Why employers may check your credit report and how to improve it

In 2017, Brittany Greene was on track to be promoted from an assistant to a business analyst position at her company, she says. She’d earned her master’s degree in project management and shadowed with the team.  But Greene didn’t get the job — and says her poor credit history played a role. “I actually found […]

It’s easy to get 5% yields. How to soften the tax hit on your big income payers

Uncle Sam is about to take his share of those juicy yields you’ve been earning through 2023. This year, investors didn’t have to work terribly hard to get paid high yields from their income-paying investments. The Crane 100 Money Fund Index touts an annualized 7-day yield of 5.2%. For those willing to sacrifice some liquidity, […]