Recently, GOBankingRates reported on the 41 states in America that won’t tax Social Security benefits in 2025. Missouri and Kansas elected to stop taxing Social Security benefits in 2024, as did Kansas shortly thereafter, leaving only nine states in the union that will still tax benefits in 2025.
by Travis Woods
The American housing market has been difficult to predict in the 2020s, with such extraordinary events as an international pandemic and wildly spiking interest rates having a massive impact on the market. That said, there are ways to predict the directions in which the housing market will go in 2025, and financial expert Rachel Cruze has them.
by Travis Woods
Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs -- more and more throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, and especially since President Trump has retaken the White House, tariffs seem the be the primary economic news subject of the day. Especially since President Trump has threatened tariffs (i.e., taxes on goods imported to the United States from foreign countries) on all of America’s primary trading partners.
by Travis Woods
For all the excitement of buying a brand new car, dealing with the gritty details of financing can often be incredibly stressful, especially if you’re car shopping with subprime credit. Having low credit can often make securing financing for a new car difficult-to-impossible, and shoppers with subprime credit numbers can often feel helpless.
by Travis Woods
February 2025 began with President Donald Trump instituting his long-promised tariffs on America’s trading partners Canada and Mexico. Tariffs are, essentially, taxes levied upon countries that import goods to the United States, and Trump implemented 25% tariffs on both Canada and Mexico. However, Trump then suspected the tariffs for one month after discussions with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum -- but the tariffs might return in 30 days.
by Travis Woods
A question for a number of overlapping generations at the moment is how reliable Social Security will be in the future, how long it will last and how much savings will be necessary to create a comfortable, lasting retirement. It’s a concern that is also dictated not just Social Security funding or the size of a savings account, but by location as well – to put it simply, some states are very expensive to live and will drain retirement savings quickly, while other states are rather inexpensive and affordable for the long-term.
by Travis Woods
