Are you in over your head in debt and feel like there's no end in sight? The first step is to take a deep breath and know you're not alone. After all, US consumer debt rose $13.9 billion in January 2018 to $3.86 trillion overall; that's an annualized ...
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Stretching Your Money: What Do Hotel Star Ratings Really Mean?
If you've ever searched for a hotel, whether via an online travel agency, a guidebook or simply by looking at hotel websites, you've probably noticed star ratings and deals and promotions with headlines like those above.
But have you ever thought ...
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Deciding Between Debit or Credit Is Easy with the Right Bank Account
Every time you shop, you're likely presented with the conundrum of choosing debit or credit. (After all. who carries cash anymore, anyway?)
When you're asked to decide, you might think: Do I want to get the cash back on that credit card, or is it ...
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Does Today’s Economy Make Retirement Impossible?
Life in retirement, which once conjured images of golf and sunsets at the beach, took on a drearier edge in recent years as more people realize they are unprepared financially to stop working.
The Washington Post has called it "the new reality of ...
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Why Spending Money on Your Website Doesn’t Guarantee Visitors
So ... you've spent money on the best web developers and graphic designers to make your website look and function spectacularly. Good! But before you expect the visitors to come pouring in, there's much more work to be done.
How will people find ...
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When an English Degree May Be a Sound Investment
Although an English degree might not end up on Len's list of the 10 worst things ever bought, it might not be far from the truth for many American college graduates.
Generally, in the United States a collegiate English degree is considered a ...
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Which Factors Determine the Price of Precious Metals?
Precious metals such as gold, silver, palladium and platinum are, of course, much more difficult to find than others like tin, zinc, iron ore and aluminum. Throughout human history, their scarcity has made them more highly sought-after than base ...
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The Pros and Cons of Automated Trading
Auto trading, otherwise known as automated trading, algorithmic trading, or mechanical trading, allows traders to program specific rules into the trading platform through a computer. Entry and exit rules can be formulated according to simple ...
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Here is Everything You Need to Know About the iPhone X
If you're a fan of the iPhone line of smartphones, you may be asking yourself if you should upgrade to the iPhone 8, which looks and works like previous, or make the jump to the all-new iPhone X. There are reasons to hesitate before taking the ...
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5 Strategies That Can Help Boost Your Business’s Profits
When you own a business, there are plenty of reasons to stay motivated. Maybe you're developing a unique product, or perhaps you have an excellent team in place with whom you love spending time.
However, the main motivation is profit. Without it, ...
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How to Know If It’s Better to Renovate Your Current Home or Move
Home buying is an emotional decision, seldom dominated by the most rational part of the mind. That's not to say that there is nothing practical about buying a home. But practicality is only one part of the equation. There's always a mix of practical ...
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3 Tips for Financially Responsible Audi (and Other Luxury Car) Ownership
Just about everyone underestimates the true cost of car ownership, especially those who can't resist the look, lines, and luxury of a higher-end brand vehicle like Audi. Despite superior design, it's not as if an Audi or similar luxury car can win ...
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Analyzing The Rise of OmiseGO: Ethereum’s First Unicorn
The ETH blockchain has its first unicorn: OmiseGO. With the premise of "unbanking the banked," OmiseGO wants to disrupt the actual scheme of economy by bringing more power to the people and less to the banks.
Nonetheless, this article won't ...
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9 Ways to Make Sure You’ll Always Get the Best Deal on Car Insurance
At some point, we all realize that although car insurance seems purely precautionary, it's absolutely necessary because accidents can be extremely costly.
Smart people make car insurance work for them. Save your money and be astute when buying ...
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4 Tips for an Easier, Less Stressful Relocation
Choosing the best place to live is a difficult decision, but according to statistics on moving from the US Census Bureau, it's a decision millions of us make -- 11% of Americans move each year.
As many movers learn, once the choice to relocate is ...
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How Businesses Limit Damage from Toxic Plugins, Software & Hardware
The tech services giant, IBM Corporation, suffered a recent embarrassment when it was forced to issue an alert on its support site notifying its customers that it had shipped malware-infected USB flash drives. The fact that this problem hit a large ...
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4 Tests That Signal You’re Financially Ready to Start Investing
Profitable investing grows your wealth to outpace inflation, and the average investor will be better off than the average saver in the long term.
Investors often put money into stocks, forex, precious metals and real estate among others. ...
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Spread Betting is Education and Income All In One
If you want to be really good at making money, you have to find lots of different ways to accomplish your goals, and practice all the time. That's because financial skills are transferrable. An insight you gain by spending time investing your money ...
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What’s Next for the Price of Crude Oil?
The ongoing rivalries between the major oil-exporting countries are currently intensifying. Most large producers are hugely dependent on income from crude oil sales to support growth. While restricting supply drives up prices, pumping out more of the ...
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When Does a Hobby Turn Into a Business?
Most of us dream of having a full-time occupation that not only keeps our finances healthy, but also indulges our creative tendencies too. And many lucky entrepreneurs have managed to turn their pastimes into lucrative occupations in a way that shows ...
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