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Social Security: When Should You Claim Retirement Benefits?
The amount you'll receive in retirement from Social Security can vary depending on the age when you claim benefits.
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The Basics of Social Security Retirement Benefits
How much do you know about your Social Security retirement benefits?
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Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds 101
Investing in bonds and bond funds can help you pursue financial goals, but consider the risks and rewards first.
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3 Potential Benefits of Dollar-Cost Averaging
Dollar-cost averaging is a disciplined investing approach and is one way to ride out market fluctuations.
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Stocks and Stock Mutual Funds 101
Investing in stocks and stock funds can help you pursue financial goals, but consider the risks and rewards first.
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How Sequence of Returns Can Affect Your Retirement Savings
Did you know that the sequence in which you earn investment returns can affect how much you end up with?
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3 Factors to Consider When Investing for the Long Term
These three factors will typically drive your long-term investment strategy.
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4 Things To Do in the 4 Years Before College
These four steps can help you go into the college planning process wisely.
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Women and Money: Taking Charge of Your Financial Future
On their path to financial security, women often face unique financial obstacles.
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Financial Planning: Helping You See the Big Picture
Financial planning is a process that can help you reach your financial goals by evaluating your whole financial picture.
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Are Your Investment Decisions Influenced by Emotions?
Consider how emotions, such as excitement and fear, can cause you to make counterproductive investment decisions.
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6 Reasons to Work with a Financial Professional
Here are six reasons to work with a financial professional no matter what life stage you’re in.
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Putting Together the Retirement Income Puzzle
What key pieces will make up your retirement income puzzle?
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Do You Know Who Your Beneficiaries Are?
Valuable assets will convey directly to beneficiaries, regardless of instructions in a will.
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Taking a Financial Inventory
A financial inventory can be done by anyone at any time. It's a good step to getting your financial house in order.
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A Tiered Investment Strategy
Find out how a tiered investment strategy can help balance income and growth objectives.
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Saving for College with a 529 Plan
Find out how a 529 savings plan can help you save for college.
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Handling Market Volatility
These three actions can help you stick to a long-term investing strategy when markets are volatile.
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Digital Deception: Watch Out for Cybercrime
As online commerce and recordkeeping have expanded, so has cybercrime.
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Leaving Your Employer? Don’t Forget Your Retirement Savings Plan
When leaving your employer you’ll need to decide what to do with the money in your retirement savings plan.
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Curious About NFTs? Here's an Introduction
Curious about NFTs? Here an introduction to these unique digital assets.
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ETFs vs. Mutual Funds: What's the Difference?
Do you know the key differences between ETFs and mutual funds?
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Your Retirement Savings Plan Comes with Tax Benefits
Did you know your workplace retirement plan can help you manage your tax bill, both today and in the future?
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Pay Down Loan or Invest
Learn how to analyze whether to pay down a loan or invest extra funds instead.
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The Sandwich Generation: Caught in the Middle
Members of the sandwich generation often face financial and emotional stress — here are four tips to help cope.
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Securities-Based Lending
Securities-based lending allows securities in an investment portfolio to serve as collateral for a loan.
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Wage Growth: Watch for a Tipping Point
The factors that may be restraining workers' wages and the economic implications of continued weakness or a sudden surge.
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Low Volatility: Calm Before the Storm?
Several key factors have helped calm the U.S. stock markets, but consider the potential for future volatility.
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Is the Tech Sector Dominating Your Portfolio?
How technology sector dominance can affect investment portfolios.
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Automating the American Workforce
What current trends in workforce automation could mean for U.S. workers, industries, and the broader economy.
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Rising Rates: The Fed Takes Next Step Toward Normal
The possible implications for consumers and investors when the Federal Reserve raises short-term interest rates.
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Should You Consider a Health Savings Account?
If you have a high-deductible health plan or are considering enrolling in one, you might also consider a health savings account.
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The Market's Wild Ride
In the final quarter of 2018, interest-rate fears and unresolved geopolitical issues upset the financial markets and reversed many of the gains notched earlier in the year.
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Spotlight on Student Debt
Excessive student loan debt is crushing students, and increasingly, their parents.
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Protecting Your Dependents with Life Insurance
Term or whole life? Just be sure you have adequate coverage.
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The Road to Retirement Can Begin at Work
A workplace retirement savings plan offers three key benefits.
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The Cost of Waiting to Invest: Effect on Your Wallet Today
See how much you would need to save each month at ages 25, 35, 45, and 55 to reach $1 million at age 65.
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Should You Pay Off Debt or Save for Retirement?
Should you pay off debt or save for retirement? That’s a good question. These points may help you decide.
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Should You Sell When the Market Drops?
The stock market can take investors on a wild ride. Should you consider selling your stocks when the market drops?
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The Cost of Waiting to Invest: Effect on Your Wallet Tomorrow
Find out how much you could end up with at age 65 by saving a fixed amount at ages 25, 35, 45, and 55.
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Roth IRA Basics
Find out how a Roth IRA can help you build a source of tax-free retirement income.
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Wealth-Building Strategies for HENRYs
Are you a HENRY? Consider these three strategies to help build your wealth.
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Secure 2.0 Act Seeks to Boost Retirement Readiness
The SECURE 2.0 Act seeks to help Americans of all ages save and plan for retirement.
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Social Security Announces 2024 COLA
The Social Security Administration has announced a modest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2024.
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What Is the 4 Percent Rule?
The 4% rule is a common guideline for how to withdraw money from your retirement portfolio — here’s how it works.
