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Pamela de la Fuente leads NerdWallet’s consumer credit and debt team. Her team covers credit scores, credit reports, identity protection and ways to avoid, manage and eliminate debt. Previously, she led taxes and retirement coverage at NerdWallet. She has been a writer and editor for more than 20 years.Pamela joined NerdWallet after working at companies including Hallmark Cards, Sprint Corp. and The Kansas City Star.She is a thought leader in content diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and finds ways to make every piece of content conversational and accessible to all.She is a graduate of the Maynard Institute’s Maynard 200 program,…

Given the headline you just read, you probably think I hate the book Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life. Nothing could be further from the truth. I think it’s a great book and, like The Psychology of Money or How to Think About Money, I actually wish I’d written it. It is the best book I know of to read for those of us WCIers whose most challenging of the five lifetime money activities (earning, saving, investing, spending, giving) is spending. Some of the ideas it teaches I had already come up with…

With the American Express Platinum Card® and certain premium AmEx cards, you can book hotels through two curated luxury hotel collections on the issuer’s travel portal: Fine Hotels & Resorts (FHR) and The Hotel Collection (THC). FHR comprises more than 1,800 high-end properties worldwide, while THC includes 1,300. Booking through these programs gets you benefits like: A $100 property credit for eligible purchases, such as minibar purchases, dining, spa treatments or bike rentals (varies by property).Room upgrades, when available.Daily breakfast for two (FHR only).Early check-in and late checkout.Double-earning opportunities. You can earn Membership Rewards points on your eligible card and…

We believe everyone should be able to make financial decisions with confidence. While we don’t cover every company or financial product on the market, we work hard to share a wide range of offers and objective editorial perspectives. So how do we make money? Our partners compensate us for advertisements that appear on our site. This compensation helps us provide tools and services – like free credit score access and monitoring. With the exception of mortgage, home equity and other home-lending products or services, partner compensation is one of several factors that may affect which products we highlight and where…

Meet Angela Wilson, one of the winners of NerdWallet’s Debt-Free December Sweepstakes.We talked to Angela to find out how she feels about the win and what she plans to do with the money. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself.A: I’ve been in Las Vegas for 33 years. I’ve worked in a plethora of industries, from real estate to banking. That’s where I was up until the day my department was laid off. On January 29, 2024, I lost my job and also found my mother having a stroke. What a day.…

“I recently gave him $20,000 for a newer car and had him finance the rest.”

Pamela de la Fuente leads NerdWallet’s consumer credit and debt team. Her team covers credit scores, credit reports, identity protection and ways to avoid, manage and eliminate debt. Previously, she led taxes and retirement coverage at NerdWallet. She has been a writer and editor for more than 20 years.Pamela joined NerdWallet after working at companies including Hallmark Cards, Sprint Corp. and The Kansas City Star.She is a thought leader in content diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and finds ways to make every piece of content conversational and accessible to all.She is a graduate of the Maynard Institute’s Maynard 200 program,…

Bernstein analysts said Uber investors have been overly fearful of the threat posed by self-driving cars, particularly if autonomous-vehicle technology gets widely licensed.

Meet one of the winners of NerdWallet’s Debt-Free December sweepstakes.We talked to Brennan Ackerman to find out how he feels about the win and what he plans to do with the money.Responses have been edited for length and clarity.Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself.A: My name is Brennan Ackerman. I used to be a product manager for a tech company but I quit that job at the beginning of the year because it was burning me out. I spent the first three or four months of the year traveling, which was a lot of fun, and I’ve just…

Nike Inc. reported fiscal second-quarter results that beat Wall Street’s expectations, but its margins shrank, and management said the sneaker and athletic-gear giant was “in the middle innings” of its comeback plan.