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I Won’t Be Handing Out Gift Cards This Christmas. Here’s Why
Gift cards are usually considered a safe bet at Christmas, but in these strained times, how can you be sure your gift won't go to waste?
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Three Possible Tax Impacts for Retirees Under Trump
How might a second Trump term affect your tax bill in retirement — or the inheritance tax bill for your heirs? This pro has three predictions.
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What to Know About Leverage and Bitcoin's Meteoric Rise
Leverage in the financial world can lead to astonishing success or a crushing collapse. How are investors using leverage to invest in bitcoin?
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How Do You Know When It's Time to Change Financial Advisers?
Sometimes a breakup is for the best. Here's how to handle 'the talk' and make the switch to a new professional who's a better fit for you.
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Tax Pros: Is Someone Fraudulently Filing Returns With Your PTIN?
Tax Filing An unmonitored preparer tax identification number (PTIN) can lead to serious issues.
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Should You Get a Long-Term or Short-Term CD Before the Next Fed Meeting?
Is a long-term or short-term CD better to open before the Fed's next meeting? Here's what you need to know.
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Kiplinger Inflation Outlook: Inflation Refuses To Fall
Economic Forecasts Progress toward the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2% inflation appears to be slowing.
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Six Year-End Deadlines for Retirees in 2024
Here are six key end-of-year 2024 deadlines that retirees and those saving to retire won't want to miss.
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How to Save Money on Estate Planning
Here's how average Americans can save money on estate plans and related attorney fees. Ensuring your end-of-life wishes are fulfilled doesn't have to cost a fortune.
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The Best Utility Stocks to Buy
Utility stocks are defensive plays for investors, offering stability and reliable dividends. Here, we look at how you can find the best ones to buy.
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What Is a Good Inheritance? Six of the Best Assets to Pass Down
inheritance Your heirs will thank you for leaving any of these six assets as an inheritance.
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What to Learn from Corporate Insiders' Trades
When corporate insiders buy or sell, it can offer clues on whether you should do the same.
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Quiz: Test Your Financial Literacy
Try your hand at these three questions designed to gauge your knowledge of the ABCs of personal finance. In a survey, only 43% of Americans answered correctly.
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The Best Ways to Use Your Year-End Bonus (and the Worst)
'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation' shouldn't be anyone's go-to for financial advice, but it does remind us how not to spend a holiday bonus.
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LLCs: Power Tools That Can Create Big Problems
Forming an LLC for your business might seem like a straightforward endeavor, but if you don't know exactly what you're doing, trouble could follow.
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Never Talk About Money? For Women, That Can Spell Disaster
How can you plan for retirement when your husband holds the purse strings and talking about money is taboo? Help is at hand for this common problem for women.
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Medicare Open Enrollment Is Ending Soon
Medicare During this period each fall, you can select a new Medicare Advantage or Part D plan or switch back to original Medicare.
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How to Manage Longevity Risk in Retirement
Longevity risk is the downside of our longer life expectancies. Here's how to make sure your money lasts.
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Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Begins on January 1
Medicare Advantage enrollees have from January 1 to March 31 to change plans. Here's what to know.
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If You'd Put $1,000 Into Adobe Stock 20 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Today
Adobe stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by leaps and bounds over the past two decades.
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How to Retire at 50 or 55
Yes, you can retire at 50 or 55. Take these FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) steps now.
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Missed Medicare Open Enrollment? Here Are You Options
There are limited ways you can change your Original Medicare elections after annual open enrollment has closed.
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Seven of the Best Budgeting Apps
The best budgeting apps allow you to declutter your finances, set savings goals and make sure you're on the same financial page as your spouse.
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The Fed Plan to Cut Rates Again. What Should Savers Do About CDs and High-Yield Accounts?
Here's what to know about CDs and high-yield savings accounts before the Fed meets to possibly cut rates again.
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4 Things You Need to Know Before Applying for Social Security in 2025
Don't unnecessarily delay or reduce your Social Security benefits because you don't know all the rules and requirements.
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Can Tariffs Make Childcare More Affordable?
Tariffs President-elect Trump suggested tariffs can address the childcare crisis, but economists are doubtful.
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How to Guard Against Identity Theft in 2025
Scammers are getting better at impersonating legitimate businesses.
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How to Leave Money to Descendants But Still Keep Control
Your choice of trustee(s) can dramatically influence how closely your wishes are carried out. These tips will help avoid bad blood among your heirs.
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How Combining Your Home Equity and IRA Can Supercharge Your Retirement
While many retirees own an IRA and a home, very few are considering how they could work together in a plan for retirement income.
