marketplace, and there’s one … Read more
SpeedKingz / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on The Penny Hoarder. Are you prone to impulse buying? Have you given in and made random, unnecessary purchases that eat into your potential savings without forethought? That could be why you can’t seem to recall what happened to that $20 bill in your wallet or … Read more
For the ninth time in just over a year, the Federal Reserve voted on March 22 to raise its target range for the federal funds rate. The increase of 25 basis points (0.25 of a percentage point) is as small as these hikes get. But the Fed indicated that more hikes will follow, with only … Read more