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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
- Who Must File a Return?
- 2008 Tax Brackets
- Withholding Taxes
- Standard Deductions
- Personal Exemptions
- Common Tax Credits
- Capital Gains
- Itemizing Deductions
- Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) - Part I
- Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) - Part II
- How to File for an Extension
- Audits and Penalities - Part I
- Audits and Penalities - Part II
- Tax Strategies for Retirees
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Loan Type Today Last Week 30 Year Fixed 4.99% 4.93% 15 Year Fixed 4.55% 4.53% 1 Year ARM 3.92% 3.90% 30 Year Fixed Jumbo 5.82% 5.99% 5/1 ARM 4.39% 4.19% 3/1 ARM 4.96% 4.74% Source: Bankrate -
Loan Type Today Last Week $30K Home Equity Loan 8.32% 8.35% $50K Home Equity Loan 8.19% 8.20% $75K Home Equity Loan 8.22% 8.23% $30K HELOC 5.20% 5.22% $50K HELOC 4.93% 4.95% $75K HELOC 4.93% 4.95% Source: Bankrate -
Loan Type Today Last Week 36 Month New Car Loan 6.72% 6.66% 48 Month New Car Loan 6.83% 6.78% 60 Month New Car Loan 6.88% 6.82% 72 Month New Car Loan 6.12% 6.12% 36 Month Used Car Loan 7.18% 7.16% 48 Month Used Car Loan 7.04% 7.00% Source: Bankrate -
Card Type Today Last Week Business Credit Cards 9.74% 9.74% Low Interest Credit Cards 11.65% 11.65% Cash Back Credit Cards 12.08% 12.08% Balance Transfer Credit Cards 12.13% 12.13% Reward Credit Cards 13.29% 13.29% Instant Approval Credit Cards 13.32% 13.32% Source: CreditCards.com
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