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How to Be a Better Investor
Here are six investing principles that may help you become a better investor.
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Navigating Your Social Security Statement
Your personal Social Security statement contains estimates of your retirement, disability, and survivor benefits.
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4 Money Mistakes You Might Be Making
Avoiding these four money mistakes can help you survive, even thrive, in any economy.
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2024 Federal Income Tax Brackets
Here are the 2024 federal income tax brackets and standard deduction amounts for single and joint filers.
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Alternative Investments: The Pros and Cons of Branching Out
Alternative investing involves assets and strategies that go beyond the traditional mix of stocks, bonds, and cash.
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What Is Socially Responsible Investing?
Socially responsible investing lets people put their money into companies that align with their personal values.
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What Is a Financial Wellness Plan?
A financial wellness plan is a strategy that strives to address four key objectives.
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2025-2026 FAFSA Opens December 1
The 2025–2026 FAFSA is set to open on December 1, the second year in a row it’s been delayed beyond October 1.
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Going Public: Investing in IPOs
A discussion on the initial public offering (IPO) process, recent trends, and risks.
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Tax Reform: Changes for Businesses
The 2017 tax reform legislation made major changes to the U.S. tax code for businesses.
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3 Potential Benefits of Dollar-Cost Averaging
Dollar-cost averaging is a disciplined investing approach and is one way to ride out market fluctuations.
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The Basics of Social Security Retirement Benefits
How much do you know about your Social Security retirement benefits?
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Stocks and Stock Mutual Funds 101
Investing in stocks and stock funds can help you pursue financial goals, but consider the risks and rewards first.
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Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds 101
Investing in bonds and bond funds can help you pursue financial goals, but consider the risks and rewards first.
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Do You Know Who Your Beneficiaries Are?
Valuable assets will convey directly to beneficiaries, regardless of instructions in a will.
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Should You Pay Off Debt or Save for Retirement?
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Should You Sell When the Market Drops?
The stock market can take investors on a wild ride. Should you consider selling your stocks when the market drops?
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Tax Reform: Changes for Individuals
In December 2017, Congress passed a sweeping tax-cut package that fundamentally changes the individual tax landscape.
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The Market's Wild Ride
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How Pre-Tax Contributions Affect Your Paycheck
The tax implications of retirement plan contributions and the effect on your take-home pay.
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Are Your Investment Decisions Influenced by Emotions?
Consider how emotions, such as excitement and fear, can cause you to make counterproductive investment decisions.
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Is the Tech Sector Dominating Your Portfolio?
How technology sector dominance can affect investment portfolios.
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Tax Reform: Changes for Businesses
The 2017 tax reform legislation made major changes to the U.S. tax code for businesses.
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Going Public: Investing in IPOs
A discussion on the initial public offering (IPO) process, recent trends, and risks.
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Automating the American Workforce
What current trends in workforce automation could mean for U.S. workers, industries, and the broader economy.
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Tax Reform: Changes for Individuals
In December 2017, Congress passed a sweeping tax-cut package that fundamentally changes the individual tax landscape.
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Spotlight on Student Debt
Excessive student loan debt is crushing students, and increasingly, their parents.
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Protecting Your Dependents with Life Insurance
Term or whole life? Just be sure you have adequate coverage.
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Inflation: The Sneaky Thief
Inflation can be like a thief, sneaking into your portfolio and robbing your money’s purchasing power.
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Trade Tariffs
The U.S. is using tariffs to force the hands of trading partners and narrow the deficit. As a result, the disruption of global trade could affect economic growth.
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Should You Consider a Health Savings Account?
If you have a high-deductible health plan or are considering enrolling in one, you might also consider a health savings account.
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Here are six reasons to work with a financial professional no matter what life stage you’re in.
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Here are some key takeaways from the latest U.S. Census population count.
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Did you know you have a personal Social Security statement?
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Social Security announces biggest COLA in decades.
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Interest in socially responsible investing has increased dramatically over the past decade.
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Inflation can be like a thief, sneaking into your portfolio and robbing your money’s purchasing power.
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The SECURE Act Hopes to Make Retirement More Secure
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The CARES Act May Offer Welcome Relief to Retirement Account Owners
The CARES Act signed into law in 2020 in response to Covid-19 contains four provisions to help retirement savers.
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What Is Socially Responsible Investing?
Socially responsible investing lets people put their money into companies that align with their personal values.
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Here are some key takeaways from the latest U.S. Census population count.
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Financial planning is a process that can help you reach your financial goals by evaluating your whole financial picture.
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Several key factors have helped calm the U.S. stock markets, but consider the potential for future volatility.
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Growth stocks have dominated the market for the last decade, but could value stocks steal the spotlight next?
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Inflation went on a tear in 2021, notching the fastest 12-month increase in almost 40 years. What's next?
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Inflation: What’s Next?
Inflation went on a tear in 2021, notching the fastest 12-month increase in almost 40 years. What's next?
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The personal Social Security statement has been redesigned to make it easier to understand — see what's changed.
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When leaving your employer you’ll need to decide what to do with the money in your retirement savings plan.
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The way medical debt is reported on credit reports has changed.
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The Social Security Administration has announced a big cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2023.
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The Fed's Rate Moves and Inflation
Find out how high the federal funds rate has climbed since last year, and what the Fed is keeping an eye on now.
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Your personal Social Security statement contains estimates of your retirement, disability, and survivor benefits.
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Here are the 2024 federal income tax brackets and standard deduction amounts for single and joint filers.
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