{"id":8175,"date":"2022-03-25T14:19:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/?p=8175"},"modified":"2022-03-25T14:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:19:06","slug":"financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Welcome to the latest Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch or listen to regarding finance around the web. Below you will find articles on how medical debt affects credit scores, avoiding market losses, buying a home and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/money.com\/medical-bills-debt-credit-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medical Bills Will Not Haunt Your Credit Report Anymore<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">In a significant overhaul of how credit scores are calculated, the three major bureaus announced that they will begin removing medical debt from credit reports starting this summer. Read this report from <em>Money <\/em>for more details on how this will affect the scores of tens of millions of Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/retirement\/604428\/dont-let-the-market-ruin-your-retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Do Not Let the Market Ruin Your Retirement<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">If the market takes a downturn right when it is time for you to withdraw, it can really do a number on your savings. This article from <em>Kiplinger <\/em>tells you how to mitigate that risk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/23\/1088272830\/how-an-empty-office-becomes-a-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How an Empty Office Becomes a Home<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">As remote work settles into its second year as a norm, real estate investors in cities like New York are turning old office buildings into homes. Listen to this episode of <em>Planet Money<\/em> for details on this interesting development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/money.com\/buying-a-home-bad-investment-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As Home Prices Soar, More People Say Buying a House Is a Bad Investment<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">A new survey finds that the number of adults who believe buying a home is a bad investment has risen to 12% this February, even as housing prices climb to new highs. Read this report from <em>Money <\/em>to find out why.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-very-dark-gray-background-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the latest Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,655],"tags":[235,233,329,674,162,645],"class_list":["post-8175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-financial-insights","tag-credit-report","tag-financial-friday-round-up","tag-home-buying","tag-medical-bills","tag-savings","tag-working-remotely"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25 - First Financial Security<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch or listen to regarding finance around the web.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25 - First Financial Security\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch or listen to regarding finance around the web.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"First Financial Security\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-25T14:19:09+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1086\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"422\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jennifer Pierce\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jennifer Pierce\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jennifer Pierce\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9879968de23d4484ad0aaf7d9accdf\"},\"headline\":\"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-25T14:19:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png\",\"keywords\":[\"credit report\",\"Financial Friday Round Up\",\"Home buying\",\"Medical Bills\",\"savings\",\"working remotely\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\",\"Financial Insights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/\",\"name\":\"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25 - First Financial Security\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-25T14:19:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9879968de23d4484ad0aaf7d9accdf\"},\"description\":\"Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch or listen to regarding finance around the web.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png\",\"width\":1086,\"height\":422,\"caption\":\"First Financial Security Financial Friday Roundup\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/\",\"name\":\"First Financial Security\",\"description\":\"Life Insurance | Retirement\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9879968de23d4484ad0aaf7d9accdf\",\"name\":\"Jennifer Pierce\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd13978c83e09a91b93b3b4c67f45743?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd13978c83e09a91b93b3b4c67f45743?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jennifer Pierce\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/author\/valdsect\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25 - First Financial Security","description":"Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch or listen to regarding finance around the web.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25 - First Financial Security","og_description":"Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch or listen to regarding finance around the web.","og_url":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/","og_site_name":"First Financial Security","article_published_time":"2022-03-25T14:19:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1086,"height":422,"url":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jennifer Pierce","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jennifer Pierce","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/"},"author":{"name":"Jennifer Pierce","@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9879968de23d4484ad0aaf7d9accdf"},"headline":"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25","datePublished":"2022-03-25T14:19:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/"},"wordCount":263,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png","keywords":["credit report","Financial Friday Round Up","Home buying","Medical Bills","savings","working remotely"],"articleSection":["Blog","Financial Insights"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/","url":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/","name":"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25 - First Financial Security","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png","datePublished":"2022-03-25T14:19:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9879968de23d4484ad0aaf7d9accdf"},"description":"Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch or listen to regarding finance around the web.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FFR-header1086x422-2022-Teal.png","width":1086,"height":422,"caption":"First Financial Security Financial Friday Roundup"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/03\/25\/financial-friday-round-up-march-21-march-25\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 March 21 \u2013 March 25"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#website","url":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/","name":"First Financial Security","description":"Life Insurance | Retirement","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9879968de23d4484ad0aaf7d9accdf","name":"Jennifer Pierce","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd13978c83e09a91b93b3b4c67f45743?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd13978c83e09a91b93b3b4c67f45743?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jennifer Pierce"},"url":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/author\/valdsect\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8176,"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175\/revisions\/8176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}