Daniel Harper
Daniel is a finance writer covering personal finance topics including budgeting, credit, and beginner investing. He began his career contributing to his Substack, where he covered consumer finance trends and practical money topics for everyday readers. Since then, he has written for a range of personal finance blogs and fintech platforms, focusing on clear, straightforward content that helps readers make more informed financial decisions.
Latest Articles by Daniel Harper
New bill would raise Social Security benefits for millions
When a Social Security recipient dies, the federal government sends surviving family members a one-time payment of $255. That amount was set in 1954, when...
FedEx, UPS pledge to pass along tariff refunds—up to $5B
Thousands of businesses that paid tariffs on goods shipped through FedEx and UPS could soon see money coming back. Both carriers have pledged to pass...
New plans show Crossroads high-rise apartments and luxury hotel in KC
The corner of 16th Street and Broadway Boulevard in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District is, for now, an unremarkable stretch of surface lots and low-slung...
Retirement net worth benchmarks show how your savings stack up
A 55-year-old couple with $400,000 saved for retirement might feel they are doing fine, or falling behind, depending on which benchmark they use. The Federal...
Oracle and CoreWeave slide as OpenAI growth worries hit AI stocks
Oracle and CoreWeave both saw their shares drop in late April 2026, punished by investors who looked past headline-grabbing deals and focused instead on a...
JetBlue cuts flights and lifts fares as jet fuel costs surge
Travelers booking JetBlue flights this spring are finding fewer choices and fatter price tags, and the reason traces back to the global fuel market. Jet...
Tariffs could price out America’s last affordable cars, report warns
Walk into a dealership looking for the cheapest new car in America and you will land on the Nissan Versa, stickered just under $17,000. The...
Rare Earths Americas starts IPO roadshow, seeks $368M valuation
When Beijing restricted exports of gallium, germanium, and other critical minerals in mid-2025, procurement officers at defense contractors and EV makers faced a blunt question:...
Trump’s $1M “gold card” visa plan sells 1 as debt pitch fizzles
Seven months, one approved applicant, and a $1.3 billion claim that no one outside the Commerce Department can verify. That is the full scorecard for...
GM eyes $500M tariff refund after Supreme Court ruling, tops EPS
General Motors told investors in its first-quarter 2026 earnings report that it expects to collect roughly $500 million from the federal government, money the automaker...
Americans hit a breaking point on price hikes, WSJ reports
The price of a dozen eggs has nearly doubled since 2020. Rent for a typical two-bedroom apartment costs hundreds more per month than it did...
Retirement costs shift after 70 as health care and housing loom larger
The mortgage is gone. The retirement party is a distant memory. And yet for millions of Americans past 70, the most expensive years may still...
Equifax warns synthetic identity fraud is slipping past lender checks
A Social Security number belonging to a six-year-old. A name pulled from thin air. A mailing address tied to a rented mailbox. Stitch those fragments...
Re/Max agrees to be sold to The Real Brokerage in a $550M deal
RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX), the Denver-founded brokerage whose red, white, and blue hot-air balloon has been a fixture of American real estate since 1973, has...
Rogers offers buyouts to 10,000 workers as it moves to cut costs
Roughly 10,000 Rogers Communications employees are eligible for voluntary buyout packages, Bloomberg reported in late April 2026, citing people familiar with the matter. If a...
China plans tighter rules on U.S. investment in AI and tech firms
In early 2025, Chinese regulators killed Meta’s attempt to acquire Manus, the AI startup behind an autonomous agent that had captivated the tech world. The...