🗞️💰 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑 9/18/2026

The Federal Reserve raised rates from 3.75% to 4%.

Translation, credit cards, car loans, and variable rate debt may get more expensive.

If you're carrying high interest debt, stop playing with it.

Attack it now.

Mortgage rates are hovering around 7%.

That dream home can quickly become a financial nightmare.

Don't become house rich and cash poor.

If the payment strains your budget, you cannot afford the house.

Make your savings work.

Traditional savings accounts average only 0.38%, while some high-yield accounts pay up to 4.50%, and leading CDs offer 4.75%.

Loyalty to a low-paying bank is costing you money.

Move that money.

Income isn't enough.

Median household income reached at $87,460, yet nearly 60% of adults cannot cover a $1,000 emergency from savings.

Making more means nothing if you spend everything.

Live below your means and grow the gap.

Student loan borrowers contribute 12 to 14% less toward retirement.

By ages 45 to 49, they've accumulated nearly 46% less than debt-free workers.

Student debt isn't only taking today's paycheck, it may be robbing tomorrow's retirement.

car rich and cash poor.

The average new vehicle costs $50,089 with a $765 monthly payment.

Used car loan rates average 10.6%.

That's not transportation.

That's a mortgage riding on four tires.

Stop being car rich and cash poor.