Car owners with poor credit can pay hundreds — if not thousands — more to drive than those with good credit. This plays out in two important ways: higher rates on car loans and, in most states, higher insurance premiums. In fact, having bad credit can raise your insurance quote even higher than if you’d … Continued
Superinvestor Seth Klarman has famously said that investments are assets that produce cash flow. If they don’t, they’re speculations. It’s a simple but astute observation that undercuts what many consumers consider investments — things like gold and handbags and baseball cards. So what’s the logic behind Klarman’s quote? Investments are assets that provide goods or … Continued
Over the past few years, Meghaan Lurtz has had to turn down two destination bachelorette parties for dear friends. She was in graduate school and didn’t have the money to go. “It felt really crappy, because these are people that I know and I love and I care about, and I absolutely wanted to be … Continued