BlackRock CEO Larry Fink discussed possible Social Security reforms that would allow more Americans to benefit from the growth in the stock market while also ensuring the program is strengthened so it can survive to serve future generations. Fink’s recently released annual chairman’s letter touched on how Social Security is “one…

Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate Ayesha Garnett is defying the housing market’s grim math. A housekeeper in Philadelphia, Garnett says she doesn’t make much, but she’s smart with what she’s got. “I’m a saver,” she says. “[My salary] takes care of me and what I need to get done.” But there was…

The impact of the Iran war on global oil prices could push the rate of inflation facing U.S. consumers higher, which would leave Federal Reserve policymakers in a difficult spot as they weigh possible interest rate cuts. An analysis by economists at Goldman Sachs projected that Brent crude oil prices, a common…