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Six Steps To Simplifying Your Money Life
Navigating life’s challenges and transitions is endlessly complicated. Chances are you’ve known that for a long time. But here’s confirmation. In a new study from Capital One that polled about 2000 Americans, a whopping 73 percent said they considered finances a source of stress in their lives—way ahead of politics (59
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What New Grads Should Know About Money
One of the most common things I often hear from people after one of our financial wellness workshops is how much they wish they had learned about personal finance when they were younger.
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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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Minimizing Taxes When You Inherit Money
Illustration by Cha Pornea Unless you spend your winters in Aspen and your summers in the Hamptons, you probably don’t have to worry about paying
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CONNECTICUT MONEY: US economy stronger than predicted
Growth in the U. S. economy was stronger than expected in the third quarter, and most forecasts call for continued solid growth in 2020, although at a slower pace than 2018-2019. The nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a rate of 1.9 percent in the third quarter, down slightly from 2 percent in the second quar
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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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Banks Are Approving Small Business Loans at Rates Not Seen Since Before The Great Recession
Approvals of loan applications from small business owners reached the post-recession high mark (26.9%) at big banks (assets of $10 billion+), while
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says higher interest rates may be needed so economy doesn't 'overheat'
It might be necessary to lift interest rates to keep the economy from overheating, Janet Yellen said. The Treasury Secretary's comments contrast with the Fed's plans to hold rates near zero through 2023. Some experts fear Biden's latest spending plans risk dangerously strong inflation. See more stories on Insider's bus
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Coronavirus And Your Retirement Plan, Should You Do Something?
Most of you knew this would happen again sooner or later, the time when the stock market experiences a sharp decline. The inevitable big down day (which could perhaps turn into down weeks or months) happened during the past few days when both the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P markets closed significantly lower. Hopes for a quic
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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