There may be sunny skies in Florida, but life isn’t all smooth sailing and frolicking on the beach. The state has one of the highest credit card debt burdens in the nation, according to a recent study. In fact, the so-called “Sun Belt” includes four of the five states with the highest average consumer debt. In addition to Florida, there’s Texas, Georgia, and New Mexico. However, the state with the …

As 2016 drew to a close, people felt mostly hopeful about their moneymaking ability in the coming year, according to a study by Allianz Life Insurance Company. Allianz asked survey respondents a number of questions, including whether they felt the outcome of the US Presidential election was going to affect them financially, how stressed they felt compared with how they felt last year, what bad habits they indulged over …