Whizy Kim

Welcome to Taking Stock, a space where we can take a deep breath and try to figure out what the COVID-19 economy really means for our finances. Every month

There were a lot of messages to be gleaned from watching the recent documentary Framing Britney Spears, including a reminder that the intense scrutiny to w

The idea of credit is simple — and old. You want something that you can’t offer anything for at the moment, so you work something out with the vendor.

Right now, Wall Street is in chaos — and it’s all thanks to Reddit and GameStop, a video game retailer that you probably visited in the early 2000s

Complaining about work is normal. In fact, it’s an utterly ordinary thing to do even if you generally enjoy your job. We might groan about a tough pr

In a short time, Spotify Wrapped has become an unmissable end-of-year ritual. People can’t stop sharing and dissecting their feelings about their Wra

People celebrate their birthdays in various idiosyncratic ways, but there are some near-universal traditions: having cake, blowing out candles and making a

If you ask people what they most value in a job right now, stability and security might come out on top. In a year when so many have experienced furloughs

Searching for your first professional job during an economic downturn so severe it’s being compared to the Great Depression is bad enough, but doing so d

Welcome to Taking Stock, a space where we can take a deep breath and try to figure out what the COVID-19 economy really means for our finances. Every month

On Sunday, the New York Times released a report on over two decades of Trump tax returns that it had obtained. Though it contains a dirty laundry list of t

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It’s almost Labour Day, which usually means it’s time to snag some retail deals, attend a backyard barbecue (socializing, is that still a conce

Professional sports are coming to a halt in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this past Sunday. Blake is currently in t

Every five seconds, a new boycott is born. Or at least, that’s definitely how it feels these days — check your social media feed and there’s

Most career experts would advise against talking about politics at work. The thinking is that, at best, you risk being labeled “unprofessional,” and, a

Before a global pandemic locked down states across the nation, working from home was a coveted privilege: you could have a little WFH, as a treat. You look