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Articles with titles like “How Much You Should Have Saved for Retirement at Every Age” are super clickbaity and mostly end up being depressing. Sure, it’s easy for someone who doesn’t know me to say I should have double my salary saved, but they don’t know my salary, what I’m spending, or what I want

Dear Penny, After getting furloughed in March, I was able to start collecting unemployment soon after. I opted not to have taxes withheld from my payments because I was having to dig into my savings to pay the bills, and I thought I’d be going back to work. Long story short, it became clear that

Mom-and-pop ethnic grocery stores are a common sight on big-city street corners, peddling exotic fruits and cuts of meat. These days, they’re also increasingly found outside of major metro areas. Pan-Asian, Middle Eastern or Latin markets may be the most common, but you’ll find markets dedicated to a single nationality, be it Indian, Korean, Serbian,

Do you ever wonder why it’s so hard to save money — even when you’ve cut the cable and the meals out, and you’ve never even had a latte habit? One reason it’s so hard to save is that your fixed expenses — the ones that stay the same each month, like your rent or

Side hustles, also known as side gigs, are paid projects you do outside your main job. They can be a great way to pay off debt or earn spending money on the side. They can also be a means to tap into unused skills and explore your passions. And if you really want to get