Today's Interest Rates and Financial Advice:

Financial Advice

• Mistakes to avoid when investing in CDs

  With the Federal Reserve finally ready to push interest rates higher over the next few years, a new era of rising returns is upon us. Will you be ready to profit from that?

  October 18th 2018

• 7 ways to measure your financial success

  Just as blood pressure and cholesterol are valuable measures of your physical well-being, we've come up with the critical numbers you need to track the state of your financial health.

  October 17th 2018

• Dying with a mortgage: What happens to your home?

  The simplest, most likely answer is that your heirs will be allowed to assume your loan and keep the home as long as they make the payments. But, as you'll see, nothing is simple in estate law.

  October 17th 2018

• Is now the right time to refinance?

  While rates are on the rise, by any historical measure home loans remain incredibly cheap, and it's possible to land a new, cheaper mortgage even if you have below-average credit and little equity in your home.

  October 16th 2018

• October car loans remain surprisingly cheap

  The average cost of financing a new or used car or truck has stayed low over the past year, making auto loans a bargain by any historical measure. And buyers with reasonably good credit can always take advantage of the discount loans automakers are offering on many models.

  October 15th 2018

• 7 big questions your Closing Disclosure can answer

  Borrowers applying for a mortgage now get a five-page form designed to make home loans easier to understand before the deal is finalized.

  October 15th 2018