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Cash Stored On Payment Apps May Not Be as Safe As You Think
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Jun 02, 2023
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Mortgage Applications Fall For Third Straight Week as Rates Climb
By
Meg Cunningham
Published May 31, 2023
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Customers Deceived by OneMain To Get Reimbursed By CFPB Fine
By
Taylor Tompkins
Updated May 31, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 29: Rates Ease
By
Ben Woolsey
Updated May 30, 2023
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Americans’ Retirement Savings Rise for Second Straight Quarter
By
Terry Lane
Updated May 25, 2023
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An Inflation Upside: You Can Put More In Your Health Savings Account
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published May 28, 2023
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U.S. Adults In Their Twenties Less Likely To Have A Job, A House Or A Kid Versus In 1980
By
Terry Lane
Published May 26, 2023
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Top Savings Account Rates Today, May 26
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated May 26, 2023
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Fewer Than Half of Americans Expect to Afford a Comfortable Retirement
By
Bill McColl
Updated May 25, 2023
A for sale sign is posted in front of a home on March 22, 2023 in San Anselmo, California.
Mortgage Applications Decreased Again Last Week as Rates Climbed
By
Meg Cunningham
Published May 24, 2023
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Home Price Trends All About Location, Location, Location
By
Meg Cunningham
Published May 23, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 22: Rates Jump
By
Ben Woolsey
Published May 22, 2023
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Here's What Venmo's New Teen Debit Card Account Offers. Do You Need It?
By
Mack Wilowski
Published May 22, 2023
Priyanka Chopra Bulgari
Here's How Citadel Star Priyanka Chopra Made Millions
By
Hiranmayi Srinivasan
Published May 20, 2023
resident Joe Biden delivers remarks on the debt ceiling at the White House on May 09, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden spoke following a meeting with Congressional lawmakers as they continue to negotiate raising the debt ceiling to avoid a government default
As Broad Student Loan Relief Hangs in the Balance, Biden Has Already Forgiven $66 Billion
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published May 18, 2023
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Sales of Existing Homes Fell 3.4% in April
By
Meg Cunningham
Published May 18, 2023
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New York Rent Reaches a Record High
By
Meg Cunningham
Published May 18, 2023
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More Than Half of Gen Z and Millennials Say They Live Paycheck to Paycheck
By
Bill McColl
Published May 17, 2023
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Record Low Share of Americans Think Now Is Good Time to Buy a Home
By
Bill McColl
Published May 16, 2023
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Polls Show Most Women Say They Aren’t Financially Secure
By
Bill McColl
Published May 16, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 15: Rates Continue Slide
By
Ben Woolsey
Published May 15, 2023
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Here's How LeBron James Became the NBA's First Billionaire
By
Hiranmayi Srinivasan
Published May 13, 2023
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Top Savings Account Rates Today, May 12
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated May 12, 2023
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Student Loan Payments are Set To Resume, Regardless of Court Decision on Forgiveness
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published May 11, 2023
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Survey Shows Real Estate Is Americans' Favorite Long-Term Investment
By
Bill McColl
Published May 11, 2023
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Only One-Third of Small Businesses Offer Employees Retirement Plans
By
Terry Lane
Published May 11, 2023
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Social Security Recipients May See Big Drop in Cost-of-Living Increase
By
Bill McColl
Published May 10, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 8: Rates Drop
By
Ben Woolsey
Published May 08, 2023
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Where Are Savings Account Rates Headed?
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated Jun 06, 2023
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Investors’ Worries Hit Their Peak Amid Recession Fears and Bank Failures
By
Caleb Silver
Published May 08, 2023
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Top Savings Account Rates Today, May 5
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated May 05, 2023
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Robinhood's Cash Account Now Pays 4.65%. Here's How It Compares.
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated Jun 06, 2023
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What the Fed's Latest Hike Could Mean for Savers and Borrowers
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated May 03, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 1: Rates Ease
By
Ben Woolsey
Published May 02, 2023
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Tax Refunds Were $259 Lower This Year Without Pandemic Benefits
By
Terry Lane
Published May 03, 2023
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What a Fed Rate Hike Could Mean for Your Deposit Accounts
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated Apr 28, 2023
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Top Savings Account Rates Today, April 27
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated Apr 27, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of April 24: Rates Keep Climbing
By
Sabrina Karl
Published Apr 24, 2023
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You Still Have Time to Wrest Your Tiny Share of $725M From Facebook
By
Jim Probasco
Published Apr 23, 2023
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Green Business Empire
By
Hiranmayi Srinivasan
Published Apr 22, 2023
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Young Adult Homeowners Have it Better Than Their Parents
By
Oshrat Carmiel
Published Apr 21, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of April 17: Rates Keep Rising
By
Sabrina Karl
Published Apr 20, 2023
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New York Tops the World’s Wealthiest Cities, San Francisco Home to Most Billionaires
By
Kevin George
Published Apr 19, 2023
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Here's How Apple’s New Savings Account Compares
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated Jun 06, 2023
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Your Emergency Fund Could Earn $72 Per Month in a Savings Account
By
Ward Williams
Published Apr 13, 2023
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Retirement Savers Turning to Cash Amid Market Volatility
By
Terry Lane
Published Apr 12, 2023
New Homeowners Getting Home Ready For Fall
Majority of Millennials are Now Homeowners
By
Meg Cunningham
Published Apr 11, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of April 10: Rates Jump
By
Sabrina Karl
Published Apr 11, 2023
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Tax Day is a Week Away: What's New This Year?
By
Jim Probasco
Published Apr 11, 2023
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Investopedia Launches The Classroom Investor Newsletter
By
Sienna Wrenn
Published Apr 10, 2023
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HSA Investments Fall on Poor Markets, Rising Rates
By
Terry Lane
Published Apr 09, 2023
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Dissatisfied Financial Customers Seek More Personalized Service, Solid Advice
By
Kathleen Marshall
Published Apr 04, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of April 3: Rates Edge Up
By
Sabrina Karl
Published Apr 04, 2023
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Taylor Swift's Net Worth and Business Empire Explained
By
Hiranmayi Srinivasan
Updated Apr 19, 2023
A security guard watches a customer leave a Silicon Valley Bank office on March 13, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Days after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, customers are lining up to try and retrieve their funds from the failed bank. The Silicon Valley Bank failure is the second largest in U.S. history.
Customers Have All But Stopped Pulling Deposits from Small Banks
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Apr 01, 2023
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Time Running Out for Retirees to Complete Mandatory IRA Withdrawals
By
Jim Probasco
Published Mar 29, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of March 27: Rates Sink
By
Sabrina Karl
Updated Mar 28, 2023
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Payment For Typical New Mortgage Hits $2,060
By
Diccon Hyatt
Published Mar 24, 2023
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of March 20: Rates Edge Down
By
Sabrina Karl
Published Mar 21, 2023
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Individual Investors Still Skittish Amid Persistent Inflation and Bank Worries
By
Caleb Silver
Published Mar 15, 2023