Japan is cool, modern and traditional. And … cheap? That is what Hannah Kirshner found to her surprise. We are talking about buying property. The young American writer and food stylist has two properties in Yamanaka, a little hot spring town in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Kirshner always had been interested…

Mortgage rates decreased a bit this week, remaining uncomfortably high for many would-be buyers but hitting their lowest point in months. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.73% this week from 6.78% last week. The…

“Rush” hour isn’t what it used to be.As more commuters settle into flexible working arrangements, fewer workers are making early morning or early evening trips compared to pre-pandemic traffic patternsThe traditional American 9-to-5 has shifted to 10-to-4, according to the 2023 Global Traffic Scorecard released in June by INRIX Inc., a…

Adriane Schwager has interviewed thousands of people during her 20-year career working in recruiting — and she’s made hundreds of hires as a result.Finding the right people for her team is all the more important now that she’s the CEO and co-founder of GrowthAssistant, a hiring platform that uses global…

London — Hewlett Packard Enterprise has said it won’t drop its UK claim for damages against the estate of British tech mogul Mike Lynch, who died when his superyacht sank last month. Britain’s High Court in 2022 ruled mostly in favor of the US technology company, which accused Lynch and…

Performance Summary Cumulative Annualized 3 Month YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year/ LOF 1 Fidelity Freedom 2065 Fund (MUTF:FFSFX) Gross Expense Ratio: 0.76% 2 1.81% 10.20% 17.90% 3.82% 10.23% 10.23% S&P 500 Index (SP500, SPX) 4.28% 15.29% 24.56% 10.01% 15.05% 15.05% Fidelity Freedom 2065 Composite Index 2.04%…

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseThere is such a thing as an unimportant US presidential election. Had Bill Clinton lost to Bob Dole in 1996, or George W Bush to John Kerry the other…

Donald Trump is trying to crush Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ persona as a force of change and to destroy her personal credibility as a potential president as their still-fresh competition careens into the final nine weeks before Election Day. In recent days, the ex-president has unveiled a broad assault using…

Major milestones are a good opportunity to pause, reflect, and think about where we are heading. This year is a major milestone for the retirement industry as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) reaches its 50th anniversary today. ERISA is the federal law that for the first…

The housing affordability crisis is hitting swing states hard. These battleground states, which could potentially be won by either candidate, are especially focused on the issue of affordability in the upcoming election. About nine in 10 adult Gen Zers reported housing affordability is important when deciding who to vote for,…