Tyler Foster
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How much $4-a-gallon gas actually costs your household per year — and 3 ways to offset it right now
Gas flirting with 4 dollars a gallon is more than a psychological threshold; it quietly reshapes a household budget over the course of a year....
Medigap premiums are jumping 12% to 26% this year — and unlike Part B, there’s no COLA to help absorb it
A retiree collecting the average Social Security benefit of roughly $1,976 per month got about $55 more in 2026 thanks to the 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment....
Tech layoffs in 2026 have now topped 96,000 workers across Oracle, Amazon, Meta, Disney, Snap, and more
By late April 2026, more than 96,000 tech workers have lost their jobs this year, according to the tracking site Layoffs.fyi. The list of companies...
The Credit Card Competition Act has bipartisan backing and Trump’s public support — but banks say it would kill your rewards
If you earn cash back, airline miles, or hotel points every time you swipe a credit card, a bill moving through Congress right now could...
Trump’s approval on the economy just hit 30% — the lowest of his presidency — as gas prices and the Iran war erode confidence
A gallon of regular gasoline now averages roughly $4.50 nationally, with prices running even higher in some metro areas. A military campaign against Iran is...
Existing home sales fell to the lowest level in 9 months — and mortgage rates just ticked back up to 6.05%
Spring is supposed to be when the housing market wakes up. In 2026, it hit the snooze button. Existing home sales slid 3.6% from February...
Record credit card debt tops $1.277 trillion as average APR climbs to 22.13%
If you carry the average American credit card balance, roughly $6,360 according to recent industry estimates, your monthly interest bill now runs about $117 before...
A credit card startup just applied to become a national bank for the first time in 20 years — and it only serves people with bad credit
Mission Lane has spent the past eight years issuing unsecured credit cards to people most banks won’t touch. Now the Richmond, Virginia-based fintech wants to...
How much $100,000 earns in a high-yield savings account right now — with the best rates still above 4% APY
A $100,000 deposit in a high-yield savings account paying 4.00% APY will generate roughly $4,000 in interest over a full year. Push that rate to...
Is 6.05% a good enough mortgage rate to buy now — or should you wait for a number that might never come?
A couple pre-approved for $400,000 this month faces a question that no spreadsheet can fully answer: lock in a 30-year mortgage at 6.05%, or hold...
The new $6,000 senior tax deduction could eliminate federal taxes on Social Security for millions — but most retirees don’t know about it yet
A retired postal worker in Ohio earning $32,000 a year from Social Security used to owe roughly $800 in federal taxes on those benefits. This...
The SAVE plan is officially dead and a new repayment plan launches July 1 — what borrowers in their 20s need to do in the next 70 days
About 70 days from now, on July 1, 2026, a brand-new federal student loan repayment plan goes live. For millions of borrowers in their 20s...
Uber just invested $500 million in Lucid and committed to 35,000 robotaxis — here’s what that means for ride prices and gig drivers
Somewhere in San Francisco right now, an Uber driver is sitting in traffic, watching a Waymo robotaxi glide past with no one behind the wheel....