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September 14, 2020 "The Pandemic Is Sending 20-Somethings Home Indefinitely, and Their Parents Are Paying the Price" Sep 14, 2020

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by Martha White Whoever coined the phrase “you can’t go home again” clearly never lived through a 21st-century pandemic. As unemployment ranks grow and colleges continue to push distance learning, young adults are squeezing back into their childhood bedrooms in unprecedented numbers. Families accustomed to living apart are suddenly thrown together again, and are facing a host of spatial—and financial—complications as a result.

September 11, 2020 "Online Certification Programs Are Surging in Enrollment — and There Are Lots of Ways to Get Help Paying Tuition" Sep 11, 2020

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by Heidi Rivera Stuck at home after being furloughed in April, Norman Laborde had a lot of time on his hands. His position at a Silicon Valley tech company was deemed redundant when the company tightened spending in response to the pandemic. With no return date in sight, he started to think about his future. “The pandemic opened a lot of time that I usually don’t have for self reflection,” Laborde said.

September 10, 2020 "How to Tell if a Credit Card's Annual Fee Is Worth It" Sep 10, 2020

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The annual fee: It might not be the most controversial subject you can think of, but you’re sure to start a spirited debate when you ask credit card users about whether it’s ever worthwhile to pay a fee just to use a card. Some people refuse to pay any annual fee whatsoever on principal. Others do the math and swear that the rewards and benefits offered by their pricey premium cards easily justify the annual fee.

September 9, 2020 "Pet Insurance Covered $25,000 of My Vet Bills — Here's My Takeaway for Beginners" Sep 09, 2020

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by Ingrid Case Sales are surging for pet insurance, especially among younger dog and cat owners. But whether it makes sense for you to insure your dog or cat depends a lot on your approach to pet ownership, as I know from first-hand experience. Americans and Canadians insured two-and-a-half million pets in 2019, according to the North American Pet Health Insurance Association — an increase of nearly 18 percent over just the year before.

September 8, 2020 "How Can Retirees Living Off Savings Succeed in Today's Low-Yield Environment?" Sep 08, 2020

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by Mallika Mitra Interest rates are still at record lows, and it looks like they could stay that way for years thanks to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s recent indication that the central bank won’t increase rates to protect against inflation. The biggest challenge retirees are now facing is how to turn their nest egg into an income solution — and strategies they have been relying on might not work as well in today’s low-rate environment, experts say.

September 7, 2020 "7 Tips for Paying off Your Credit Card Debt" Sep 07, 2020

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by Jason Steele 2020 has been a year of challenges for all of us. But the upheaval might also bring with it great opportunity. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by the Federal Reserve Bank found that 55% of Americans with credit cards had debt. But for those who are lucky enough to still have jobs, the crisis has also turned America into a nation of savers: Most people are spending far less of their time and money on discretionary purchases such as vacations, entertainment and dining out.

September 4, 2020 'That Extra $600 Was Keeping Me Sane.' The End of the Weekly Unemployment Boost Has Been a Nightmare for Many Families" Sep 04, 2020

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by Ingrid Case Shanai Matteson, an artist and educator in Minneapolis, has spent the past five months making difficult choices. She’s nowhere near finished. Matteson shares a business—and two children—with her ex-husband. In the middle of March, every contract they had disappeared. Around the same time, Minneapolis public schools called an early spring break as the pandemic spread, then moved children to online classrooms when school resumed.

September 3, 2020 "Coronavirus Could Force Colleges to Permanently Close Their Doors. Here’s How to Tell if Your School Is at Risk" Sep 03, 2020

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by Charlotte West Annie Baker was halfway through her junior year at Green Mountain College when she found out it would be her last semester. Away at a partner college for the semester, she learned her liberal arts college in Vermont would be closing four months later via texts from her friends still on campus. “We were seven hours away without our community when we found out,” she said.

September 2, 2020 "High-Yield Savings Rates Have Tanked, but These Overlooked Accounts Still Pay 2% or More" Sep 02, 2020

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by Martha White It’s tough for savers out there. But, if you're willing to jump through a few hoops, you can still earn a reasonable interest rate on your rainy-day fund. The Federal Reserve has pledged to support the economy through the COVID-19 pandemic by driving down — and holding down — short-term rates to near zero for the foreseeable future.

September 1, 2020 "Stocks Keep Hitting Record Highs Despite Coronavirus. How Much Longer Can They Soar?" Sep 01, 2020

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by Mallika Mitra What goes up must come down, right? Not always, when it comes to the stock market. Despite high unemployment and uncertainty around when we’ll see a coronavirus vaccine, the stock market continues to defy gravity. Headlines about the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hitting record highs and the Dow jumping have been pretty common over the last few weeks. “All-time high” sounds dramatic, and record-breaking numbers might make you feel like you need to take action.

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