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More People Are Skipping Home Insurance to Save Money — and It Could Backfire
With homeowners insurance costs skyrocketing lately, more folks are considering forgoing coverage to save money. According to the nonprofit Insurance
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Financial Aid Offers Are Negotiable. Here’s How to Ask Colleges for More Money (and Get It)
Go the grocery store, and the price is the price. Apples are $2 a pound this week, and you’ll get nowhere arguing about it. Go to a car dealership, on the other hand, and the sticker price is just the beginning of a conversation. College financial aid is more like a car dealership than a grocery store. It’s possible to
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Tight labor markets will be top business challenge in 2020
The labor markets have been tight for several years, and it’s only going to get worse in 2020. The latest reports from both large corporations and
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Cybercrimes can cost companies money, customers, and employees. Here's what types of cybersecurity protocols every business needs to keep their data and information safe.
Summary List Placement More people are working remotely these days, as businesses strive to keep their employees safe and help stop the spread of COVID-19. But with so many employees working outside the office, organizations may be opening the door to a different kind of threat: a cyberattack. The FBI's Internet Crime
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Trade, Tariffs, and Global Tension
As we enter the month of February, the biggest news roiling the currency markets is the ongoing threat of U.S. tariffs being placed on Canada, Mexico,
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Getting Real About Interest Rates
Getting Real About Interest Rates Photo Credit: Shutterstock With the Fed’s rate hike announcement, naturally there’s been a lot of discussion about
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4 Ways To Protect Your Retirement Income When Markets Are Volatile
If you’re worried about stock market volatility and how to protect your retirement savings so it lasts for the rest of your potentially long life, I have some advice for you: Don’t spend your retirement savings! Instead, use your savings to set up “retirement income generators,” or RIGs for short, to generate regular l
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How Low Interest Rates Can Affect Retirement
Have recent interest rate cuts impacted retirement? The short answer is yes. Things can get complicated, but low interest rates do have long-term effects on the economy and could alter your retirement planning. Retirement Income One of the most obvious short-term effects to lower interest rates is a decrease in income
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Federal Debt When Interest Rates Rise
When interest rates rise, how much will the interest cost of the federal debt increase?
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What Rising Interest Rates Mean For Business
Short=term and long-term interest rates Dr. Bill Conerly based on data from the Federal Reserve System Some interest rates have begun to rise, with