Current News

1. Inflation is quietly chipping away at most Americans’ main source of wealth

   Home-price growth continues to slow in the 20 biggest metro areas in the U.S., as the housing market buckles under the weight of high mortgage rates and high home prices.

2. Visa earnings offer an upbeat read on consumer-spending habits

   Volume growth picked up in the latest quarter, suggestive of healthy payment activity.

3. Here’s why Oreo maker Mondelez gave Wall Street a cloudier outlook for the year

   Mondelez says it reached ‘peak costs’ in the quarter.

4. ‘Luckily, I did not mix our finances’: My husband is 7 years younger and has dementia. What happens now?

   “I have gotten our living expenses as low as I can, and I have dental and healthcare insurance for both of us.”

5. My husband and I have $7K in Social Security and $2.5 million in stocks. What could go wrong?

   “I hope to live off of the combination of Social Security and the TIPS ladder.”