According to a new survey from Ally Invest, the online trading and automated investing arm of Ally Financial Inc., nearly two-thirds of survey respondents (65%) say they find investing in the stock market to be scary and/or intimidating, up from 61% in a similar survey during the same period last year. Fear is highest among…
By Jennifer K. Crittenden, Special for THE TIME USA Recently, I attended a workshop about sexual harassment with some college students. During our discussion, I became aware that they thought that, once they were out working, the first reaction to something that might be sexual harassment should be to head straight to human resources to…
A new report from personal finance website GOBankingRates revealed that 32 percent of Americans – nearly a third of respondents – have no money in their savings accounts. GOBankingRates conducts this survey each year to better understand Americans’ personal financial standing. Since 2015, the results have shown that the majority of Americans have less than…
People tend to use social media – particularly YouTube and Instagram – more in 2018 compared to 2017, according to a new survey from The Manifest, a business news and how-to website. Nearly two-thirds of social media users report they use YouTube (63%) and Instagram (61%) more in 2018 than 2017, compared to 52% who…
The Concord Coalition today warned that the rapidly rising federal budget deficit — totaling nearly $779 billion in Fiscal Year 2018 — reflects a structural gap between spending and revenues that is largely ignored in Washington even as it grows worse. The Treasury Department this afternoon released the figure, which is $113 billion higher than…
Hurricane Michael is a monster storm. It is the largest to hit the Florida panhandle in decades. AccuWeather predicted a terrifying storm earlier today, noting: “Catastrophic Hurricane Michael continues to intensify as it approaches the Florida Panhandle. It is the strongest storm to hit the U.S., in terms of wind, since Hurricane Charley in…
In a new study just released by Upgraded Points, data compiled from 2007 through 2017 highlights spikes in growth as well as sharp declines in some of America’s most iconic airports. Though the numbers revealed some obvious names on the list, there were some surprising downward trends in a few of the biggest airports. Upgraded…
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today unveiled the 2019 Best Places to Retire in the U.S. The rankings offer a comprehensive evaluation of the country’s 100 largest metropolitan areas based on how well they meet Americans’ expectations for retirement, with measures including housing affordability, desirability, health care…