If you have these things in your home, you’re at least a tiny bit wealthier than you might think. Most people who grew up poor didn't get the same luxuries as everyone else. From low-quality schools ...

Many adults experience a loss of control later in life when they've grown up poor, according to a study from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, but when they grow up middle class, then ...

When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one ...

Your net worth is the total result of your savings, investments and assets minus debts, and in retirement, it’s one of the most accurate measures of financial health after you stop working. Unlike ...

Are you poor, middle-class, or rich in Arizona? The answer will completely depend on where you live in the Grand Canyon state. Middle class is defined by the Pew Research Center as annual income ...

The idea of the American dream is that anyone can go from humble beginnings to prosperity through hard work and not giving up. But in reality, making that journey from poverty to upper middle class is ...

While there’s a lot of rhetoric about people pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, the reality is that sometimes the circumstances conspire against you. Here are six factors that can prevent ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Everyone wants to be wealthy. Yet as finance coach Dave ...

More than five decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., many carry on his legacy through the struggle for ...

For many upper-middle-class Americans, retirement can bring unexpected financial challenges that slowly erode wealth. Even those who have saved diligently can make costly mistakes that turn a ...

Every January, we make grand resolutions about our finances. We promise ourselves we’ll save more, spend less, and finally get serious about investments. By March, most of these promises were ...