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"The Best Bank for Frequent Travelers Has No ATM or Foreign Transaction Fees by Sergei Klebnikov For many travelers, spending money abroad can be tricky – and expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. There’s a lot of preparation that goes into planning an overseas trip, but a lot of people forget to think about how they’re actually going to spend money. What’s more, your go-to bank back home is not necessarily customer friendly when it comes to international spending.

Here’s Exactly What You Should Do to Save Money and Eat Healthier at Restaurants, According to Celebrity Chef Cat Cora by Paul Schrodt There’s little debate that we’re eating too much. Expanding portion sizes over the years have contributed to the United States’ obesity problem, reports the National Institutes of Health.

Costco vs. Walmart Showdown: Here's Who Has the Cheapest Price on 11 Things You Buy All the Time by Gina Zakaria Costco and Walmart are known for their competitive prices on everyday items. But who actually has the better deals? As a frugal shopper, I always strive to find the best prices on common household goods. So, I went on a quest to find out if Costco or Walmart offered the best prices on everyday items when they’re not on sale.

Congress Wants to Make Your 401(k) More Like a Pension. Here's the Problem With That by Ian Salisbury Do you wish you could transform part of your 401(k) into a pension? A bill making its way through Congress promises to make it easier to do just that. While that’s largely good news, there are still risks, according to retirement experts.

3 Home Renovations That Will Help You Live Independently as You Get Older by Alix Langone Many Americans spend decades preparing for retirement financially, but overlook another key aspect of planning: housing. Three quarters of Americans age 50 and over say they want to remain in their homes as they age, according to a survey by AARP, but few are making modifications to help them accomplish that goal.

How I Made My Green Wedding Nearly Zero-Waste — Without Spending Any Extra Money by Tari Ayala We often think we need to spend more money when making eco-friendly or organic choices. And in some instances, that’s true. As manufacturers shift to more expensive natural ingredients or less-mechanized production methods, or companies pay fair-trade wages, things can (and perhaps should) cost more.

Discover Just Gave You Another Reason to Consider Switching to an Online Bank by Martha C. White You may associate the Discover brand with credit cards, but Discover Financial Services also has a line of online banking products: Checking, savings, money market and CD accounts.

There's a Treasure Chest Worth Millions Hidden Somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. These Searchers Are Dedicating Their Lives and Savings to Finding It by Julia Glum When Cynthia Meachum lost her job in 2015, it was the best day of her life. To hear the 65-year-old tell it, she got the bad news, waved off her boss’s apologies and nearly skipped away. “I wanted to do cartwheels,” she says.

Facebook Will Start Paying People to Collect Their Personal Data. Here’s How It Works by Prachi Bhardwaj Facebook wants to pay you to use your phone …while it watches what you do with it. The social networking company announced a new app called Study from Facebook that, once downloaded, will collect data about your phone activity: which apps you download, how much time you spend on them, which features you use most, and your device information.

One Third of Workers Are Making A Big Mistake With Their 401(k) by Alix Langone A surprising number of American workers are missing out on free money. Around one-third of employees don’t contribute enough to their 401(k) to get their company match, according to Vanguard’s How America Saves 2019 report, released on Tuesday.

This 92-Year-Old "Chemistry Maven" is America's Oldest Self-Made Female Billionaire by Shaina Mishkin Biotech might be a buzzword right now, but America’s oldest self-made woman billionaire has been in the game for more than half a century. Bio-Rad Laboratories co-founder Alice Schwartz, 92, is number 20 on Forbes’ list of America’s richest self-made women with an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion.

A Former Microsoft Exec Explains Why It’s Smart to Be the ‘Dumbest Guy in the Room by Paul Schrodt Stefan Weitz always wants to learn more — even when it makes him look stupid. The tech veteran spent nearly 19 years working at Microsoft, from 1997 to 2016, rotating among many different roles, including overseeing the company’s Google-rivaling search engine Bing as a senior director.

The Government Shutdown Is Still Wreaking Havoc on Workers’ Credit Scores by Julia Glum The government shutdown may have ended more than four months ago, but De’von Russell still struggles with it constantly. The 31-year-old maxed out two credit cards when President Donald Trump partially closed the government for 35 days in December and January. Without roughly $3,000 in wages from his job as a security guard at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

This Is the Average 401(k) Company Match. How Does Yours Stack Up? by Alix Langone You probably know that your 401(k) is an important tool for saving for retirement, but do you have any idea how it compares to the rest of the plans out there? Many workers assume all 401(k) plans are more or less the same, but that’s a misconception — especially when it comes to your employer match.

I'm $37,000 in Debt and Haven't Made a Payment on My Student Loans in 5 Years. How Can I Fix This? by Kaitlin Mulhere This is the first installment of Money Makeovers, a series where we put together a financial plan for people in terrifying financial situations. Follow us on YouTube to receive a notification when new episodes are published. At her desk job in the office of a marina, KC Susskind regularly watches customers spend thousands of dollars on boat maintenance.