"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...

Middle-class families are supposed to feel stable, yet a growing stack of data shows they are being squeezed hard from every ...

Looking ahead to 2026, you might be realizing that you’ll have more money than you did in 2025. This is an exciting realization, but it’s important to be prepared so you stay in solid financial ...

Though terms like these can’t fully encapsulate people’s specific financial realities, they can be useful. The differences between how the lower middle class and upper middle class are living can ...

Path to Growth – Building and sustaining upper middle class status comes from increasing income, investing in real estate for passive cash flow, and using tax-efficient strategies to accelerate wealth ...

President Donald Trump has framed his intervention in Venezuela as a cost-free way to secure cheap oil and revive a broken ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled Jeremy Horpedahl's name. America’s middle class is spooked about the economy. Consumer confidence has been falling for most of ...

The income needed to maintain middle-class status in the United States has risen—and Rhode Island is in the top 15 most expensive states, according to calculations by SmartAsset. Reaching middle-class ...