Personal finance
Therapists say they see more workers anxious about AI: It’s ‘a fear of becoming obsolete’
Fiordaliso | Moment | Getty Images Over the last few years, Emma Kobil, a trauma counselor in Denver, started noticing a new topic coming up with her patients: artificial intelligence. “I’ve had clients lose their jobs due to AI, and it’s something we’ve processed in our sessions,” Kobil said. Often, they express “shock, disbelief and […]
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Major winter storm may affect over 170 million Americans — how much it could cost you
A massive winter storm is threatening to wreak havoc across the U.S. in the days ahead — and potentially take a financial toll on households in its path. The National Weather Service said Friday that it expects a “significant, long-duration winter storm” to bring heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to a broad swath of the […]
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Intel’s likely to still move higher. Here’s a ‘no-cost’ options strategy to play it
Intel’s earnings report beat on both the top and bottom lines, yet softer guidance sparked profit takers to sell the recovering chipmaker, pushing it down to $46, a more than 15% decline. The acute sell-off came after the former premier chipmaker rallied about 150% since January of 2025. I want to use options to establish […]
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We’re in a ‘hiring recession,’ economist says — how job seekers can stand out
Maskot | Digitalvision | Getty Images A cooling labor market, characterized by sluggish hiring and anemic job creation, made it hard for job seekers to find work in 2025, according to economists. “It’s fair to say that 2025 was a hiring recession in the United States,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, […]
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War, booze and mopeds: Travel insurance coverage gaps that may surprise you
Aj_watt | E+ | Getty Images Travelers who were briefly stranded abroad after the U.S. operation to extract Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro got a hard lesson in the limitations of travel insurance. Travel insurance policies offer a financial backstop to buyers for various unforeseen snafus, like having to pay for medical care abroad or for […]
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Trump calls for one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%
A shopper pays with a credit card at the farmer’s market in San Francisco on March 27, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was calling for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10% starting on Jan. 20, but he did not provide details […]
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Micron is overbought. Using options to hedge against a reversal lower, while keeping upside exposure
Most options expire worthless, and short-dated options typically decay more rapidly, particularly relative to their own “extrinsic value” than longer-dated options strategies do. Consequently, options traders tend to focus on selling short-dated options a strategy that looks attractive because the decay (theta) is visible every day. The problem is that most of that theta is […]
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Trump: We are going to run Venezuela until we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition
Smoke rises from Port of La Guaira after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard on January 03, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela. Jesus Vargas | Getty Images President Donald Trump said the U.S. is going to temporarily take over governing Venezuela after launching a large-scale surprise attack on the country overnight. “We are going to run the country […]
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He has been walking around the world for the last 27 years—Here’s the no. 1 lesson he learned about happiness
Karl Bushby has been walking around the world over the last 27 years. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Karl Bushby was 29 when he left his home city of Hull, England and took off for the adventure of a lifetime. With $500 in his pocket and some survival gear, he went on a mission […]
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Trump administration must fund U.S. consumer finance watchdog, judge says
A view of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters building in Washington, DC, on Feb. 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a claim by President Donald Trump’s administration that it is legally barred from securing funding for the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, noting that […]
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