The Fed’s first rate hike in three years is expected to slightly increase yields on cash and low-risk fixed-income options, but it likely won’t dramatically change outcomes from a single quarter-point move.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Preapproval and comparing quotes from multiple lenders before you go to the dealership can help you get the best available auto-loan rate and improve your negotiating leverage.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Leasing typically lowers monthly payments but adds mileage restrictions and fees, while buying generally costs more month-to-month but lets you keep the car and potentially save in the long run.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Paying off a car loan early can save interest money and may help you avoid being upside-down on the loan, but the credit score impact is usually a temporary drop of a few points in the short term.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The article lays out a step-by-step process for researching stocks, including comparing a stock’s total returns against the S&P 500 over multiple periods (1 month to 5 years) and reviewing financial reports for cash on hand vs. annual expenses, debt, and gross and net profit margins.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Coca-Cola’s stock returned 37% over one year and 85% over five years, and the article cites 63 consecutive years of dividend increases.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple’s new Health Age “longevity” metric is presented as a way to estimate your physiological age from wearable data, but the article argues these wearable health-age numbers are often inconsistent, can be gamed by training inputs, and can’t capture genetic or non-lifestyle health outcomes.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
The Verge
A third-party asset manager bought Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) stock in the $1 million to $5 million range on Feb. 2, and the article estimates Trump would have an unrealized loss of about 45% to 50% if he still owns the shares.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Microsoft’s fiscal 2016 results ($85.3B revenue, $20.2B operating income) grew to fiscal 2026 ($331.8B revenue, $155.2B operating income), with Azure reaching $100B+ in annual revenue.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) closed at $1,330.40 on Sept. 15, 2026, with a $26.66 billion market cap and a 6.64% decline over the prior month.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A Mesa homeowner says he lost his $449,328 home after his HOA foreclosed over about $977 in missed assessments, plus fees that grew to $6,579 before the HOA sold the home for $8,172 at auction.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A Seattle mom told Dave Ramsey her employee benefits account—now at about $18 million—has a single stock concentration, and Ramsey said she should offload some of the shares and diversify to reduce the risk of having most of her net worth tied to one stock.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
About 9.3% of U.S. households—nearly 1 in 10—had at least $500,000 in retirement accounts, based on a Congressional Research Service analysis of the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Berkshire Hathaway sold its remaining 22 million GM shares in Q3 2023 for about $850 million, but those shares would have been worth about $1.85 billion at GM’s subsequent ~$84 share price—roughly $1 billion more than Berkshire reported by end of Q2 2023.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
About 70% of U.S. Generation Z healthcare workers expect to explore new roles within the next year, while 65% hope to stay with one employer for five years or more.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
U.S. citizens living abroad generally remain subject to U.S. tax filing rules and foreign information reporting requirements, and noncompliance can trigger large penalties even if they also must file in their country of residence.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
CNBC
Corcoran, O’Leary, and Herjavec say retirees should avoid mixing money and family by keeping lending and investing separate—favoring gifts over loans—to prevent relationship conflicts and avoid relatives owing or repeatedly asking for money.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Debt settlement is generally a last-resort option for unmanageable unsecured debt because it often requires stopping payments and can cause a damaged credit score, collections/lawsuits, and potential tax bills on canceled debt (IRS treats canceled debt over $600 as taxable income unless an exception applies).
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Only 57% of Americans ages 55 to 64 reported having retirement assets, while 43% reported having none, and fewer than 10% had more than $1 million in retirement savings.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Ndamukong Suh says Warren Buffett’s two biggest investment lessons were to think in “the long game” and to surround himself with knowledgeable, genuine friends to make better financial decisions.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
