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For thousands in Dorian’s path, cost can stand in the way of evacuating
Evacuating your home ahead of a hurricane like Dorian is a stressful, often emotional thing, pretty much no matter who you are. It’s also expensive. “To evacuate you have to have a fully functioning...
View ArticleFAQ: How to build and improve your credit
Credit can be confusing. We’re told that credit matters, and that having “good” credit is crucial to financial health. But for all the advice out there, Americans have over $13 trillion in different...
View ArticleFAQ: Understanding that unexpected medical bill
Life happens — including unexpected trips to the doctor’s office or emergency room. But how to deal with an unexpected medical bill? These bills materialize when people are underinsured or forced to...
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For richer, for poorer: sharing money in marriage
A few months before they were set to get married, Talaat McNeely came clean to his fiancee, Tai. He was in debt — a lot deeper than he’d let on. In all of their pre-wedding conversations about money,...
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70% of college students graduate with debt. How did we get here?
Even before their kids were born, Luke Burnham and his wife started saving for college. First in a regular savings account and later, when each of their sons turned six, in 529s — dedicated college...
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How am I going to pay for this? Saving for your kids’ college education
If you’re overwhelmed by the prospect of saving for college for your kids, you’re not alone. A third of people are afraid they won’t be able to afford to send their kids to college, according to the...
View ArticleFAQ: The differences between a pension and a 401(k)
If you’re lucky enough to work somewhere that offers a company-sponsored retirement plan — and many in the private sector are not —chances are that plan is a 401(k) or its cousin, the 403(b). Back in...
View ArticleFAQ: What’s the best strategy for maximizing Social Security?
Emily Copeland is about three years out from being able to take Social Security. Her husband’s already eligible, though not yet at full retirement age. They’re both still working, luckily enough in...
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The cost of building a family using donor sperm
It had not been a good day, and it didn’t feel like it was going to be a good night, almost right up until the moment that Malkia and Nick Hutchinson-Arvizu won a free vial of sperm. It was raining,...
View ArticleTrump education official resigns, calls for student loan forgiveness
We’re used to Democrats saying the student loan system is fundamentally broken. But today it was a Republican saying that. And not just any Republican, but a Republican appointed by Education...
View ArticleMore people could qualify for mortgages under new rule
If you want to buy a house and you need a mortgage to do it, your credit score matters. A lot. One score in particular – FICO – has long mattered the most. But that may soon change. The Federal...
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The economic consequences of ICE raids are far reaching
Every day for the last year or so, since he was 15, Ivan had the same routine: wake up, go to school, and then go straight to work at PH Food, a poultry processing plant in his hometown, Morton,...
View ArticleIVF, adoption, surrogacy: How are you building your family?
Having a baby can be a complicated, expensive, emotional journey. Have you dealt with infertility? Tried IVF? Turned to a sperm or egg donor? Found a surrogate? Decided on adoption? Frozen your eggs?...
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FAQ: What to know about picking a health plan
Signing up for health insurance is one of those things that you’re probably not looking forward to doing, but that you don’t want to miss out on, either. Open enrollment — your one chance to sign up...
View ArticleWelcome to “Check Your Balance”
I’m Samantha Fields, Marketplace’s new personal finance reporter. I cover the many ways the economy and money affect your life, every day — from what you do for work, where you live, and how you spend...
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One year after Camp Fire, “it just keeps getting worse”
On hold. One year later, that’s how life feels for thousands of survivors of the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. Given the massive scale of what was lost...
View ArticleFAQ: When is a high deductible health plan with an HSA a good choice?
November is a lot of things. It’s when we turn back the clocks. It’s Thanksgiving. It’s also open enrollment. A time to compare premiums and deductibles and copays, guess about your health care needs...
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Lots of Americans go into debt over the holidays
It is officially the holiday season, which, for a lot of people, means financial stress. “There’s definitely a lot of pressure to overspend around the holidays,” said Ted Rossman, an industry analyst...
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More students from higher-income families taking out student loans
These days, all the kids are doing it — borrowing money to go to college. Whether their families are higher income, lower income, or somewhere in between, a majority of all students today take out...
View ArticleOne idea to pay off student debt: use your retirement account
A new proposal out this week from Sen. Rand Paul would let people tap into some of their 401(k) or IRA to either pay for college or pay off student debt without a penalty. While the bill will likely...
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