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Thanksgiving

This week’s money news

September 17, 2024 By Liz Weston

This week’s top story: The busiest travel days around Thanksgiving. In other news: 4 social media money trends worth knowing about, what happens when the Fed finally cuts rates, and weekly mortgage rates drop.

The Busiest Travel Days Around Thanksgiving
If you can avoid traveling the Sunday after Thanksgiving, you’ll avoid the worst of the Thanksgiving travel crowds.

4 Social Media Money Trends Worth Knowing About
Here, we’re tackling four of the latter set, laying out what you need to know about these trends, how they could benefit you and some potential downsides.

What Happens When the Fed Finally Cuts Rates?
NerdWallet writers spell out what an expected rate cut will mean for mortgages, savings accounts and more.

Weekly Mortgage Rates Drop, Creating Opportunities for Refinancers
If you’ve been waiting for rates to fall in order to refinance, your wait might already be over.

Filed Under: Liz's Blog Tagged With: money trends, mortgages, Thanksgiving

Tuesday’s need-to-know money news

November 15, 2016 By Liz Weston

8.6.13.CheckupToday’s top story: 5 must-know facts about Obamacare open enrollment. Also in the news: Why it’s getting harder to spot counterfeit cash, financial conversations you should have during the holidays, and how to host your first Thanksgiving without going broke.

5 Must-Know Facts About Obamacare Open Enrollment
Be informed before signing up.

Why It’s Getting Harder to Spot Counterfeit Cash
Criminals have become more sophisticated.

Financial Conversations You Should Have During the Holidays
Taking advantage of family gatherings.

How to Host Your First Thanksgiving Without Going Broke
Don’t go overboard.

Filed Under: Liz's Blog Tagged With: counterfeit money, financial discussions, obamacare, open enrollment, Thanksgiving

Will you shop on Thanksgiving?

November 27, 2013 By Liz Weston

Mother and son outdoors at winterI once made a disparaging comment to a friend about people who rush the doors of their local retailers to snag Black Friday deals.

She told me I was being elitist. I had money to buy nice presents for my family. Many of those waiting in the cold, dark night for the Walmart doors to open didn’t, and Black Friday might be their only shot at getting something nice for their kids and spouses and parents.

She had a point. Maybe that characterization doesn’t apply to everybody caught up in the post-Thanksgiving frenzy, but it was true enough back then to make me shut my mouth about it.

Now they’re messing with Thanksgiving itself, which sucks for the employees forced to work and for the shoppers who are letting themselves be tricked into deals that usually aren’t. “The stuff on sale now will be even cheaper in a few weeks,” wrote New York Post columnist Nicole Gelinas who goes on to write:

There’s nothing wrong with marketing ploys. But there is something wrong with preying on people’s impulses to the extent that they are sacrificing time with their families for one day that shouldn’t be commercialized. Time is the real gift.

Because you know what’s next, right? After-Christmas sales…starting on Christmas morning.

Filed Under: Liz's Blog Tagged With: Black Friday, deals, shopping, Thanksgiving

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