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5 of the Best Checking Accounts for Business Owners in 2019
Starting your own business is an opportunity to be your own boss, make money and grow your skillset. There are also the not-so-great, somewhat messy parts about operating a business. If you start off...
View ArticleHere’s How to Visit Your Favorite Museum for Free on Sept. 21
Finding a museum that offers free admission seems more difficult every day. Sure, sometimes there are deals: Come by after 5 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month, excluding leap years, and show your...
View ArticleDear Penny: I Just Graduated. Now How Do I Tackle My Student Loans?
Dear H., You’re probably armed with a few copies of “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” right now, but not much in the way of cash or certainty. Fortunately, you’re graduating at a time of low unemployment....
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Filling Prescriptions? Save Money With a Drug Discount Card
Medicine is one of those expenses you usually can’t put off. But the cost of prescriptions can make you feel sicker than when you first walked into the pharmacy. Nearly 80% of adults polled by the...
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This Could Lower Your Monthly Student Loan Payment — but Is It Worth It?
As if college wasn’t stressful enough, there’s also the crushing pressure that comes when your first student loan payment is due six months after graduation. Depending on how much debt you have, that...
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I Did it. I Broke up With Amazon Prime
Last spring, Amazon made a decidedly unwelcome announcement: It would raise the price of a Prime subscription from $99 to $119 per year, a whopping 20% increase. Reader, I am nothing if not averse to...
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Why You Might Need Long-Term Care Insurance
Do you ever think about who is going to take care of you when you can’t take care of yourself? Is it something you want your family or kids to have to do? What if you don’t have family close by?...
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How to Figure Out if You’re Eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit
At tax time, most of us have a similar MO: Keep as much money as possible in our pockets. The earned income tax credit, or EITC, is a tax incentive you may be eligible for if you have — as the name...
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Calling All Home Bakers: Here’s How to Earn Money Selling Your Treats
Do people love your cupcakes? Is your pecan pie famous for miles around? If so, it might be time to start a home baking business on the side. In today’s day and age, no one wants to buy a festive...
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Overwhelmed by Student Loans? Find Some Relief With Debt Forgiveness
Ever wonder what life would be like if you could make your student loans disappear? It’s possible, but it isn’t magic. Or immediate. Or easy. Or likely. (Sorry.) But considering the mounting pile of...
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A Transcriptionist Job Could Get You $25/Hr. Here’s Where to Start
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Getting Offers for Loans or Credit Line Increases? Here’s When to Say No
We teach kids not to take candy from strangers — maybe adults could learn the same lesson about money from lenders. If you’re getting offers of money you didn’t ask for — from student loans to home...
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Survey: Lack of Financial Literacy Means Lower Incomes, Less Savings
Almost one quarter of Americans have no savings and even more — 40% — don’t keep a budget. One driving factor: a lack of financial literacy in the U.S., according to a survey by The Penny Hoarder. The...
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How Your Roommate Could Wreck Your Credit and Your Finances
Whether you’re finally ditching mom and dad’s place for the very first time or you’re venturing away from the dorms, moving into your first apartment is exciting… and expensive. So it’s no wonder that...
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New Home, New Expenses. Factor These 8 Costs in Your Budget
You’ve spent months — years even — saving up for a down payment for a house. You’ve budgeted meticulously, banking savings whenever you could to make homeownership possible. After reaching that goal,...
View ArticleDear Penny: Should I Invest My $10K Savings or Use It to Pay Off Debt?
Dear K., My vote is for “none of the above.” (Wait, that is an option, right?) Assuming the $10,000 is your only non-retirement savings, I’d suggest you keep it as liquid savings. I know, I know: When...
View ArticleThis Company Lets You Invest Like the Wealthy (With Just $1)
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18 Free Apps That Help You Make Money With Your Phone
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Stay-at-Home Parents: Here are 10 Side Gigs You Can Do With Kids in Tow
Stay-at-home parents have ALL the free time… …Said no one who ever actually stayed at home with their kids. Commanding the homefront is a job with a capital J. And yet, during those hours at home while...
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10 Podcasts to Help You Launch Your Business
Are you prone to running cost-benefit analyses on your free time? You’re not alone. In the early days of starting a business, time is invaluable. As a budding entrepreneur, you may find it difficult to...
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