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Emily Stewart

Emily Stewart

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Emily Stewart

    Money
    When your neighbors become your overlordsWhen your neighbors become your overlords
    Money

    How HOAs became an unnecessary necessary evil.

    By Emily Stewart
    Money
    Your phone is ruining your vacationYour phone is ruining your vacation
    Money

    When in Rome — or Cabo or Tokyo — put down your phone.

    By Emily Stewart
    Money
    Why oil prices are up and what it ~ means ~ for youWhy oil prices are up and what it ~ means ~ for you
    Money

    You should care but not worry about what’s happening with oil.

    By Emily Stewart
    Money
    Are buy now, pay later services like Klarna and Apple Pay Later a scam?Are buy now, pay later services like Klarna and Apple Pay Later a scam?
    Money

    Buy now, pay later — and maybe more than you bargained for.

    By Emily Stewart
    Technology
    9 questions about Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, answered9 questions about Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, answered
    Technology

    Tech’s favorite bank just failed. What does that mean for you?

    By Emily Stewart, Sara Morrison and 1 more
    Money
    What it looks like when a country doesn’t trust its banksWhat it looks like when a country doesn’t trust its banks
    Money

    I went to Argentina and the US did a bank run.

    By Emily Stewart
    Money
    Should you be worried about your small bank?Should you be worried about your small bank?
    Money

    Turns out you don’t have to be that big to be too big to fail.

    By Emily Stewart
    Money
    Did the Fed break Silicon Valley Bank?Did the Fed break Silicon Valley Bank?
    Money

    SVB’s collapse is the price of the Fed’s interest rate gambit.

    By Emily Stewart
    Money
    Is this a bailout?Is this a bailout?
    Money

    After SVB, is the government bailing out the banks again? Yes-ish. But this isn’t 2008.

    By Emily Stewart
    Money
    You might not know if your blender will kill youYou might not know if your blender will kill you
    Money

    America’s messy, screwed-up product recall system, explained.

    By Emily Stewart