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The cost of owning a car is speeding higher. And it's not just pain at the pump. Fast-rising auto insurance costs are also adding up.

One key to successful retirement planning is to use what Warren Buffett described as a 'snowball going down a very long hill.' In other words, the compounding effect of money. But in addition, after you've built your retirement nest egg, you have to make sure that egg doesn't get 'broken.'

If, as expected, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates yet again in its drive to cool inflation, much of America will be directly affected

Payday Friday is increasingly coming one or two days early — on Wednesday or sometimes Thursday.

Pay down credit card debt: Stop shopping now, except for deals on cards or loans that lower your interest rate and speed debt repayment.

The holiday season is an opportunity to slow down, connect with friends and family or even take a much-needed vacation. But according to a new Bankrate survey, a substantial portion of travelers are rethinking their excursions this year. Of the 43 percent of U.S. adults planning to travel this holiday…

Following CD rates in recent years has been a lot like watching paint dry at the bottom of a barrel: little perceptible change in rock-bottom returns.

Floridians on average pay the second-highest share of their incomes on auto insurance premiums, according to a tally of data from price comparison website Bankrate.com.

WASHINGTON — For the first time in 22 years, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday pushed up interest rates by a full half-percentage point — a significant escalation of its efforts to get control of troublingly high inflation.