Terry Savage: Is your home your piggy bank?
Despite the soaring value of the stock market, residential homes are considered the largest asset class in the country. The United States’ residential real estate market is worth $43.5 trillion,...
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Terry Savage: Credit problems are rising
Credit card debt is soaring, interest rates on balances have moved into the 30% range on many cards, and delinquencies and bankruptcies are rising. The statistics are grim as consumers...
Terry Savage: Loneliness as a health and financial issue
It’s a problem that has suddenly risen to the American consciousness, ever since the Surgeon General announced last year that “Americans are more lonely and socially disconnected than ever, and...
Terry Savage: The next direction for interest rates is down
The Fed appears to have done the impossible: reduced inflationary expectations without causing a steep recession and loss of jobs.
Terry Savage: What’s in YOUR retirement plan?
What’s inside your retirement plan? That’s a question every boomer should be asking these days, according to Ron Surz, of Target Date Solutions and the "Baby Boomers in Jeopardy" newsletter. Surz has...
Terry Savage: How to find trusted financial advice
Whether you're retiring and rolling over your 401(k) or just starting to build your financial future, it pays to get trusted financial advice.
Terry Savage: It’s scholarship time
Announcing free money! Did that get your attention? If you have a high school child or grandchild, don’t let them miss out on free money for college — not based...
Terry Savage: We need a statute of limitations on Social Security clawbacks
These miscalculation cases are all about errors, not fraud.
Terry Savage: As markets hit record highs, complacency is a risk
Pessimism is contagious. And so is optimism. But reality eventually rules. So, perhaps now it’s time to ask this question: Could the investing public be equally misinformed about this bull...
Terry Savage: There’s no recession in sight, but economic pain is real
Since the U.S. economy is not yet in a recession, either by official definition or by popular sentiment indicators, how can that negative perception of the economy be explained?