• Bezozi: Six Reasons Why Life Insurance Makes Sense
  
  While most people recognize that life insurance provides general peace of mind, they often underestimate the tax and financial advantages the right policy has to offer.
• Pandemic Exacerbated Online Dating Scams, Love-Seekers Lost Millions
  
  Facing the reality of being alone during the coronavirus pandemic caused many singles to turn to internet dating websites - but not all online connections turn into real-world love affairs and many hopefuls learned the hard way that internet appearances can be deceiving. In...
• US Home Prices Surged in August at Near-Record Pace
  
  U.S. home prices jumped in August by a near-record amount from a year earlier, as Americans eager to buy a home drove up prices on a dwindling number of properties.The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index soared 19.7% in August compared with a year ago, just...
• Billionaire Tax Criticized as Biden Pushes for Budget Deal
  
  The Democrats' idea for a new billionaires' tax to help pay for President Joe Biden's social services and climate change plan quickly ran into criticism as too cumbersome with some lawmakers preferring the original plan of simply raising the top tax rates on corporations.
• Is it Time to Get a COVID-19 Booster? Which One?
  
  Millions more Americans just became eligible for COVID-19 boosters but figuring out who's eligible and when can be confusing - and adding to the challenge is that this time around, people can get a different type of vaccine for that extra dose.A number of factors, including...
• How to Avoid Falling Victim to These Unexpected Scams
  
  It's a frightening thought, but someone might be looking for your private data to commit identity fraud. U.S. consumers reported losing $3.3 billion to fraud in 2020 alone, while over 60% of Americans state that they've been a victim of a scam in the past.
• Existing Home Sales Surge as Interest Rates Point Higher
  
  Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes bounced back in September to their strongest pace since January as worries about higher mortgage rates motivated buyers to get off the sidelines.
• US Unemployment Claims Fall to New Pandemic low of 290,000
  
  The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a new low point since the pandemic erupted, evidence that layoffs are declining as companies hold onto workers.
• Bitcoin Investing Could Get Boost from ETF Futures Fund
  
  Interested in Bitcoin but don't want to open a crypto trading account? Wall Street has something for you. ProShares said Monday it plans to launch the country's first exchange-traded fund (ETF) linked to Bitcoin.
• Fix: What to Do if Your Car Is Flooded
  
  What to do if your car is flooded? Can you drive it? What kind of damage? Lauren Fix discusses your options and what to do.
• Cryptocurrency Boutiques Pop Up Amid Bitcoin Boom
  
  Cryptocurrency boutiques, or exchanges, like one you would use to exchange dollars into a different currency, are popping up on Main Street, alongside Bitcoin ATMs, The Wall Street Journal reports.
• Borrowers Denied Student Loan Relief to Get a Second Look
  
  Thousands of public servants who were rejected from a student loan forgiveness program will get their cases reviewed by the Education Department as part of a new settlement in a lawsuit brought by one of the nation's largest teachers unions.
• Home Heating Bills Expected to Soar This Winter
  
  U.S. consumers will spend more to heat their homes this winter than last year due to surging energy prices, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected in its winter outlook on Wednesday.
• Social Security COLA Largest in Decades as Inflation Jumps
  
  Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic.
• Why Social Security COLA Will Jump Next Year
  
  Rising inflation is expected to lead to a sizeable increase in Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2022. Exactly how much will be revealed Wednesday morning after a Labor Department report on inflation during September, a data point used in the...
• Outrage Builds Over Expansion of IRS Reach
  
  Financial experts are pushing back against the Biden administration proposal to include a provision in the $3.5 trillion spending bill to extend the IRS' reach to have bank transactions over $600 reported.
• Fly 'Greener" With Google Flight Search Tool
  
  A new search feature rolled out Wednesday tells users which flights have lower carbon emissions, giving them the ability to choose flights based on carbon emissions just as they would price or the number of layovers.
• Biden to Meet Top Bank & Business Leaders as Debt Limit Chaos Looms
  
  U.S. President Joe Biden summoned bank and business leaders to White House talks on Wednesday, part of a strategy to pressure Republicans in Congress to vote for a debt ceiling increase.
• WSJ: IRS Push for Revenue Threatens Americans' Privacy
  
  Democrats' desire to monitor everyone's bank accounts will allow politicians to "find a way to control how you save and spend your own money," The Wall Street Journal editorial board said...
• Google Scraps Plan to Offer 'Plex' Bank Accounts
  
  Alphabet unit Google has scrapped its plans to offer "Plex" checking and savings bank accounts in partnership with Citigroup, Inc., Stanford Federal Credit Union and a handful of other banks, according to the WSJ.
• Nuss: How Lifetime Income Annuities Can Secure Your Retirement
  
  When you're planning your retirement, consider your need for cash flow. If your cash flow isn't right, the rest of your investment strategy will become unstable. Income annuities can hedge some of that risk.
• 4 Moves to Make Now for a Strong Financial Legacy
  
  Your approach to finances now doesn't just impact your present moment - it will reverberate through the future generations of your family to create a lasting legacy. Setting the foundation for a solid financial future can help chart a course for your descendants, no matter...
• The Millennial's Roadmap to Financial Wellness, Decade by Decade
  
  Approaching any starting line can be daunting, and adulthood can be full of new beginnings. Finding a job, buying a car, marriage, buying a first house, kids, buying the forever house, college, finding a new job, retirement. Then of course, life happens along the way....
• 5 Retirement Saving Mistakes That Could Derail Your Plans
  
  The younger generation of retirement savers is raising concerns about their prospects for a comfortable retirement according to a recent Forbes article, and rightfully so.After all: Social Security is behind the 8-ball, the pandemic's economic ripple effects are affecting...
• The Pandemic Cost Retirement Savers a Lot, but Taught This Valuable Lesson
  
  The economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many retirement savers to reevaluate their plans.That isn't surprising, because the global economy tanked in late February, and that's bound to have financial consequences.But those consequences have proven even more...

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