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Investing
84 articles
Everything you need to know about stocks, bonds, funds and more.
Everything you need to know about stocks, bonds, funds and more.
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How Does Investing Work?
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How to Start Investing
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Investing When You’re in Your 20s: What to Know
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How Much Money Do I Need to Start Investing?
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How to Start Investing With Very Little Money
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How Old Do I Have to Be to Invest?
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What's the Difference Between Investing and Trading?
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What Are Stocks?
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What Is a Brokerage Account?
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How to Trade Stocks: What Do I Need to Know?
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How Does the Stock Market Work?
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What Are Dividends?
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What Are Bonds?
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What Are Government Bonds?
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What Are Corporate Bonds and How Are They Rated?
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What’s the Difference Between Stocks and Bonds?
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What Are Securities?
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What Is an ETF?
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What Are Index Funds?
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What’s the Difference Between Mutual Funds and Index Funds?
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What Is an Expense Ratio and Why Is It Important?
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What Is Micro Investing?
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What Are Fractional Shares?
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What Is Passive Investing?
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What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging?
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How Does Compound Interest Work?
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What Is Investment Income?
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What's the Difference Between Bull and Bear Markets?
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What Is a Bull Market?
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What Is a Bear Market?
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What Is the S&P 500?
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How to Invest in the S&P 500 Index
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What Is the Dow?
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What Is the Nasdaq?
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What Is the NYSE?
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What’s a Market Benchmark and Why Is It Important?
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What Is Modern Portfolio Theory?
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What Does Portfolio Rebalancing Mean?
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How the Risk-Return Relationship Affects Investment Gains
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What Is Inflation?
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What Does YoY Mean?
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What Is the SIPC and Why Does It Matter to Investors?
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What Is an IPO—and is it a Good Investment?
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What Is a REIT?
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What Does It Mean to Diversify My Investments?
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What Is an Investment Portfolio?
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What's the Difference Between Conservative and Aggressive Investing and Portfolios?
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What Is an Asset Class?
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What Is Market Capitalization?
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What Are Blue Chip Stocks?
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What’s the Difference Between Emerging and Developed Markets?
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What Is a Prospectus?
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What Is a Registered Investment Advisor?
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What Are Short-Term Bonds?
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What’s the Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Treasury Bonds?
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What Is Market Volatility?
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What Are the Most Volatile Stocks?
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What Is a Market Crash (Versus a Downturn)?
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What Was the 1987 Stock Market Crash?
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What Is a Custodial Brokerage Account?
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What Are the Differences Between a 529 Plan and a Custodial Brokerage Account?
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What Are the Rules for a Custodial Brokerage Account?
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How Can I Invest for My Child?
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What Are Qualified Dividends?
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What Is a Dividend Yield?
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What Is a Dividend Payout Ratio?
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What Is Compound Annual Growth Rate—and How Do I Calculate It?
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How to Calculate Return on Assets
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What Is the Rule of 72?
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How to Calculate ROI
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What Is Common Stock?
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What Is Short Selling?
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Is Now a Good Time to Invest?
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What Is Asset Allocation?
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What Is a Hedge Fund?
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Millennial Investing Advice
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Saving vs. Investing
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How to Invest in ETFs
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How to Invest in Dividend Stocks
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How to Invest During a Recession
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How to Invest in REITs
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What Are Treasury Bonds?
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How to Invest in Stocks and Bonds
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What Are Long-Term Treasury Bonds?
Retirement
24 articles
How to hit those long-term financial goals.
How to hit those long-term financial goals.
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How to Save for Retirement
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What Is Social Security?
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How Much Will I Make From Social Security?
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What Is a 401(k)?
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Is It Ever Okay to Tap Your 401(k) Early?
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What Is an IRA?
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What Is a Traditional IRA?
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What Is a Roth IRA?
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Traditional vs. Roth IRA: What Are the Differences?
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What Is a SEP IRA?
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What Is a SIMPLE IRA and How Much Can I Contribute?
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What Happens If I Withdraw Money From My IRA Early?
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How to Retire Early
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How to Do a 401(k) Rollover to an IRA
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What’s the Maximum Contribution for a 401(k) and IRAs in 2020?
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How to Reduce Taxes in Retirement
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What Is the 4% Rule?
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When Do You Pay Taxes on a Roth IRA?
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What is a Required Minimum Distribution or RMD?
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What Can Traditional and Roth IRA Money Be Used For?
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When Can I Retire?
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How Much Do I Need to Save for Retirement?
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How to Plan for Retirement
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How to Invest in a Roth IRA
Saving
13 articles
Take control of where your money goes.
Take control of where your money goes.
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What Is a Budget and Why Should I Use One?
