Happy Tuesday, MarketWatchers! Hope you all have a nice holiday ahead. Here are the top personal finance stories of the day.
Personal Finance
This is how far some student-athletes travel to attend university
Some students travel as far as 5,000 miles away for a sports team.
I paid my boyfriend’s rent and bills to improve his credit score—then he bought a house without telling me
This New Jersey woman wonders whether her partner is using her for a mortgage.
My father wants me to co-sign on a $300,000 mortgage — what should I do?
The letter writer is concerned this man is a deadbeat dad.
People use Venmo to spy on cheating spouses—it’s proving more effective than Facebook
The mobile-payment app is an effective tool for aspiring detectives and would-be psychologists.
While visiting my dying stepmother, I discovered her children had looted my father’s estate
‘A word of warning to your readers: Don’t trust anyone.’
Hispanic workers continue to make significantly less than white workers
The wage gap has persisted for decades.
Hiring a nanny for summer child care? Don’t forget a W-2 form
It only takes a few months of employment to trigger the ’nanny tax.’
The unexpected link between social status and generosity
‘Higher status’ people are even less likely to give money when it was earned.
Why aren’t most Americans rich? These theories may help explain it
A recent social-media hashtag, #ReasonsImNotRich, attempted to answer that complex question.
This ‘Orange Is the New Black’ star wants to pay off your student loans
Comedy game show ‘Paid Off,’ hosted by actor Michael Torpey, will debut on TruTV on July 10.
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Scott Pruitt becomes latest Trump official to be harassed at restaurant
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt became the most recent Trump administration figure to get an earful while trying to get a mouthful at a DC restaurant, according to a Facebook posting Monday.
Wall Street would benefit from lifting those left behind, Poor People’s Campaign leader says
The Rev. Dr. William Barber, one of the leaders of the rebooted Poor People’s Campaign, says Wall Street should support the group’s agenda for a living wage and single-payer health care.
Just because the economy is booming doesn’t mean that all is well
On the surface the economy looks golden, but some tarnish might be starting to form underneath.
3 reasons why the U.S. will keep escalating its trade wars
The Trump administration has ample domestic political and economic room for maneuver.
Trump to rescind Obama-era guidelines on race in college admissions
The Trump administration is planning to rescind Tuesday a set of Obama-era policies that encourage the use of race in college admissions to promote diverse educational settings, according to two people familiar with the plans.
When it comes to the press, Trump has been more bark than bite
Trump’s attacks on the media are not unprecedented.
China’s export growth to U.S. abruptly slows as tariffs near
China’s customs agency unexpectedly issued trade data that showed growth in exports to the U.S. slowing, though analysts dismissed the figures as part of Beijing’s messaging campaign in its tariff battle with Washington.
3 ways Trump undermines himself on trade
Donald Trump’s behavior on trade may quickly become counterproductive.
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