Janet Alvarez

Forty percent of Latinos are counting on another round of stimulus checks just for basic expenses, according to a recent survey.

These include using social media and digital tools, accessing business accelerators and networking groups and looking at possible funding sources.

While U.S. Hispanics have been disproportionately impacted by Covid, there is underlying strength in Latino businesses that can help them in 2021.

The idea that student loans and mortgages are in a category of good debt because they can increase wealth and income, while credit cards are “bad” debt, is a risky oversimplification.

A greater share of Hispanics work in sectors that have been hard hit by coronavirus shutdowns, like hospitality, dining and retail, and many are small business owners.

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Whether you should pay with cash or credit usually depends on your own credit management skills – with some important exceptions.

Most married people would need an increase in income of about 30% to maintain their standard of living after separation, according to a national study. Divorce can be lots of things: painful, confusing, and nerve-wracking. It also can wreak havoc on your finances.

Many Americans have side gigs, and earn over $1,000 a month hustling. Whether it’s paying off student loan debt, saving for a vacation or a mortgage, opportunities to boost income are everywhere. But they are not for everyone.

On rates of entrepreneurship and debt, foreign-born workers do better than those born in the U.S.

On at least two key measures of financial performance – rates of entrepreneurship and debt management — immigrants outperform native-born Americans.

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