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Gen Z is doing (almost) everything right with money—and still getting burned

They save more, invest earlier, and carry better insurance than any generation before them. So why is Gen Z so vulnerable?

By Beth KoblinerApril 22, 2026
beard
Yale asked the right question. Now the rest of higher education owes an answer
By Steve BeardApril 22, 2026
trump
America’s national debt is heading to 175% of GDP. Here’s why no president—including Trump—has the will to stop it
By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerApril 22, 2026
trump
What happens if nothing is done to fix Social Security by 2032?
By Martha SheddenApril 21, 2026
edelman
70% of people believe at least one divisive health claim. Science needs a new playbook
By Richard EdelmanApril 22, 2026
gas
The $100 oil shock is hitting the middle class like a margin call
By Katica RoyApril 21, 2026
Latest Stories
In this photo illustration, Checkr logo is seen on a smartphone and on a pc screen.
NewslettersAt $5 billion startup Checkr new employees build an app using AI during onboarding—even the new CFO
By Sheryl EstradaApril 22, 2026
Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
EconomyWall Street won’t like it—but Kevin Warsh may mark the end of your chatty, neighborhood Fed chairman
By Eleanor PringleApril 22, 2026
Today’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on April 22, 2026
Personal FinanceToday’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on April 22, 2026
By Glen Luke FlanaganApril 22, 2026
Top CD rates today, April 22, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.20%
Personal FinanceTop CD rates today, April 22, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.20%
By Glen Luke FlanaganApril 22, 2026
Musk wanted to flee Delaware. This CEO wants to fix it
NewslettersMusk wanted to flee Delaware. This CEO wants to fix it
By Diane BradyApril 22, 2026
Photo: FBI agents
Economy‘Something sinister’: What we know about the FBI probe into dead and missing scientists linked to space and military industries
By Jim EdwardsApril 22, 2026
The Godmother of Silicon Valley and her former student want to fix how healthcare gets built
NewslettersThe Godmother of Silicon Valley and her former student want to fix how healthcare gets built
By Allie GarfinkleApril 22, 2026
Cursor CEO Michael Truell on April 07, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo: Big Event Media/Getty Images/HumanX)
NewslettersSpaceX strikes a $60 billion deal for Cursor
By Andrew NuscaApril 22, 2026
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CommentaryBanning investors won’t fix America’s housing shortage
By Edward Peter StringhamJanuary 28, 2026
  • paramount
    CommentaryA cautionary Hollywood tale: the Ellisons’ lose-lose Paramount positioning
    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen HenriquesJanuary 12, 2026
reem
CommentaryHow to fight child hunger in a time of foreign aid cuts
By Reem Alabali Radovan, Rajiv J. Shah and Mads Krogsgaard ThomsenJanuary 28, 2026
kids
CommentaryComing soon: a lost generation of employee talent?
By Patrick E. HopkinsJanuary 27, 2026
Man at his laptop working on taxes
CommentaryYes, you’re getting a bigger tax refund. Your kids won’t thank you for the $3 trillion it’s adding to the deficit
By Daniel BunnJanuary 26, 2026
dewar
CommentaryWhen companies take off like a rocket, how can founders steer the ship?
By Carolyn DewarJanuary 24, 2026
shubham
CommentaryWhen AI meets healthcare, how should payers react? 
By Shubham SinghalJanuary 23, 2026
  • Walken
    CommentaryMolson Coors CEO: We’re doing our part to solve society’s ‘occasion problem’ – and we’re getting some unexpected help
    By Rahul GoyalJanuary 12, 2026
sternfels
CommentaryAI makes human intelligence more important, not less 
By Bob Sternfels and Lucy PerezJanuary 22, 2026
wendy
CommentaryBuilt to last: governance for multigenerational family businesses 
By Wendy StewartJanuary 22, 2026
acunto
CommentaryI’m the Napster CEO and I agree with Pinterest: the Napster phase of AI needs to end
By John AcuntoJanuary 22, 2026
target
CommentarySlipping on ICE: innocent retailers are the latest collateral damage from Trump’s perpetual noise machine
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJanuary 21, 2026
Yasmeen
CommentaryGoogle Cloud exec on software’s great reset and the end of certainty: we’re shifting from predictability to probability
By Yasmeen AhmadJanuary 21, 2026
  • What global executives need to ask about China in 2026
    AsiaWhat global executives need to ask about China in 2026
    By Joe Ngai and Jeongmin SeongJanuary 11, 2026
Davos
CommentaryThe world needs 8.5x higher GDP to give everyone a Swiss standard of living. As leaders gather in Davos, fear of growth holds this back
By Chris Bradley, Nick Leung and Sven SmitJanuary 21, 2026
louisa
CommentaryDavos 2026: reading the signals, not the headlines
By Louisa LoranJanuary 21, 2026
ready
CommentaryPinterest CEO: the Napster phase of AI needs to end
By Bill ReadyJanuary 19, 2026
mohamad ali
CommentaryI lead IBM Consulting, here’s how AI-first companies must redesign work for growth
By Mohamad AliJanuary 19, 2026
I have been coming to Davos for 16 years. I have never seen such a crisis in U.S./European relations
CommentaryI have been coming to Davos for 16 years. I have never seen such a crisis in U.S./European relations
By Kamal AhmedJanuary 19, 2026
ravi
CommentaryLearning and work are converging in an integrated new life template for the AI era 
By Ravi Kumar SJanuary 19, 2026
dusek
CommentaryGeoeconomics is the new geopolitics: Playing offense in the new economy
By Mirek DusekJanuary 19, 2026
Davos
CommentaryBuilding corporate resilience in a fragmenting world
By Sunny Mann and Anahita ThomsJanuary 18, 2026
prison
CommentaryWhat hiring someone who served 20 years in prison taught us about loyalty at work
By Brian Koehn and Adam ClaussenJanuary 18, 2026
vian
CommentaryI oversee a lab where engineers try to destroy my life’s work. It’s the only way to prepare for quantum threats
By Bernard VianJanuary 18, 2026
boardroom
CommentaryWhen AI decides how shareholders vote, boards need to rethink governance
By Jane SadowskyJanuary 17, 2026
moreland
CommentaryFortune 500 exec: College grads aren’t ready for today’s jobs
By Mary MorelandJanuary 17, 2026
depa
CommentaryAdaptability is the new job security and 4 more future AI trends from EY’s global chief innovation officer
By Joe DepaJanuary 16, 2026
verma
CommentaryGoogle Meet exec on the knowledge engine hiding in your calendar: meetings become IP
By Awaneesh VermaJanuary 16, 2026
sharma
CommentaryAI will infiltrate the industrial workforce in 2026—let’s apply it to training the next generation, not replacing them
By Kriti SharmaJanuary 15, 2026
Using AI just to reduce costs is a woeful misuse of a transformative technology
CommentaryUsing AI just to reduce costs is a woeful misuse of a transformative technology
By Nigel VazJanuary 15, 2026
powell
CommentaryForget the K-Shape: We have a barbell economy—and the middle class is buckling under the weight
By Katica RoyJanuary 14, 2026
engineer
CommentaryChina graduates 1.3 million engineers per year, versus just 130,000 in the U.S. We need AI to bridge the gap
By Paul Eremenko and Ashish SrivastavaJanuary 14, 2026
powell/trump
CommentaryIs Powell’s Fed head independence dead? Trump outfoxes himself this time
By Jeffrey SonnenfeldJanuary 13, 2026
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