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The 411 on Interest Rates
You applied for a mortgage and were offered an interest rate of 5.5%. A year later, your friend applied for a mortgage from the same company, for a similar house in the same neighborhood, and was offered a rate of 4%....
Do Dollar Dinners Exist? 5 Cheap Meal Ideas to Prove Yes, They Do!
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, groceries account for up to 34 percent of the average American's regular income. That doesn't mean you're locked into being a statistic, however....
How To Teach Kids About Money (Hint: It's Not Lecturing!) - 5 Money Games for Kids
Whether the kids in your life are your own, extended family members, neighbors, or the youngsters of friends, you can be sure they're constantly learning. It's what kids do. Even when no one is lecturing, kids...
Your Retirement Account: What You Need to Know
Retirement seems a long way away when you've just started your first job. As they say, time flies, and the years will pass more quickly than you think. Setting up a retirement account earlier rather than later is...
The Credit Union: One of the Best Kept Secrets In Financial Services
Even though a third of the country deals with a credit union, it is not difficult to argue that credit unions remain one of the best-kept secrets in the financial services industry. Fortunately, the secret seems to be...
Commonly Missed Signs of Credit Fraud
Credit and identity theft -- it can happen to anybody. Statistics from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service show that around 7 percent of people over the age of 16 were victims of identity theft in 2014. About...