Jessica Roy

1 week ago | sfchronicle.com | Jessica Roy

My health care facility data was hacked and I was offered 2 years of free credit monitoring services. Is it worth it to sign up for these services to prevent identity theft, or are there other things I should do instead (other than freezing my credit)? What you got is known as a data breach notification. State agencies and businesses, including health care providers, are obligated under California law to notify you when your unencrypted personal data was acquired by an unauthorized person.

2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Jessica Roy

It’s a scary time to be making direct eye contact with a stock ticker. After a major drop last week from President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements, stocks briefly buoyed Tuesday morning before coming back down. The S&P 500, Nasdaq and the Dow erased all gains and ended the day down at market close. Article continues below this adBut not all investors have been put off by the news. Searches for the term “buy the dip” have spiked in the past week, according to Google Trends data.

2 weeks ago | modbee.com | Jessica Roy

President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" has come and gone. In a soon-to-be more economically isolated America, tariffs are going up and markets are already down. On Thursday, the day after he announced sweeping global tariffs, Trump said the rollout is "going very well" and predicted "markets are going to boom." By the close of trading, the Dow had plunged more than 1,600 points and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffered their worst losses since the pandemic crash of 2020.

2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Jessica Roy

On Thursday, the day after he announced sweeping global tariffs, Trump said the rollout is “going very well” and predicted “markets are going to boom.” By the close of trading, the Dow had plunged more than 1,600 points and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffered their worst losses since the pandemic crash of 2020. Everyone knows they’re supposed to buy low and sell high. But money decisions aren’t made in an emotional vacuum.

3 weeks ago | fresnobee.com | Jessica Roy

Technical difficulties. Hours on hold. Long drives to field offices. Those are among the frustrating, time-consuming, anxiety-inducing problems Social Security recipients recently reported to the Chronicle after we wrote about changes in the program's identity verification requirements under the Trump administrationPresident Donald Trump and close adviser Elon Musk claim the Social Security Administration is rife with fraud and waste. But many lawmakers and policy experts say that's false.