And how to harness your spring cleaning itch
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| April 27, 2026 |
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| The Car Debt Trap Is Getting Deeper |
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By Kelly Meehan Brown
Do you owe more on your car than it’s worth? As more people turn to longer car loans to afford their monthly payments, more are finding themselves “underwater” when they want to trade their vehicle in for a new one. And drivers are rolling record amounts of old car debt into new car payments. Here’s how this debt cycle forms — and how to avoid getting stuck in it. |
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| 5 Ways to Apply That Spring Cleaning Itch to Your Finances |
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By Dawn Papandrea
If you’ve been in a sort-through-the-closet, declutter-the-pantry, or spruce-up-the-yard mode after the long winter, why not point some of that spring cleaning energy at your finances, too?
In fact, spring can be an optimal time for a financial reset because after wrapping up tax season, you may have some thoughts on what you want to do differently this year. April also happens to be Financial Literacy Month, when money mindfulness is in full bloom.
What’s the first step? There are many ways to clean your financial house, but sometimes standard advice doesn’t click like a fresh approach does. Here are five less conventional ways to harness your spring cleaning momentum. |
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| WEEK AHEAD ON WALL STREET |
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| Powell’s Swan Song and Big Tech |
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By Mario Ismailanji
It’s an important and potentially sentimental week.
- The news: Mega-cap tech companies including Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, and Meta are scheduled to report quarterly earnings. The Federal Reserve also meets again on interest rates — in what could be Jerome Powell’s final act as Fed chair.
- The context: The Fed looks to be in wait-and-see mode on the fallout from the Iran war. Meanwhile, analysts have raised their estimates for tech earnings as the prospects for artificial intelligence keep building.
- Your move: Pay close attention to results and commentary from Big Tech. If these higher earnings estimates bear out, stocks exposed to AI could go up.
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Informed investment decisions start with informed investors. Here's what's making headlines:
☁️ Meta (META) and Microsoft (MSFT) announced they would cut thousands of jobs, joining the tsunami of software layoffs. But is AI really to blame? (The Conversation)
🎥 Shareholders of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) approved Paramount’s $81 billion purchase last week, putting the takeover battle between Netflix (NFLX) and Paramount Skydance more firmly in the history books. While the deal still faces regulatory review, here’s what a Paramount-Warner combo could mean for streaming, movies, news and more. (AP) |
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| If parents lack financial education, is it effectively a wealth tax on their children? (The Times) |
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