Avoiding risk by not investing in the stock market also means you're missing out on potential gain. It may be time to put your extra savings to work.
Invest when you've already paid off high-interest debt, like student loans and credit-card debt, and established an emergency fund.
Opening a new bank account to get a cash bonus can be a quick way to bolster your savings, as long as you're clear on the requirements.
A high-yield savings account has the accessibility of a savings account with slow-but-steady growth for money you need in the next few years.
After saving for retirement for years, he figured out a foolproof strategy to keep his retirement savings growing: automate them.
While class and wealth are relative, a shrinking middle class, increased living costs, and debt contribute to their differences.
The first step to get a loan is checking and improving your credit. You'll get multiple lender quotes, and you'll want to be the best possible buyer.
A money-market account is a hybrid savings and checking account, with high interest rates and, sometimes, access to a debit card and checks.
Heed this advice and you'll avoid some expensive mistakes in the homebuying process.
A recent INSIDER and Morning Consult survey asked Americans who self-identified with a socio-economic class how they would spend an extra $1,000.
More retirement-age Americans, mostly baby boomers, are working today than ever before, but it's not because they need the money.
Some six-figure earners think they're working class — more than those who think they're rich, according to an INSIDER and Morning Consult survey.
Lenders look at debt-to-income ratio — monthly debt payments divided by monthly gross income — to decide whether a borrower can afford another loan.
To save more money, you have to cut back in the areas where you're spending the most.
Before we get into the financial minutiae, I ask two questions that have nothing to do with money, yet tell me more than a pile of bank statements ever could.