Tyler Foster
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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....
Mortgage rates hit 6.02% and could dip below 6% — here’s what that means for your monthly payment
A few weeks ago, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell below 6% for the first time since the fall of 2022. The Associated Press...
ACA health insurance premiums jumped 26% this year — and 4.8 million Americans are projected to drop coverage
A 45-year-old nonsmoker earning $55,000 a year in Georgia paid about $120 a month for a benchmark silver health plan in 2025, according to rate...
The CFPB received 6.6 million consumer complaints last year — and the government’s response is to cut the agency’s staff in half
In 2025, a record 6.6 million Americans filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Consumers reported credit report errors that blocked them from...
“One of the most renter-friendly periods in a decade” — here’s where rents are falling fastest and how to negotiate a better lease
Across the Sun Belt (consisting of states across the southern US), landlords are cutting asking rents, throwing in free months, and waiving fees that were...
ACA health insurance premiums jumped 26% in 2026 — the largest increase since 2018 — driven partly by Ozempic costs
When open enrollment ended earlier this year, 23.1 million Americans had signed up for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace, which is...
The Class of 2026 is graduating into the worst student loan landscape in a decade — fewer options, stricter rules, and no more SAVE plan
More than 7 million federal student loan borrowers are being pushed out of the “Saving on a Valuable Education” (SAVE) Plan this summer after the...
Credit card debt hits a record $1.277 trillion — and 55% of cardholders say they’re carrying balances just to cover essentials
More than half of American credit cardholders are using credit to cover everyday costs. A 2026 national survey by Debt.com found that 55% of cardholders...
Trump’s energy secretary says gas won’t drop below $3 a gallon until 2027 — here’s what $4+ gas costs the average family per year
Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN in mid-April that Americans should not expect gasoline to fall below $3 a gallon until 2027, a timeline first...
Tariffs are about to hit your grocery bill hard — beef up 15%, canned goods up 15%, coffee still surging
The receipt at checkout keeps getting bigger without the cart getting any fuller. A pound of ground beef now runs roughly 15% more than it...
Sun Belt home prices are collapsing while Rust Belt prices soar — the 2026 housing market nobody predicted
For years, home prices in the Sun Belt region (consisting of southern states, such as Texas, Louisiana, and Florida) have risen relative to home prices...
Rents just fell behind inflation for the first time — here’s where renters have the most leverage in 2026
Across a band of Sun Belt cities (i.e., cities in southern states such as Texas or Florida) that spent the past few years building apartments...
U.S. credit card debt crosses $1.33 trillion — average balance now $6,580 per person
A $6,580 credit card balance can take years to fully pay off when the minimum payment barely covers last month’s interest. That is the situation...
No, the Nasdaq’s 13-day win streak doesn’t mean it’s time to buy — here’s what history actually shows
The Nasdaq Composite rose for 13 consecutive trading sessions ending April 29, 2026, its longest winning streak since January 1992. Within hours of the milestone,...
Senate Finance probes $370M tax break Trump IRS gave Cheniere Energy for classifying LNG tankers as “motorboats”
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker stretches roughly 1,000 feet from bow to stern. For context, under federal shipping regulations, a motorboat stretches about 65...
Should you tap your home equity right now? Here’s how to decide without regret
A homeowner who bought a modest three-bedroom house in 2019 might open a mortgage statement today and see something startling: six figures of equity that...