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How to Create a Budget That Works
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How to Budget Money on a Low Income
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How to Eat Healthy on a Budget
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Tips for Saving Money (That Can Really Make a Difference)
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What Is an Emergency Savings Fund?
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What Is Zero-Based Budgeting?
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Money Market vs. Savings Account: What's the Difference?
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What Is the 50/30/20 Budget Rule?
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What Is a Direct Deposit Account?
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What Is the FDIC?
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How Much Should I Have in Savings?
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Checking vs Savings Account: What's the Difference?
Credit
28 articles
Learn about building credit, reading your score and more.
Learn about building credit, reading your score and more.
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What Is Credit? Everything to Know to Get the Best Rates
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What Is Revolving Credit?
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How Can I Build Credit from Scratch?
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How Do I Build Credit Without a Credit Card?
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How Do I Get a Credit Card? 5 Simple Steps
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How Do I Get a Credit Card With No Credit?
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How Do Credit Cards Work?
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How Do I Choose a Credit Card?
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What’s the Difference Between a Credit Card and Debit Card?
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When Were Credit Cards Invented?
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What Is a Debit Card and How Do You Put Money on It?
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How Do I Pay Off My Credit Card Debt?
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What’s a Good Debt-to-Income Ratio?
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How Many Credit Cards Should I Have?
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What Is a Balance Transfer—and Should I Do It?
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How Do I Close a Credit Card Account?
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What Is an APR?
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What Is a Good Annual Percentage Rate on a Credit Card?
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How Do I Calculate Credit Card Interest?
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How Do I Consolidate Credit Card Debt?
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What's a Credit Score?
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How Do I Get My Credit Score for Free?
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What Is a Good Credit Score?
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How Can I Raise My Credit Score Quickly?
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Why Did My Credit Score Drop?
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What Is a Credit Bureau?
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What Are the 3 Credit Bureaus and What Do They Do?
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How Long Will a Bankruptcy Stay on My Credit Report?
Student Debt
8 articles
Learn more about student loans and how to pay them off faster.
Learn more about student loans and how to pay them off faster.
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How Do Student Loans Work?
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How Do I Apply for a Student Loan?
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What’s the Difference Between Subsidized & Unsubsidized Student Loans?
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What Are Stafford Loans?
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How Can I Pay Off My Student Debt Faster—or Have it Forgiven?
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How Do I Refinance My Student Loans?
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How Do I Get My Student Loans Forgiven?
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How Do I Defer My Student Loans?
Insurance
12 articles
How to protect the people and things you love.
How to protect the people and things you love.
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What Is Insurance and How Does It Work?
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What Types of Insurance Are Available?
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What Is Homeowners Insurance and Do I Need It to Buy a Home?
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What Is Renters Insurance and Do I Need It If I Rent?
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What Is Car Insurance and How Much Do I Need?
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What Is Pet Insurance and Do I Need It For My Pet?
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What Is Life Insurance and Do I Need It?
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What Is Term Life Insurance?
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What Is Disability Insurance and Should I Get It?
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What's the Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance?
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What Is an Insurance Premium?
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What Is an Insurance Deductible?
The Economy
18 articles
Learn about market cycles, the Federal Reserve, inflation and more.
Learn about market cycles, the Federal Reserve, inflation and more.
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What Is A Recession?
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How to Prepare for a Recession
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What Caused the Great Recession in 2008—and What Can We Learn From It?
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What Is an Inverted Yield Curve—and Why Are People Talking About It?
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What Causes a Market Downturn?
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How Long Do Downturns Last?
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What Is the Federal Reserve and Why Is It Important?
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What Is the GDP and How Is It Measured?
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What Is Purchasing Power (and How Does Inflation Affect It)?
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What Is Gross National Product?
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How Do I Apply for Unemployment?
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Furlough vs. Layoff: What’s the Difference?
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What Happens to My Health Insurance If I Get Laid Off?
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What Happens to My 401(k) When I Get Laid Off?
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How Long Does a Recession Last?
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Recession vs Depression: What's the Difference?
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What Industries Are Recession Proof?
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Which Industries Are Most Affected by a Recession?
Taxes
9 articles
How-to's and tips on taxes.
How-to's and tips on taxes.
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How Much Do I Have to Make to Owe Taxes?
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What Is a Tax Credit and How Can I Benefit From It?
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What Is Taxable Interest Income?
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What Taxes Do I Pay on Stock Gains?
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What Is a Form 1099?
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What Is Adjusted Gross Income—and How Do I Calculate It?
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What Are Capital Gains Taxes?
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How Do the Short-Term and Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Rates Compare?
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What Tax Deductions Can I Take for 2019?
Side Gigs
5 articles
Find out ways to boost your income with a side hustle.
Find out ways to boost your income with a side hustle.