Financial toughness for the middle class is less about luck and more about repeatable habits that protect every paycheck. With household incomes often squeezed between rising costs and uncertain job ...

The final week of 2025 is bringing more than just holiday festivities and year-end reflections. For prospective homebuyers and current homeowners contemplating a refinance, the mortgage rate landscape ...

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The Federal Reserve’s final monetary move of 2026 gave markets a clearer but still-incomplete vision of where interest rates might be heading next year—a year likely marked by continued concerns over ...

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said the US central bank risks sparking a recession unless it continues lowering interest rates next year. “If we don’t adjust policy down, then I think that we ...

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said there’s no urgency to further adjust interest rates and recent employment and inflation data did little to change his outlook. “I don’t ...

Credit card interest rates resumed dropping in the second half of 2025, closing out the year at 19.7%, about a percentage point lower than the record high set in August of 2024. And while Bankrate ...

Aaron Broverman is the Managing Editor of Forbes Advisor Canada. He has almost 20 years of experience writing in the personal finance space for outlets such as Bankrate, Bankrate Canada, ...

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Realty Income has increased its dividend at a 4.2% compound annual rate over the past three decades. Mid-America Apartment Communities recently extended its dividend growth streak to 16 years in a row ...