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  • Buying Your First Home? 8 Ways To Be Prepared (Review)

    As you begin to think about buying a home, it may be tempting to fire up those real estate search engines. What's more exciting than finding the perfect listing on Realtor.com, Zillow or Trulia and imagining the day when you'll...
  • How To Open A Brokerage Account

    Opening a brokerage account may feel like a daunting process, but it doesn’t have to be. Before you begin, you need to understand the kinds of brokerage accounts available and which features are most important for your investing goals. “What...
  • The Best CD Rates of June 2020

    Certificate of Deposit-loving savers got a little relief in 2018 as the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark short-term interest rate four times, only to see the rate lowered three times in 2019. So far in 2020, the Federal Reserve made...
  • The 10 Best Credit Cards Of 2020

    No single credit card is the “best” option for every family, every purchase, or every budget. Your credit history, the composition of your family, how much you spend and on what, whether you travel abroad and whether you are comfortable...
  • Best CD Rates

    Certificate of Deposit loving savers got a little relief in 2018 as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates from their near historic loves. But the last of those hikes came in December and in this past March, most of the...
  • The 4 Best Apps To Track Credit Card Rewards

    Competition for consumers’ dollars is fierce with credit card issuers and retailers jockeying for their business. A favorite way to lure customers their way--rewards points. Once a staple of only the airline industry, rewards points have gone mainstream. The rewards...
  • Best Fintech Alternatives To Traditional Banking

    Online banking is so yesterday. A new crop of financial technology startups threaten to disrupt the business of banking. Among the less sexy areas of personal finance, it is still an important one that’s ripe for fintech disruption. As it...
  • SoFi Student Loan Review

    Coming out of the Great Recession a decade ago, banks were wary of refinancing struggling student loan borrowers’ debt. Reeling from huge losses of their own, they were also reticent to lend to individuals in a meaningful way. Seeing a...
  • Ally Bank Review

    Mobile only banks are gaining traction against their traditional brethren, aiming to disrupt the financial services market with zero fees, higher deposit interest rates, and mobile and Internet account openings. One of the digital-only banks that has been making a splash...
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