Financial Fitness Zone

4 ways to save on housing costs in your 20s

Young adults paying off student loans or saving for their first home won’t soon reach their financial goals just by cutting out…

4 ways to save on housing costs in your 20s

Sears, Kmart stores closing in your state, sales

Sears announced Monday that it was declaring bankruptcy and will be closing 142 stores by the end of the year, including Kmart locations,…

Sears, Kmart stores closing in your state, sales

Today is the tax extension deadline

If you filed IRS Form 4868 on or before the April 2018 filing deadline, you had until today — an extra six months — to file your…

Today is the tax extension deadline

What to do when the stock market trembles

After eight months of steady gains, stock market volatility has again rocked investors this week, with a global sell-off triggered by the…

What to do when the stock market trembles

The 10 fastest-growing metro areas

Raise your hand if you know someone who has moved to Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth or Houston recently. A lot of hands went up, because those…

The 10 fastest-growing metro areas

What to buy and not buy in October

October means monster bargains. Temperatures are cooling down and sale prices are heating up for items that will soon be out-of-stock.

What to buy and not buy in October

Experian flaw just revealed

Credit freezes are the best way to prevent new account fraud, where criminals open bogus accounts in your name. But one credit bureau’s…

Experian flaw just revealed

Delta to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi

Paying for Wi-Fi on airplanes may be a thing of the past, at least for Delta Air Lines passengers.

Delta to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi

What not to buy before Black Friday

In a year when online competition is fierce and brick-and-mortar shops are struggling, major retailers are likely to come out swinging this…

What not to buy before Black Friday

These are the stores closed on Thanksgiving

The calendar just flipped to October and we're still weeks away from Black Friday, but BestBlackFriday.com has already released a list of…

These are the stores closed on Thanksgiving

Romance scam cheats woman out of $75,000

She was hesitant to look for love online but decided to give it a chance. The Maryland woman ended up getting scammed out of her life…

Romance scam cheats woman out of $75,000

Is a rent-to-own home right for you?

Spend an afternoon poring over online apartment listings, and you’ll see them: flashy ads urging you to “rent to own” a…

Is a rent-to-own home right for you?