Joe Pinsker
Personal Finance Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Reporter at @WSJ, covering personal finance and the pursuit of happiness. Formerly @TheAtlantic
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Joe Pinsker |Paul Overberg |Stephanie Stamm
Millennials who become top earners are taking strikingly similar paths to get there. They are often working in a small number of lucrative fields in a small number of superstar cities after attending a small number of top-tier universities.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Veronica Dagher |Joe Pinsker |Oyin Adedoyin
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Joe Pinsker
Higher repair and insurance bills await people sticking with current ridePresident Trump’s auto tariffs won’t just make buying a car more expensive. They would make simply owning a car more expensive, too. Levies on imported vehicles stand at 25%, and tariffs of the same size are planned for auto parts in early May. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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1 month ago |
elpasoinc.com | Joe Pinsker |Veronica Dagher
President Trump’s auto tariffs are about to give another boost to car prices that have already surged over the past four years. That will be an additional burden on household budgets. One common but rough financial guideline is that the monthly payment on an auto loan should be no more than 10% of one’s take-home pay. But even the average used-car payment is right around that threshold for an average American, and a new-car payment is already beyond it.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Anne Tergesen |Joe Pinsker
Market downturns like this one often tempt people to make rash decisions, but it is better to have a planThe current market turmoil is especially anxiety-inducing for people who are nearing retirement and will soon draw from their accounts. The ideal financial scenario is to have prepared beforehand by moving the money you will need to spend in the coming months or years into less risky assets, such as cash. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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