Managing one’s finances can be challenging, especially when faced with conflicting – and often wrong – information fed to people, especially on social media. Buying into common misconceptions surround...
Retirement account balances dipped in the first quarter due to stock market turbulence. Still, people kept socking away money for their retirement, according to new data from Fidelity Investments. The...
Using "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) has become increasingly common in recent years as people look to split up and finance purchases they make. According to Credit Sesame financial analyst Richard Barrin...
President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" cleared the House and is making its way through the Senate. Still, critics point out the bill, which is over 1,000 pages, will add trillions to what is a...
Americans have trillions of dollars of wealth locked up in their homes, and passing it on at death can get messy quickly.The typical way of outlining who should get the house in a will can cause delay...
The Federal Reserve is keeping rates steady at its targeted range of 4% to 4.25% and is waiting to see how President Donald Trump's administration's tariffs will impact the economy.For now, Federal Re...
Apr 11th 2025 | Hong Kong and Singapore SO FAR THIS year China has imported ten American films, including the zany “A Minecraft Movie”. But there is a limit to how much American drama anyone can stand...
Consumer prices fell 0.1% in March, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This is the first monthly drop since July 2022.Annual inflation increa...
Apr 8th 2025 | Delhi, Singapore and Tokyo “Do not retaliate and you will be rewarded.” That was the message from the White House on April 9th after Donald Trump announced a pause on tariffs for most t...
Apr 10th 2025 | Washington, DC For a good few hours on April 9th, disaster beckoned. Share prices had been falling for weeks. Then the market for American Treasury bonds—normally among the safest asse...
Apr 10th 2025 | Washington, DC For people who believe themselves to be autonomous individuals possessed of their own free will, the past week has been a bracing corrective. Everyone, down to the most ...
Apr 10th 2025 | Hong Kong Victoria Harbour is Hong Kong’s most glamorous body of water. But Rambler Channel is where the free port’s work is done. The quays along its banks extend over more than 7km. ...
