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How You Can Guide Your Heirs Through the Great Wealth Transfer
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Worried About Market Volatility? These Are Five of the Safest Vanguard Funds to Own
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Revocable vs Irrevocable Trusts: It Comes Down to Control vs Protection
Investing
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Stocks Hit Fresh Highs Ahead of the Fed As Earnings Pump Optimism: Stock Market Today
SHW and UNH were two of the best Dow Jones stocks Tuesday, thanks to solid earnings reports, and MSFT closed with a $4 trillion market cap.
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Is Investing In Gold Worth It? How Gold Prices Have Changed
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If You'd Put $1,000 Into Microsoft Stock 20 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Today
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Personal Finance
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Should You Get a Long-Term or Short-Term CD Before the Fed Meeting in October?
Is a long-term or short-term CD better to open before the Fed meeting this week? Here's what you need to know.
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15 Social Security Tasks You Can Do Online
retirement Why visit a government office to get your Social Security business done? You can do much of that online.
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Where to Move Your Money Before the Next Fed Meeting
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Taxes
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Trump’s 2025 Tax Bill: What’s Changing and How It Affects Your Taxes
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Three Creative Ways to Lower Your Retirement Taxes
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The Sweet 23: States Where Twix and Kit Kat Avoid the ‘Candy Tax’
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Retirement
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15 Social Security Tasks You Can Do Online
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Want the Maximum Social Security Check in 2026? Here's What You Need to Do Now
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2026 Social Security COLA is 2.8%: What You Need to Know
The SSA has announced the 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), the new maximum taxable wage cap, and the earnings requirements for Social Security credits.
Real Estate
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Selling Your Haunted House? What You Have to Tell Buyers (and What You Don’t)
You don’t need ghosts to spook buyers, sometimes a home’s past is enough. Here’s what sellers should know about disclosure laws, pricing and perception when a property has a haunted history.
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How Federal Reserve Rate Decisions Impact Mortgage Rates in 2025
Mortgage rates are still fluctuating in 2025 as the Fed begins cutting rates. Learn how interest rate changes affect your monthly payments and what buyers should watch for this year.
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Why Do People Retire in Florida? 9 Things You Must Know
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Economic Forecasts
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Kiplinger Jobs Outlook: Hiring Continuing at Reduced Levels
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