All Business Is Good Business: January 2017

Monday, January 30, 2017

Retiring: Warning to Retirees Who Take Up Music: The Cat May Flee the Room

Older people who played instruments as a child — or never — are taking up piano, flute and chamber music as a new passion.

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The Haggler: Seeking the Footage of a Special Walk Down the Aisle

A videographer is resolutely silent in response to a complaint that he never sent a wedding tape.

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Friday, January 27, 2017

Your Money: How to Buy a Used Car in an Age of Widespread Recalls

Dealers are scrambling every which way amid a recall of over 60 million Takata airbags, and consumers need to ask some very pointed questions.

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Your Money Adviser: Millions Live Where Car Insurance Is Unaffordable, Study Says

Rates for basic liability automobile coverage were analyzed in more than 9,000 ZIP codes with high proportions of “underserved” consumers.

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Your Money Adviser: Sign Up for Health Care Coverage? ‘Absolutely,’ Experts Say

Though the Affordable Care Act faces an uncertain future, advocates say consumers should still sign up for coverage if they need it.

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Monday, January 23, 2017

Retiring: Seniors Welcome New, Battery-Powered Friends

Cutting-edge innovations are set to upend some of the constants of growing old.

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Friday, January 20, 2017

Your Money: 6 Tips for Avoiding the Worst Student Loan Repayment Traps

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused Navient, the nation’s largest student loan servicer, of much wrongdoing. Here’s how to steer clear of problems.

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Student Loan Collector Cheated Millions, Lawsuits Say

Navient made serious mistakes at every step of the loan collection process, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a lawsuit.

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In Navient Lawsuits, Unsettling Echoes of Past Lending Crisis

The largest U.S. collector of student loan payments is accused of engaging in the sloppiness and misleading tactics seen in the subprime market.

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Wealth Matters: Kroc’s Giving, Like McDonald’s Meals, Was Fast and Super-Sized

What do you do with all that money when you can never spend it all? After Ray Kroc amassed a vast fortune, his third wife, Joan, gave most of it to philanthropic causes.

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Your Money Adviser: Increases in Interest Rates on Savings Accounts Remain Slow to Materialize

The Federal Reserve increased short-term interest rates, but that hasn’t yet translated into significant increases in deposit rates paid out by banks.

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Your Money Adviser: Time Is Not on Your Side When It Comes to Credit Debt

If you overspent on holiday gifts, credit experts advise that you pay down your card balance as quickly as possible.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Retiring: Death Is Inevitable. Financial Turmoil Afterward Isn’t.

Preparing for the death of a spouse or partner and its ramifications may be an unhappy task, but doing so can ease some avoidable financial sorrows.

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Your Money Adviser: How to Keep Debt Collectors Honest, and at Bay

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it gets more complaints about debt collectors than anything else.

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Your Money: You Don’t Want What Wells Fargo Is Selling. What Should It Do Now?

Scandals aside, most of Wells Fargo’s products have been mediocre at best — but the bank could mend fences by being more generous, fair and clear.

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Wealth Matters: A Tool Kit for the Donor Eager to Grasp All the Risks of Donation

Nonprofits rarely lay out the risks of their projects, lest they spook funders. And donors don’t dig deeply enough for that information. But help is on the way.

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Monday, January 9, 2017

Sketch Guy: Stop and Acknowledge How Much Luck Has to Do With Your Success

You don’t get to take credit for good luck. But it doesn’t have to take away from all the hard work you’ve done, either.

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Friday, January 6, 2017

Wealth Matters: Trump May Not Like Alternative Energy, but Investors Should

With clean energy creating jobs in every state, the sector has become as much about getting returns on investments as it is about helping the environment.

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Your Money: How to Pounce on Best Credit Card Offers (Before Banks Pull Them)

Even if you thought you’d had enough of card-hopping, you might consider grabbing one of those eye-popping sign-up bonuses.

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Retiring: For Millennials, It’s Never Too Early to Save for Retirement

A snapshot of five millennials shows that some of them are very serious about saving for retirement, busting the myth that their age group is free-spending.

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Your Money Adviser: A Settlement Highlights the Complexity of Credit Scores

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said two credit bureaus had deceived customers into buying scores of questionable value. Experts say consumers have multiple scores, not just one.

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