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New Tax Laws Should Lower Your Audit Odds
The recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) represents one of the biggest changes to the tax code in many years. Will the Internal Revenue Servi...
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Nine Steps For Women To Improve Their Retirement Outlook
Women often face greater financial challenges than men in retirement. Lower average salaries and fewer working years make it difficult for w...
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Card Balances Drop While Consumer Credit Growth Slows
Easing Up on the Plastic
A new government report provides both good news and bad news about America's massive consumer debt load.
The ...
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Millions Of Americans Using Outdated Credit Cards
Are you satisfied with your credit cards? If so, are you convinced that your current card best fits your needs – or have you never considere...
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More Homebuyers Stretching To Buy
It's difficult to purchase a home in a buyer's market – and 2018 certainly meets that standard. Pent-up demand and an extreme shortage of ho...
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Supplemental Transition Accounts For Retirement – STARTs 101
Let's face it: Americans are woefully unprepared for retirement. Surveys consistently tell us that far too many workers have insufficient re...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Latest Credit Card Report
President Trump promised changes in Washington upon his election. Whether you are a Trump fan or foe, there's no question he's succeeded in ...
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Video: Raise Your Credit Score Fast By Getting More Credit
Want a quick way to raise your credit score? Apply for more credit! Personal finance expert LaTisha Styles explains how getting more credit ...
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Retirement Confidence Is Increasing – But Should It Be?
Confidence Without Reason
Is the rising stock market giving workers confidence that they will have enough money to live comfortably in th...
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Video: How Can I Overcome My Bad Credit Score?
Have you done everything you can think of to raise your credit score, but can't seem to get ahead? National Financial Educators Chief Educat...
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Subprime Loans – Should You Take the Risk?
Subprime Loans are Back
Since the housing crisis began over a decade ago, subprime mortgage loans basically disappeared – thanks to regul...
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Student Loan Delinquencies Increase
How bad is America's student loan situation? According to recent data from the New York Federal Reserve, our $1.38 trillion in outstanding s...
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Seniors Racking Up Debt
You've saved for retirement and built up a sizable nest egg. However, you forgot to consider one factor – excessive debt as you approach ret...
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New Home Shortage
Are you ready to enter the home-buying market? Recent statistics suggest that you will need superior planning, plenty of cash, and more than...
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Updating Form W-4 After Doing A Paycheck Checkup
Did your paycheck increase due to the recent tax cuts? Many Americans saw a change in their take-home pay beginning in February once the IRS...
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What's Holding Up Your Retirement Savings? It's You.
Why Delay Saving for Retirement?
Are retirement savings a priority for you? If not, why aren't they?
Perhaps you have other expenses t...
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6 Tips To Improve Your Home Purchase Offer
Are you looking to buy a home in the current seller's market? We'd wish you good luck, but making a standout offer on a home requires more p...
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This Lender Repos 1 In 3 Cars It Finances
We frequently hear about America's crushing student loan debt – but auto loans are not far behind. While student loans are approaching $1.5 ...
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Synthetic-Identity Fraud
Identity thieves depend on speed and deception to make the most of their stolen information. They submit fake tax forms in your name before ...
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1 Out Of 9 Credit Scores Increased Overnight
How would you like an overnight increase in your credit score, through no action of your own? An estimated 11% of Americans experienced an i...
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Video: 10,000 Reasons Your Credit Score Matters
When you owe a debt, don’t think you’re so smart if you negotiate a way to pay less than you owe. That decision could cost you thousands mor...
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Cryptocurrency And Retirement
How's your 401(k) or IRA doing? A typical 401(k) plan returns from 5% to 8% based on a portfolio of 60% stocks and 40% bonds and other conse...
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Who Lives At Home?
We know the stereotype of the unmotivated millennial, living at home with their parents without any long-term plan or concern about their si...
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Only 37% Of Millennials Have A Retirement Account
Who's thinking about retirement when they're young? Retirement accounts are typically not a priority for young workers – but they should be....
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25 Million Americans Left Behind Retirement Savings When Changing Jobs
What happens to your employer-based 401(k) account when you leave a job? That's for you to decide – and if you make no decision, you may end...
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