Your Money

• Wealth Matters: Is an Opportunity Zone the Right Investment for You?
  Offering the chance of outsize returns on the back of a huge tax break, opportunity zones are attractive to investors. But there is a catch.
• Your Money Adviser: Interest Rates on New Federal Student Loans Will Dip Slightly
  The rates, which will take effect on July 1, won’t make a big difference in monthly payments. But given the cost of college, one expert says, “this is a bit of good news.”
• Wealth Matters: How Loopholes Help Trump and Other Real Estate Moguls Avoid Taxes
  The ability to deduct business losses against income tax is common. But there are myriad other benefits, all legal, created specifically for commercial real estate.
• Your Money Adviser: Beware of Credit ‘Repair’ Companies, Consumer Watchdogs Say
  Anything these companies can do, people can do for themselves at no cost. Federal regulators recently filed suit against two of the biggest companies.
• Your Money: Trash, the Library and a Worn, Brown Table: The 2019 College Essays on Money
  Each year, we ask high school seniors to submit college application essays they’ve written about work, money, social class and related topics. Here are five that moved us.