Tyler Foster

Budgeting & Saving

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...

Mortgages & Rates

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...

Social Security & Medicare

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...

Loans & Lending

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...

Economy & The Fed

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....