Vidushi S, Author at BlurbMoney

Fixed or Adjustable: Which Mortgage Rate to Choose

An adjustable-rate mortgage almost always starts at a lower rate than a fixed one. That discount is not generosity. It […]

People use “deduction” and “credit” as though they mean the same thing. They do not, and the difference is substantial.

The Department of Labor puts it plainly: before age 67, you are more likely to miss work because of a

Life insurance is badly named, and the name causes most of the confusion around it. It does not insure your

You finish your return and the number at the bottom is larger than what you have. This is more common

A tax refund feels like a windfall. Money arriving that you did not expect and had not planned for. It

You pay for insurance every month. When something goes wrong, filing a claim seems like the obvious move. Sometimes it

A single employer is a single point of failure. Most people understand this in the abstract and discover it concretely

A $60,000 contract and a $60,000 salary are not the same money. People discover this in April, usually with an

You have heard that renting is throwing money away. It is the most repeated piece of housing advice in America,