Latest articles by Alexandra Svokos
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Why I'm Keeping My Amex Gold Card Even With a Higher Annual Fee
American Express increased its Gold Card fee, starting October 1, but new perks are here, too. Here's the value one editor sees in the card.
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Ballot Initiatives to Know: Kiplinger Election Updates
The latest election updates on what candidates are saying as it concerns people's finances, along with commentary and analysis from Kiplinger experts.
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Election Poll Surprise Driven In Part by 65+ Female Voters
J. Ann Selzer pointed to voters aged 65+, and female voters in particular, as an explanation for the surprising presidential election poll results.
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Harris Proposes Medicare Cover In-Home Healthcare
Vice President Kamala Harris proposed a plan for Medicare to cover in-home healthcare.
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Florida Drivers Can Get Jimmy Buffett License Plates Now
Margaritaville license plates, after the Jimmy Buffett classic hit, are now available for Florida drivers.
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Bank of America Outage Had Customers Seeing Zeros
A widespread outage at Bank of America showed $0 balances for many customers.
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What's Worth Your Money: Clear, TSA PreCheck or Global Entry?
A look at the relative value of Clear vs TSA PreCheck vs Global Entry for travelers.
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Does Freezing Your Credit Help During Data Breaches?
With data breaches in the news from National Public Data and Change Healthcare, people are wondering if they should freeze their credit.
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Another Round of Free COVID Tests Is Coming
The government is once again providing free COVID tests to American households this fall.
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Federal Reserve September Meeting: Updates and Commentary
The September meeting of the Federal Reserve is bringing the first rate cut after a series of hikes and pauses.
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Change Healthcare Data Breach: What to Know for Your Social Security Number and More
Here's what you need to know about a data breach at Change Healthcare that had wide impacts this year.
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What You Need to Travel to Europe in 2024
What you need to travel to Europe will be changing as the European Union will be requiring Americans to apply for ETIAS approval — but not in 2024.
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How to Write a Wedding Check as a Gift
There are some guidelines to writing a check for a wedding gift for newlyweds.
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Here Are the 10 Medicare Negotiated Drug Prices
Medicare announced the negotiated prices for 10 drugs, which are among the costliest and most used.
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How the Tech Outage Impacted Banks and Finances
A major tech outage that caused chaos at airports also impacted banking and finance.
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Philips CPAP Settlement: What to Know
Philips agreed to a $1.1 billion settlement over CPAP and ventilator machines. Users can sign up to be part of the payout if they haven't already joined in the lawsuit.
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Yes, JetBlue Has Transatlantic Flights — and They're Often a Good Deal
JetBlue is now operating a handful of flight itineraries from the East Coast to Europe, at relatively affordable prices.
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$200K Lamborghini SUVs Recalled
About 2,000 Lamborghini Urus vehicles are being recalled.
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Americans Are Driving Even Older Cars as Prices Stay High
Americans are driving older cars than ever before, a new report shows, as prices for new cars remain high.
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Is the Best College Major for Earnings Actually a Second One?
A recent study argues that people with double majors have more protection against salary shocks.
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Americans Consider This the Best Long-Term Investment — and It's Not Stocks
For the tenth straight year, Americans have picked real estate as their favorite long-term investment.
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What Brings High-Net-Worth People to Everest? It 'Ceased to Represent a Climbing Challenge and All the Sudden Became a Human Challenge'
Everest, Inc. author Will Cockrell discusses why high-net-worth people flock to climb Mount Everest.
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Is This the Worst Time To Buy a Home?
A new poll shows a vast majority of Americans believe now is a bad time to buy a house, in the worst low in Gallup's history.
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Tell the College Student in Your Life to Look Out for This Scam
Scammers are targeting college graduates with fake job ads, according to the FTC.
