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Turner Cowles

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Turner Cowles writes, produces and edits personal finance videos for Yahoo Finance. Previously, he was a video journalist for The New York Times and Money Magazine.

How to save for retirement if your job doesn’t offer a 401k

There are more ways to save for retirement than just the 401k. AARP's Jean Setzfand spells out the most common alternative method to save for your golden years: the IRA.

4 years ago
Stacey Abrams: I'm running for governor and am $200,000 in debt

Stacey Abrams is running for governor in Georgia. She owes more than $227,000 in credit card debt, student loan debt and back taxes, and she told Yahoo Finance how she got there.

5 years ago
How these newlyweds paid off over $100K of debt in a year

Husband and wife Leo and Faith Jean-Louis share how they were able to pay off over $100K of debt in a year.

6 years ago
Best cars for $30,000

The average new car transaction in the U.S. was $34,374 in July 2018, according to Kelley Blue Book, but we think you can do better than that. Yahoo Finance partnered with Autoblog to break down the best cars at $30,000. “Usually carmakers advertise [base price] as the cheapest, least expensive, most basic car,” Greg Migliore, editor-in-chief of Autoblog.com, told Yahoo.

6 years ago

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These are the 10 most popular cars for millennials

These are the top ten cars millennials bought in the first quarter of 2018, according to Experian.

6 years ago
How Stacey Abrams wants to fix the student debt crisis in Georgia

The Democratic nominee for governor in Georgia wants to fix the student loan crisis by increasing state investment into education.

6 years ago
4 best cars for $25,000

You’re in the market for a new car, and you’ve done the math: you can spend around $25,000. Now how do you figure out what to buy? Our friends at Autoblog compiled a list of the best cars in that price range.

6 years ago
How to think about your money for less than an hour a month

If you’ve got an emergency fund, you’re ahead of the game – only 39% of Americans can handle a $1,000 emergency. “At heart, I think most of us are lazy… especially about the things we don’t really like,” says Ramit Sethi, a New York Times best-selling author and founder of IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com. Your money comes into your checking account once you get paid,” says Sethi.

6 years ago
How an NFL player planned his post-football finances

After playing in the NFL for eight years, Rashad Jennings learned a thing or two about how to plan for life after the gridiron.

6 years ago
4 ways to deal with debt in retirement

Dealing with debt is nerve-racking, but debt when you’re approaching retirement can be downright scary. The conventional wisdom is that you should try to retire debt-free, but fewer and fewer people are actually doing that.

6 years ago
How Congress just made your taxes more complicated

“You can do your taxes on a form the size of a postcard,” Speaker Paul Ryan said. Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas boasted the same thing, as did Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana. It was the great promise of last year’s major tax overhaul: simplifying tax forms so much that taxpayers will be able to file their returns on a postcard.

6 years ago
How to fix the financial gap faced by LGBTQ people

Money affects different groups of people in different ways. TD Ameritrade surveyed how the LGBTQ or Queer community uses money differently than the straight community does. One significant finding: there is a gap in the level of confidence between these groups.

6 years ago
4 tips to keep medical debt from overwhelming you

Even for those with health insurance, a visit to the hospital can be financially devastating. According to a 2016 report by Kaiser Family Foundation, one in five insured working-age Americans reported having problems paying medical bills in the previous year.

6 years ago
3 key takeaways about managing credit card debt

Credit card debt affects millions of Americans. If you have debt, should you avoid using a credit card altogether? “Obviously, if all of your debt is credit card [debt], then you’re just going to be digging yourself into a bigger hole that would be hard to get out of.

6 years ago
Do you have questions about credit card debt?

If you have questions on how to get out of credit card debt, you can submit them to be answered to a live Q&A on Yahoo Finance's Facebook page.

6 years ago
What is the national debt?

As of June 4, 2018, the total outstanding debt owed by the federal government was $21,090,788,185,039.90, or $21.1 trillion. “It is mostly an abstract concept, unlike, say, a personal student loan or auto loan or mortgage, where you have a personal obligation to repay the debt,” said White. For an individual, the national debt has none of those particular characteristics.

6 years ago
Tips to pay off debt from 7 people who have actually done it

Paying off debt can be one of the most liberating experiences, but there’s really not much fanfare that comes from seeing that $0 balance. Some people turn to YouTube to tell others how they managed it, and you can see the excitement.

6 years ago
4 debt-related words everyone should know

Debt is a language of its own. Anyone who’s ever had a credit card balance or taken student loans has been bombarded with terminology that can make your head hurt. We break down four major terms about debt: principal, interest, APR and default.

6 years ago
5 best cars for $20,000

Yahoo Finance has partnered with Autoblog to bring you the best cars around $20,000, and we looked through Autoblog’s new car listing pages to create a list of the best five cars (plus one extra). The Honda Fit tops the list for its combination of fuel economy, interior space and equipment. “Perhaps nothing else on the market gets more interior space out of its exterior footprint, offering genuine adult-friendly back seat space and a cargo capacity that rivals that of small SUVs,” said Christopher McGraw, senior producer at Autoblog.

6 years ago
3 tips for starting your business

Starting a new business can be intimidating. Where do you even start? Ramit Sethi, an author and owner of multiple businesses, helps others figure it out.

6 years ago

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How to save for retirement if your job doesn’t offer a 401k

Stacey Abrams: I'm running for governor and am $200,000 in debt

How these newlyweds paid off over $100K of debt in a year

Best cars for $30,000

These are the 10 most popular cars for millennials

How Stacey Abrams wants to fix the student debt crisis in Georgia

4 best cars for $25,000

How to think about your money for less than an hour a month

How an NFL player planned his post-football finances

4 ways to deal with debt in retirement

How Congress just made your taxes more complicated

How to fix the financial gap faced by LGBTQ people

4 tips to keep medical debt from overwhelming you

3 key takeaways about managing credit card debt

Do you have questions about credit card debt?

What is the national debt?

Tips to pay off debt from 7 people who have actually done it

4 debt-related words everyone should know

5 best cars for $20,000

3 tips for starting your business