Happy holidays! I know you’re busy with seasonal planning, so I just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss any of WalletHub’s recent holiday reports that might be of use to you. Please find top highlights of each report below, along with audio or video links associated with each, when available.
- Durham, San Jose and Honolulu are the best cities for Christmas (video file).
- Virginia Beach, Honolulu and Plano are the best cities for New Year’s (video file).
- Making a realistic budget, looking for a better job and focusing on physical health are among the top 10 New Year’s Financial Resolutions for 2021 (audio file).
- Chase Freedom Unlimited, Citi Double Cash and the Petal 2 Credit Card will be among the best credit cards of 2021, according to WalletHub’s editors.
- After record-breaking debt paydown, U.S. consumers are expected to end 2020 with about $89 billion less credit card debt than they started with, according to the latest WalletHub Debt Study (audio file).
- The companies whose gift cards have the highest resale value are: American Express, Visa, eBay and Mastercard (audio file).
- Utah, Minnesota and Maryland are the most charitable states for 2021 (video file). Boston (MA), Madison (WI) and New York (NY) were America’s most caring cities (video file).
- Detroit, Brownsville and Cleveland have the largest populations of economically disadvantaged residents (video file).
