These surprising states rank first and worst for retirees

Healthcare access, taxes and affordability help dictate the best places to retire.

11 Best Affordable Hotels in Los Angeles for Under $300 a Night

Every hotel review on this list has been written by a Condé Nast Traveler journalist who…

How you could benefit from Trump’s plan for buying mortgage bonds

Published: Jan. 10, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET When homeowners take out a new mortgage or refinance…

Donald Trump directs representatives to buy $200 billion mortgage bonds — Here’s what this means for US housing prices

United States President Donald Trump on 9 January declared that he is giving special attention to…

MarketWatch Money Challenge, Day 5: Set up these helpful alerts to control your spending

Venessa Wong is a personal finance reporter for MarketWatch based in New York City. She previously…

Here are the ideas that could really help solve America’s affordability crisis in 2026

These 10 ideas targeting affordability will be tested in 2026. A look at the ones that…

Workers are getting very worried about losing their jobs as financial fears rise

Financial worries have gradually taken over as employees’ biggest concerns since inflation spiked, the job market…

Many Americans are struggling to afford food. Ask yourself: Who’s getting rich from this?

Powerful “Big Ag” — not small farmers and ranchers or even tariffs — is the root…

Opinion: Americans’ affordability crisis isn’t tariffs’ fault — it’s something much, much deeper

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FIRE fans had mapped the road to early retirement. Then health-insurance costs exploded.

With pandemic-era subsidies for Obamacare marketplace plans set to end in 2026, people in the FIRE…