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Brokerages
How Cryptocurrency Exchanges Differ from Stock Exchanges
On the surface, they look almost identical. You open an app, see a chart with green and red lines, type…
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Credit Card
How does credit card debt consolidation work?
Feeling buried under a mountain of credit card bills? You’re not alone. Each month, millions of Americans stare at multiple…
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Brokerages
How Brokers Earn from Your Uninvested Cash
The age of zero-commission trading has been a revolution for the retail investor. Platforms like Schwab, Fidelity, E*TRADE, and Robinhood…
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Brokerages
How Safe Is Your Money with an Online Broker?
In the not-so-distant past, investing meant calling a person in a suit, paying hefty commissions, and receiving paper stock certificates.…
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Investments
Stockbroker vs. Financial Advisor: What’s the Difference?
In the world of personal finance, the terms “stockbroker” and “financial advisor” are often used interchangeably. You hear them in…
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Investments
How Brokers Influence Stock Prices (and What to Watch Out For)
When most retail investors think of a stockbroker, they picture a neutral intermediary—a platform or person who simply executes a…
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Insurance
Learn how to reduce your car insurance premiums without switching insurance companies
It’s one of the great paradoxes of personal finance: you stay loyal to your car insurance company for years, pay…
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Insurance
How to Use Life Insurance as an Investment (and When Not to)
In the world of personal finance, you’ll often hear the mantra: “Life insurance is for protection, not investment.” For most…
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Behavioral Finance
Why do we buy what we don’t need?
How many items still have the tags on them? How many pairs of shoes have you worn only once? Now,…
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Behavioral Finance
How Stress and Anxiety Affect Financial Decisions
It’s 3:00 AM. You’re wide awake, staring at the ceiling. Your heart is pounding, and your mind is racing, stuck…
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