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A 23-year-old caller from Houston stunned listeners on a recent episode of “The Ramsey Show” after revealing that her mother took out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans in her name without her knowledge and appears to have spent at least some of the money herself. The caller...

Mark Cuban isn't asking hospitals to cut costs. He's asking them to show the costs exist in the first place. In a post on X last week, the Cost Plus Drugs co-founder called out hospitals that claim they lose money on Medicare and Medicaid patients. He didn't want broad figures or vague explanations...

Elon Musk has seen this movie before — and he's warning the ending never changes. Last week, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO — also the richest man in the world — responded to a post on X about California's proposed wealth tax. But instead of railing against it with bullet points or charts, he let history...

In 2021, a 34-year-old investor followed what sounded like standard advice. He rolled about $50,000 from his 401(k) into a Traditional IRA with the help of a local financial advisor. Then he did what many people are told to do with retirement money. “I've for the most part ignored it as that...

A recent call to “The Ramsey Show” revealed the emotional and financial chaos one Louisiana woman is trying to navigate after her husband was arrested and could be facing years behind bars. Rental Properties, Two Kids And A Failing Business Plan Megan, a mother of two from Baton Rouge...

A recent Reddit thread is flipping assumptions that declined cards only happen to people who are broke, careless, or financially unstable. The original poster, who claims a net worth of over $2 million, said their credit card has been declined more than once, not because they were broke, but...

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban isn't telling young people to skip college and start a business. In fact, he says the opposite. During a conversation on content creator Jules Terpak's YouTube channel last year, Cuban pushed back on the idea that success means abandoning higher education...

Trust fund envy doesn't usually come with leather seats and a backup camera. But one stepmom says her teenage stepdaughter broke down in tears after getting a BMW for her birthday — because she thought a six-figure trust fund was coming instead. Posting to Reddit, the 39-year-old mom explained that...

Coffee is easy to defend because it feels small. It's a few dollars, part of a routine, and gone before anyone has time to think twice. That's why billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban keeps using it as a money example. Speaking on content creator Jules Terpak's YouTube channel last year, Cuban...

Being rich doesn't always mean acting rich. Just ask the two men who've taken turns wearing the crown of richest person alive. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett could afford just about any lunch they wanted—but when they grabbed McDonald's in Hong Kong, one of them reached into his pocket and pulled...

Gen X never asked for a participation trophy. What they really want is a pension—and maybe a shot at retiring before their knees give out. But according to new data, most of them aren't holding their breath. A 2025 survey by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies reveals what many Gen Xers...

Some marriages split chores. Some split finances. This one split hairs over baseball tickets and back pay. A man on Reddit asked if he was the bad guy for pressing his wife to repay $1,850 she "borrowed" from him. The post didn't just spark debate — it triggered a full-blown rejection of how he...

Some people fall in love over candlelight. ‘Share Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary says you should fall in love over a calculator. In a post on X, O'Leary stripped marriage down to its bottom line: "The first child you have together is called MONEY." He said money shows up early—on the second date, the...

The numbers don't lie. They just don't add up. In 2024, the average American household spent $78,535—and that figure comes directly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which released its annual Consumer Expenditures report in December But inflation didn't stop when the calendar flipped. While...

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban says his children often feel the pressure that comes with wealth because higher standards are placed on them as the children of a rich parent. Talking about the challenges of being wealthy on comedian Theo Von's podcast, Cuban said his wealth puts pressure on his...