Sergio Hernandez
Sergio Hernandez is business editor of The Week's print edition. He has previously worked for The Daily, ProPublica, the Village Voice, and Gawker.
Latest articles by Sergio Hernandez
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Making money: Calculating retirement costs, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from the danger of specialized study to early door-buster deals
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Making money: When short-term mortgages pay, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from the inner workings of new credit card rules to loans for forgetful travelers
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The economy's new normal
feature Are we in a permanent slump?
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Has Washington won its war against Wall Street?
feature The Dodd-Frank Act forced banks to sell off many of their classic "Wall Street" businesses. How are the banks doing?
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Making money: How to rent when you have bad credit, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from how to train kids for wealth to how to get prepaid tuition
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When is inflation just right?
feature Though it has been battled in past decades, many economists believe a little inflation is good for a weak economy
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Making money: A stock market predictor, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from what to do when Social Security overpays to rolling over your FSA
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Personal finance tips: Help for shopaholics, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from how to curb your shopping enthusiasm to tips for retiring when self-employed
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Personal finance tips: The problem with platinum cards, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from buying stock where you work to payback for home equity loans
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Personal finance tips: How to avoid hotel scams, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from how to prioritize your bills to how debt collectors track you
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Are we in for an oil shock?
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Personal finance tips: Keeping car loans in check, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from how pay impacts credit to new rules for inherited IRAs
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Personal finance tips: Rules for emergency funds, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from negotiating a debt settlement to countering cash buyers
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GM's culture of unaccountability
feature Everything you need to know about the auto giant's recent failures, in four paragraphs
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Personal finance tips: Don't waste a dime on old tech, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from the rules for rewards cards to the IRS' revised overseas tax rules
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4 smart insights into GM's recall disaster
feature Mary Barra is facing "her first big test" since she took over as GM's new CEO
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Personal finance tips: Outsmarting car repair cheats, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from how much retirees should spend to when filing separately makes sense
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4 smart takes on the showdown between Tesla and car dealers
feature Tesla's direct-sale business model is coming under fire in New Jersey and many other states
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Personal finance tips: How to nail your performance review, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from how to switch bank accounts to the differences between index and actively managed funds
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Personal finance tips: How to avoid a tax audit, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from a strategy for shorter hours to how to track your FICO score
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Personal finance tips: How to save on your cable bill, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from how to get a better read on debit cards to the upside of investing abroad
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Who gets Fannie's and Freddie's profits?
feature The government-sponsored mortgage giants' shareholders want their money back
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Personal finance tips: The safest way to pay, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from making salaries transparent to keeping car insurers honest
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Personal finance tips: The importance of your college choice, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from rethinking Roth IRAs to the 'new math' of car leases
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