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Banking & Budgeting
- Starting Out: Begin Funding for Your Financial Security
- Why Avoid Bankruptcy?
- Stop Singing Those Holiday Spending Blues
- Yes, You CAN Get Out of Debt
- Managing Debt and Credit
- Put Savings (and Yourself) First With a Budget
- How to Dig Yourself Out of Debt and Save at the Same Time
Career & Work
- Managing Retirement Assets in the Event of a Layoff
- An Introduction to Stock Options
- Small Business Financing: Debt vs. Equity
- Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs
- Changing Jobs? Don't Forget Your Retirement Savings
College & Education
- Getting Your Children Involved in Saving for College
- Using 529 Plans to Invest for College and Manage Wealth
- Transferring Assets to a 529 Plan
- Consider Prepaid Tuition Plans for College Savings
- Series E and EE U.S. Savings Bonds
- Federal and State College Financial Aid Programs
- Section 529 Plans: Saving for College
- Coverdell, Custodial, or 529: How to Choose
- Planning for the Cost of Higher Education
Family & Home
- Divorce and Your Finances
- How to Finance Your Wedding
- Vacation Value
- Saving Strategies: Buying vs. Leasing a Car
- Helping to Care for Aging Parents
- Teaching Your Children the Value of Money
- Buying a New or Used Car
- Budgeting for Baby
Insurance
- Health Care Options in Retirement
- Why Disability Income Insurance?
- Long-Term Care Insurance: Understand Your Options
- The Role of Insurance in Your Financial Plan
- Buying Life Insurance: What Kind and How Much
Loans
- Financing a New Car
- Retirement Plan Loans: Do They Make Sense for You?
- Mortgage Basics: Financing the American Dream
- Home Refinancing Basics
Real Estate
Retirement
- Use Annuities to Plan for Your Future
- Frequently Asked Retirement Income Questions
- Strategies for Building a Laddered Retirement Portfolio
- Will Your Money Last? Risks to Retirement Income
- The Phases of Retirement: Updating Your Finances for Your Changing Lifestyle
- Frequently Asked Roth 401(k) Questions
- Understanding 403(b) Plans
- Financial Considerations for Americans Retiring Abroad
- Your Retirement Checklist
- Asset Allocation in the Golden Years
- Your Social Security Statement Explained
- Redefining Retirement in the 21st Century
- Social Security and You: What Does the Future Hold?
- The Roth Individual Retirement Account
- Using a Rollover IRA to Consolidate Multiple Retirement Assets
- Naming Beneficiaries of Insurance Policies and Retirement Plans
- Retirement Account Distributions After Age 70 1/2
- Choosing Your Annual Withdrawal Rate
- Retirees and Financial Scams: How to Protect Yourself
- Variable Annuities: Choices Abound for Today's Retiree
- Choosing a Retirement Location
- How Much Do You Need to Retire?
- Bring Charitable Giving Into Your Estate Plan
- Choosing Between Traditional and Roth 401(k)s
- Retiring? Take Control of Your Assets
- Maximizing Your Retirement Income
- Making the Most of Your IRA
Taxes
- Tax Strategies for Retirees
- Withholding Income
- 2007 Tax Brackets
- Who Must File a Return?
- Itemizing Deductions
- Standard Deductions
- Personal Exemptions
- Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) - Part Two
- Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) - Part One
- How to File an Extension
- Common Tax Credits
- Capital Gains
- Audits and Penalties - Part Two
- Tax Changes: What They Mean to You
- The Alternative Minimum Tax -- Not Just for the Wealthy
Rates
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Loan Type Today Last Week 30 Year Fixed 5.74% 5.72% 15 Year Fixed 5.33% 5.29% 1 Year ARM 5.92% 5.90% 30 Year Fixed Jumbo 6.95% 7.04% 5/1 ARM 5.19% 5.31% 3/1 ARM 5.14% 5.28% Source: Bankrate -
Loan Type Today Last Week $30K Home Equity Loan 7.41% 7.42% $50K Home Equity Loan 7.26% 7.26% $75K Home Equity Loan 7.50% 7.51% $30K HELOC 5.03% 5.06% $50K HELOC 4.17% 4.18% $75K HELOC 4.16% 4.17% Source: Bankrate -
Loan Type Today Last Week 36 Month New Car Loan 6.67% 6.63% 48 Month New Car Loan 6.57% 6.76% 60 Month New Car Loan 6.57% 6.75% 72 Month New Car Loan 7.10% 7.10% 36 Month Used Car Loan 7.16% 7.18% 48 Month Used Car Loan 6.89% 7.09% Source: Bankrate -
Card Type Today Last Week Balance Transfer 10.31% 10.03% Low Interest 11.01% 10.97% For Bad Credit 13.02% 13.12% Cash Back 11.47% 11.46% Business 11.10% 10.91% Airline 12.75% 12.69% Source: CreditCards.com
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