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How Much Debt Are Americans Really In?
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Have I Bonds More Than a Year Old? You May Want to Cash Them in on Feb. 1
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Earn Up to $600 by Opening a New Huntington Bank Checking Account
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Auto Loan Delinquencies Hit 13-Year High As Monthly Car Payments Get Bigger
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Credit Card Debt Put More Pressure on Households in the Fourth Quarter
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Will Mortgage Rates Fall in 2024? What Yesterday's Fed Announcement Tells Us
New York Stock Exchange Jan 24, 2024
Individual Investors Warming to the Rally as Markets Touch New Highs
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It’s Not Too Late to Open a CD. Rates Are Still Remarkable.
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Housing Market Froze Deeper In December
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Will CD Rates Return to 6%?
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More People Took Out Mortgages Last Week As Rates Fell
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Federal Financial Watchdog Wants To Cut Overdraft Fees To As Little As $3
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These Are The Costs of Family Life—To The Dollar
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White House Accelerates Plans to Forgive Certain Student Loans
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Savings Account vs. CD: What’s the Smarter Choice Right Now?
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IRS Says 2024 Tax Season Will Start on Jan. 29
Average Personal Loan Interest Rate: Week of Jan. 8, 2024
Average Personal Loan Rates Edge Up
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Credit Card Debt Surged To Fresh Record High in November
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Apple Boosts Its High-Yield Savings Account Rate for a Second Time in 2 Weeks
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2024 Will Bring Big Changes to Student Loans
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Consumers Set New Online Holiday Shopping Record
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Apple Has Raised Its Savings Account Rate. At 4.25%, How Does It Compare?
Average Personal Loan Interest Rate: Week of Jan. 1, 2024
Average Personal Loan Rates Drop to Begin the New Year
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More Financially Stressed Americans Making Better Budgeting a New Year’s Resolution
Average Personal Loan Interest Rate: Week of Dec. 25
Average Personal Loan Rates End The Year Flat
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Lock-In Effect Grows Larger for Homeowners with Low Mortgage Rates
A for sale sign sits in front of a house as a front end loader removes feet of snow from a residential street in Draper, Utah, on February 23, 2023.
Case-Shiller Home Index Shows Prices Jumped at Highest Rate of 2023
A displaced damaged mobilhome is seen in the middle of a road in Steinhatchee, Florida on August 30, 2023 after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Idalia slammed into northwest Florida as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm early Wednesday, buffeting coastal communities with cascades of water as officials warned of "catastrophic" flooding in parts of the southern US state.
The Costs Of Climate Change Are Already Here: In Your Homeowners Insurance Bill
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Homes Still at Unaffordable Highs Despite Settling Prices
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Overdraft and Nonsufficient Fund Fees Affect Those Struggling Financially The Most
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Homebuyers Saved $62 A Month On Payments In November As Mortgage Rates Fell
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Existing Home Sales Beat Expectations In November
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Still Holding I Bonds? Jan. 1 Could Be Your Ideal Date to Cash Them In
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5 Things Investors Should Think About for 2024, According to Financial Advisors
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5 Biggest Personal Finance Stories of 2023
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5 Biggest Lawsuits in 2023 That Could Hit Your Wallet
Average Personal Loan Interest Rate: Week of Dec. 18
Average Personal Loan Rates Retreat
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Why It May Pay To Rent Instead of Buy
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Bah Humbug! Many Christmas Favorites Got More Expensive This Year—Sorry, Eggnog Lovers
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on December 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced today that interest rates will remain unchanged.
What the Fed Easing Its War On Inflation Means For Your Money
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Report Shows Homebuyers Seeing Lower Housing Costs and More Inventory
New York Stock Exchange Dec 4 2023
Individual Investors Feel Emboldened by the Rally, Leaning More into Stocks and ETFs
People look at the holiday window displays at a Macy's store in Herald Square on December 11, 2023 in New York City. Macy's stock rose more than 17% during morning trading after reports from the Wall Street Journal that Arkhouse Management, a real-estate focused investing firm, and Brigade Capital Management, a global asset manager, have offered to buy the retail chain for $5.8 billion.
Retail Sales Rise, Defying Expectations, as Consumers Keep Calm and Spend On
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Two Out of Three Expect to Have a Better Financial Year in 2024, Fidelity Survey Shows
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High-Yield Savings Accounts Rise to New Record Rate
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The American Dream Now Costs $3.4 Million
US President Joe Biden speaks as Miguel Cardona, US secretary of education, right, listens in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., US, on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.
Here's Who Would Benefit From Biden's New Attempt At Student Loan Forgiveness
Personal Loans Average Rates Dec. 4, 2023
Average Personal Loan Rates Spike
Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan looks on in the fourth quarter during their game against the Orlando Magic at Spectrum Center on March 03, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Investopedia’s Celebrity Investors of the Year
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7 Rule Changes in 2023 That Impact Your Wallet
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More Billionaire Wealth Achieved Through Inheritance, Overtaking Entrepreneurship
Warren Buffett (L), CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and vice chairman Charlie Munger attend the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2019.
4 Investment Lessons to Learn From Charlie Munger
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This New Checking Account Pays an Amazing 7.23%—No Debit Purchases Needed
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High Mortgage Rates Sent Home Contract Signings to Record Low in October
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Have I Bonds from Last Year? Dec. 1 Could Be Your Sweet Spot for Cashing Out
Personal Loan Interest Rate Nov. 27
Average Personal Loan Rates Reverse Course
Shoppers at the Polaris Fashion Place mall on Black Friday in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. An estimated 182 million people are planning to shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, the most since 2017, according to the National Retail Federation.
More Black Friday Shoppers Used Buy Now, Pay Later Even As They Shunned Big-Ticket Gifts
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Jay-Z's Net Worth and Businesses, as the Rapper Gives Rare Interview With CBS
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Average Personal Loan Rates Jumped Another 19 Basis Points This Week
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Robinhood Is Now Paying 5.00% on Your Cash. Is It a Smart Place for Savings?