financial

Almost everyone I know has faced — or is coping with — some financial challenge or adversity. If it’s not a load of student debt, it’s unemployment, a mortgage crisis, foreclosure, staggering…

The Aesop Fable known as The Ant and the Grasshopper offers a profound commentary on life and work. Its moral is at once striking and compelling, regardless of the reader’s background. One version of the fable goes as follows: One…

The cost of living is higher, and the job market has changed, which may not be for the better among many people. That means the smartest thing most people should do to stay in a decent financial position is budget. Even many wealthy…

by Eric Lendrum   After months of repeated attacks against Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, over alleged financial wrongdoings, the court’s longest-serving justice finally disclosed his finances this week, debunking many of the…

The email contained a single-word subject: “Help!” The sender, I’ll call her “Emily,” had been asked by her community group leader to give a 15-minute presentation on how to achieve financial…

By now, everyone in America is aware (or at least should be aware) that the U.S. national debt and interest expense on that debt are both exploding. Much has been written in the financial press warning that debt and…

Ryan Bourne and Sophia Bagley On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a rule to update stock buyback disclosures, igniting the debate over the economics of stock buybacks once again. The rule would require…

I sometimes wonder what it would be like if my 40-something self talked to my 18-year-old self. I think I’d tell my younger self, Congratulations, you didn’t totally screw up! I say this because I’ve always feared failure. Some people…

Some of the largest financial institutions posted positive earnings despite bank turmoil during the first quarter of 2023, according to their earning reports published on Friday. JPMorgan Chase,…

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Ohio Department of Commerce Director Sherry Maxfield announced on Tuesday that the managers of a Lucas County investment firm have been indicted on multiple felony charges in a decade-long scheme…