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What Is a SIMPLE IRA and How Is It Different?

Stock Market Today: Disappointing Jobs Data Dings the Dow

While Robinhood and Reddit leaders testified on Capitol Hill, Wall Street spent Thursday fretting over surprisingly high initial jobless claims.

How Much People Have Saved for Retirement at Every Age

How do your retirement savings stack up against those of your peers?

Is IHG Ambassador Status Worth It?

IHG Ambassador status is a niche elite status tier that many travelers have never heard of. It provides exclusive benefits at InterContinental Hotels, plus automatic IHG Rewards Club Platinum Elite…

7 Social Security Rules Everyone Should Know by Now

Confusion over Social Security is a shame, considering how many of us will need this money badly.

MBS Day Ahead: Selling Gets Serious; Yields Near Post-Covid Highs

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Last week ended with snowball selling in the bond market. Given the approach of a holiday weekend, there was a chance that the weakness was overdone and that we'd see a bounce back today, but it didn't take long for those hopes to be crushed in overnight trading. This is the kind of bond market weakness that forces analysts to find/amplify root causes after the fact, because there really hasn't been a strong case for this much selling (even if there's a well-understood case for steady selling in general). To be clear, evidence in the "well-understood case" is as follows: Plummeting covid case counts Businesses weathered the Dec/Jan surge much better than the initial lockdowns in the Spring Vaccine distribution improving Economic data at home and abroad has been resilient…(read more)

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Chase Hyatt Credit Card Review – 2 Free Nights at Any Hotel

Learn about Chase Hyatt, a hotel rewards card that gives you Discoverist status, bonus points at Hyatt hotels & a sign-up bonus of 2 free nights at any Hyatt.

Indexed Universal Life vs. Whole Life Insurance

Life insurance can provide a measure of financial protection against the worst-case scenario. Whole life insurance and indexed universal life insurance (IUL) are two types of permanent policies you might consider if you’re interested in lifetime coverage. While both policies … Continue reading →

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