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All Your Banking in One Place: 4 Reasons It’s Better
4 reasons to consolidate your banking. Your financial institution as similar to the type of relationship you’d strive to build with a good doctor or lawyer. Work with someone who knows you, can help you identify areas for improvement, and consistently has your best interest at heart. finding a trusted institution is im
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Paying Off Your Mortgage Early Can Save You Thousands. But Not Everyone Should Do It
In general, financial advisors (and common sense) would tell you that paying down debt is a smart money move. A new report from a major mortgage lender, however, shows that while many homeowners make extra payments on their loans, those who do so often aren’t in a position to benefit.
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More Than Just Rates: How to Compare Homeowners Insurance Policies
Buying a homeowners policy for the first time — or shopping around for a new one — can be a challenging experience. Homeowners insurance can seem very complicated, particularly when most of us just want good coverage for our home for common disasters from a reputable insurer at a good price. The first step in a hunt fo
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Stick to the Plan: Don't Panic During Economic Uncertainty
It’s easy to make investment decisions based on emotions rather than logic, but that can lead to poor decisions. I recommend taking a breath, stepping back and evaluating the entire retirement plan.
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For the first time in US history, a decade will pass without the country falling into a recession
In every decade since the period immediately before the Civil War, the US economy could be relied on to do one thing: tumble into recession. But the American economy is on pace to defy that trend for the first time in nearly 170 years as it enters the 2020s. The 2010s would be first time a decade has come and gone with
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Maximum employment? What it means post-pandemic may have changed already
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. S. unemployment rate hit a record low of 3.5% a year ago, but that bit of history comes with a footnote. It arguably was not the best overall time for workers in recent decades. That honor goes to the final months of 2000. Even though unemployment rates were a bit higher, wage growth was s
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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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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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Preparing for the Worst: Retirement During a Recession
Every retirement story is different, but they all share a common theme of preparing for the unknown.
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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