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Understand Your Savings: Why Interest Rates Matter
*Some parts of this article were updated on March 17th, 2020. If you asked me how much I’m earning in interest on my savings account, I couldn’t tell you. What I do know, is that the numbers on my sta
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Boost Your Net Worth: Simple Steps to Financial Growth
“Net worth” is an oft-misunderstood term — we tend to think of net worth as it relates to billionaires and celebrities, but not to ourselves. However, we all have a net worth, and understanding
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Emotional Investing: How to Build a Stable Portfolio
What do we know about the basics of investing? Buy low sell high. Diversify. Invest for the long-term. Sounds easy, but it’s not. Every day I talk to investors who understand these concepts but have d
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Federal Reserve Rate Cut: Understanding the Reasons & Implications
Today, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.25%. The rate cut was anticipated by many due to sluggish economic growth abroad and softening economic growth at home. It’s important to note though
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Homeownership: Is It a Smart Investment in 2024?
Why buying a home might not be the great investment you think it is… People often think of buying a home as a great investment. After all, most of us have seen house prices in major metro areas
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October Market Performance: Key Drivers & Analysis
October Market-Movers – An Overview After a slow start, global equities marched higher in October, driven again by central bank monetary policy and encouraging signs in trade discussions with Ch
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ETF vs. Mutual Fund: Understanding the Key Differences
When constructing an investment portfolio, you’ll probably include a variety of stocks and bonds among the securities you purchase. Stocks and bonds can be purchased individually or as part of a bundl
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Weekly Market Update: Trade Deal Hopes & Equities Reach New Highs
This week, U.S. equities moved higher, quietly hitting all-time highs on hope that a “phase 1” trade deal with China could be nearing completion. But the week was filled with twists and turns, and on
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Market Update: S&P 500 Extends Winning Streak Amid Trade Optimism
The S&P 500 notched its sixth straight week of gains, the longest weekly winning streak in two years. Broad gains in the index were primarily driven by trade optimism over a phase 1 trade deal be
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Weekly Market Update: Social Media & Political Ads, US-China Trade & Economic Data
U.S. Markets declined modestly this week along with bond yields during a relatively quiet week of trading. Impeachment inquires continued throughout the week and the back and forth between the US and
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November Market Movers: Trade Deal Optimism & Fed Policy
The Trade War Stocks marched higher in November, driven by optimism for a “Phase One” trade deal with China and indications suggesting continued accommodative monetary policy from the Fed. Regarding t
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Socially Responsible Investing: Impact on Your Portfolio & Performance
Socially responsible investing is a hot trend for individual investors right now. In fact, according to Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing’s 2019 “Sustainable Signals” survey: 75% o
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Market Timing: Separating Fact from Fiction
This article was updated in February 2020 Market timing is an investment strategy that involves going in and out of the market or switching asset classes based on predictions that attempt to measure h
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Navigating Market Volatility: A Guide for Investors
Markets have been selling off sharply this week, primarily over concerns related to the coronavirus. On news of the virus spreading overseas to other countries like Italy and South Korea, the S&P
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Achieve $100K Savings by 25: A Personal Journey & Strategy
How I Saved My First $100K Last fall — after over 3 years of work — I successfully completed my goal of saving $100K at 25. Saving money has always been one of my biggest priorities. I owe that mindse
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Cash in Portfolio During Market Volatility: A Guide for Investors
These last couple of weeks have been wild ones for Wall Street, with the markets taking a nosedive and then staging comeback rallies before dipping again on coronavirus concerns. This kind of volatili
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COVID-19 & the Stock Market: Q1 2020 Impact & Recovery
In Q1 of 2020, the novel coronavirus, aka COVID-19, began to spread rapidly around the world. Due to social distancing requirements and widespread shutdowns of businesses, a bear market and recession
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Jully-Alma Taveras: Investing Latina - Empowering Women in Finance
Starting in March, which was Women’s History Month, we began profiling women in finance who are educating other women about investing. This month, we’re pleased to introduce Jully-Alma Tav
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Understanding Investment Fees: A Comprehensive Guide
Whether your investment portfolio consists of a 401k or multiple brokerage and retirement accounts, it is important to understand the fees associated with your investments which can dramatically lower
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Net Worth Calculator: A Step-by-Step Guide to Financial Health
Calculating your net worth is a multi-step process. Before you start, decide if you want to calculate net worth individually (you) or jointly (you and your spouse/partner). Also, get all your financia
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Beyond 401(k): Exploring Alternative Retirement Savings Plansdiv.cust...
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Enhance Your Cooking: Simple Tips for Better Food FlavorThe first episode of the widely loved sketch comedy series Portlandia opens in a restaurant. If you haven't seen Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen inquire so deeply into a chicken's life stor...
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Direct Labor Explained: Definition, Examples & ImportanceDirect labor refers to the salaries and wagesRemunerationRemuneration is any type of compensation or payment that an individual or employee receives as payment for their services or the work that they...
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Understanding Medicare and Supplemental InsuranceMedicare covers a lot, but many older Americans who enroll in the health care program need other insurance as well. Some people 65 and older still work and have access to their employer’s health benef...