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7 Things to Do in the Summer for College Students With No Job
Are you in college and feeling like you’re stuck in limbo because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Hiring freezes, canceled internships and stay-at-home orders have thrown a lot of summer 2020 plans out the...
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3 Ways You Can Still Take Advantage of July 15 Tax Deadline
Tax day for 2020 was pushed back to July 15 to give us all a break as we deal with the financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic. If you’ve already filed your 2019 tax return, you may not care that...
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Filing for a Tax Extension? Don’t Fall for These 5 Myths
If you haven’t filed your taxes yet, you still have time to file for an extension. Doing so will allow you to push back filing your return until Oct. 15. (No, even though the IRS pushed back 2020 tax...
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Stock Trading for Beginners: 6 Mistakes That Can Leave You Broke
You can’t bet on your favorite sports team right now, so a lot of people are making a gamble on the stock market instead. Online brokers Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Etrade and Robinhood saw a...
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8 Free Virtual Summer Camps to Squash Your Kids’ Boredom
Parents, we see you. The days have been long without school, play dates, grandparent visits, family vacations and summer camp. You’re trying to balance child care and work (or attempts to find work) —...
View ArticleDear Penny: Can I Contribute to a Roth IRA if I’m Retired?
Dear Retired, The IRS sure does get bossy about how we save and spend our retirement money, huh? Blame the labyrinth of rules on those sweet tax breaks we get with retirement accounts. Uncle Sam’s...
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How to Make a Budget In Google Sheets
If you have a Gmail account, you’re sitting on a budgeting tool you may not even know about. And it’s totally free. Google Sheets, Google’s spreadsheet app, is a great platform for budgeting. You can...
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Axos Bank Review: Is Axos Bank Right for You?
Axos Bank was one of the first online-only banks. It opened for business on July 4, 2000, as Bank of the Internet USA and grew steadily for nearly two decades before rebranding itself as Axos Bank on...
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Car Repossession: What to Do Before, During and After
Car repossession can be a catastrophic event since a majority of Americans depend on their vehicle to get to work, school, the grocery store and everywhere else in their lives. The effects of the...
View ArticleHow to Find Paid Poll Worker Jobs: Use This New Database
Voter-advocacy organizations are leading efforts to galvanize hundreds of thousands of people to become poll workers for the upcoming general election this fall. One of those nonprofits created a...
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5 Tips for Buying Used Furniture: Here’s What to Look For
Furnishing your new home can be fun and allow you to be creative… but it can also cost a pretty penny. And that extra expenditure is especially intimidating if you’re a young adult or college student...
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What Is a Financial Counselor and How Can One Help You?
There are times when money hurdles can feel insurmountable. Despite your best efforts to get on the right track financially, you just can’t seem to chip away at the debt, stop your poor spending habits...
View ArticleThe 4 Top Cheap Cell Phone Plans of 2020 (One Starts at $4/Month)
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5 Pandemic Safety Guidelines for Uber and Lyft Drivers
Rideshare drivers across the United States are slowly opening their apps again after the pandemic put rideshares on pause for a couple months. But now these gig workers are facing a major problem: How...
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6 Places to Get Low-Cost or Free Mammograms (Without Insurance)
One of the best ways to stop breast cancer in its tracks is early detection (it works). Though every woman should do breast self-exams each month, women over 40 should also consider getting a mammogram...
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Is Unemployment Taxable? How to Avoid a Surprise Tax Bill
Next year’s tax bill may be the last thing on your mind after you lose your job. Still, if you’ve gotten unemployment benefits this year, it’s worth taking a few minutes to understand how they’re taxed...
View ArticleTarget Pickup Will Include 750 Fresh and Frozen Grocery Items
Attention, Target shoppers. The big-box retailer is giving us more opportunities to get our grocery staples while limiting interactions with others. After successful test runs at stores near its...
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How to Use Personal Finance Technology to Pay Off Debt Faster
Robots want to help you pay off your debt. OK, “want” is probably a bit of an overstatement — artificial intelligence doesn’t possess feelings (so far). But they’re capable of helping you pay off your...
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Do You Need Cash Now? 3 Alternative Sources of Money
If you’ve tapped traditional sources for extra cash, you may be eyeing your upcoming bills with dread. Where are you going to come up with the money? In addition to asking for emergency assistance to...
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Here’s How to Regrow Vegetables From Kitchen Scraps
Growing your own fruits and vegetables can be a great, planet-friendly way to keep your fridge stocked with healthy produce. But we don’t all have spacious backyards to plant nice, even rows of our...
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