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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 6.26% 6.23% 15 Year Fixed 5.78% 5.79% 1 Year ARM 6.14% 6.08% 30 Year Fixed Jumbo 7.32% 7.35% 5/1 ARM 5.58% 5.63% 3/1 ARM 5.44% 5.49% Source: Bankrate -
Loan Type Today Last Week $30K Home Equity Loan 7.64% 7.63% $50K Home Equity Loan 7.42% 7.42% $75K Home Equity Loan 7.69% 7.69% $30K HELOC 4.67% 4.66% $50K HELOC 4.38% 4.38% $75K HELOC 4.37% 4.37% Source: Bankrate -
Loan Type Today Last Week 36 Month New Car Loan 6.80% 6.80% 48 Month New Car Loan 6.84% 6.83% 60 Month New Car Loan 6.49% 6.48% 72 Month New Car Loan 6.32% 6.32% 36 Month Used Car Loan 7.14% 7.14% 48 Month Used Car Loan 6.84% 6.83% 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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