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This IRA Move Looks Smarter After the Stock Market Correction
One of the biggest problems with the way that most people save for retirement is that they fail to take taxes fully into consideration. With traditional IRAs and 401(k) plans, you typically set aside pre-tax money into a tax-deferred account that shelters your money from tax as long as it stays in the account. But once
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What to Know About Recent Federal Reserve Guidance and Interest Rate Announcements
The Federal Reserve seems to be doing everything it can to stay out of the way of the stock market. Although the bulls have been on a rampage for the past 10 years, creating and re-creating new highs in every thinkable index, the specter of the hibernating bear looms large. No one wants to be the jerk who wakes it. Ima
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Gen Z Smart Money Blog: Is #FinTok steering your money in the right direction?
Have you noticed more creators talking about their investing, budgeting or student loans? A growing trend called #FinTok is a space for financial
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What Factors Affect Your Home Insurance Cost?
It's no secret that home insurance costs are rising, in large part due to increased claims from floods or other natural disasters. Prices are also
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Gen Z Smart Money Blog: Smarter Travel for Safer Spending
Is your Instagram feed filled with traveling pictures, but you’re at home stressing about your bank balance? You’re not alone.
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Fed Rate cut set to lower small business borrowing costs
The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to cut interest rates is expected to bring financial relief to small businesses across the United States. This monetary policy shift will likely reduce borrowing costs for companies with variable-rate loans and those seeking new financing.
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3 Reasons to Roll Over Your 401(k) When You Leave Your Job
Whether you're leaving your job because of coronavirus-related layoffs or because you've found a new position, there are a lot of decisions you have to make when you're moving on. And one of the most important is what to do with your 401(k). Typically, you have a few different choices about how to handle this retiremen
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Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, signals it will pause through 2020
The Federal Reserve left borrowing costs unchanged at its last policy meeting of the year on Wednesday. Policymakers signaled that they saw little to no need to boost the economy further anytime soon. The pause is likely to draw ire from President Donald Trump, who has regularly pressured the policy-setting Federal Ope
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So How High Will Interest Rates Go? Not Really That High
It’s axiomatic that higher interest rates are no friend of stock prices, especially those of tech firms.
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Why Refinancing May Still Make Sense Even as Mortgage Rates Rise
Demand for mortgage refinance loans has plunged in recent months, and there's a simple reason for that. See, demand for refinancing is more affected by changes in interest rates than demand for new mortgages.