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Stocks
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 10
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 9
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 8
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Sept. 4
Real Estate
The Downsizing Audit: Home Sale Capital Gains Exclusion
AvalonBay, Equity Residential to Merge to Create Multifamily Giant
Home Prices Register Biggest Annual Increase in More Than a Year: Report
Strategies to Qualify for a Low-Interest Mortgage
Alternative Investments
Strategically Using Your HSA as a Retirement Account 
Should You Keep Your Target-Date Funds in Retirement?
Underlooked Safe-Haven Investments
Safe Investments in Times of Crisis
Gold
Seeing Gold? The Hidden Costs and Risks of Investing in Gold
The Gold Tax Surprise: When Gold Profits Get Taxed at 28 Percent
Gold Just Fell 26 Percent From Its Record. History Says That’s Normal, and That’s the Point
The Golden Rule: He Who Has the Gold Makes the Rules
Estate
Manage an Inheritance Like a Pro
Tax-Savvy Ways to Leave Money to Your Kids
How to Tackle Estate Planning Basics in 6 Steps
Estate Planning Mistakes Even the Wealthy Can Fall For
Tax
Tax‑Loss Harvesting After OBBBA: What Changed (And What Didn’t) for 2026?
Cut Your Taxes With Tax-Loss Harvesting in 2026
How Is My Gold Taxed?
Tax Breaks for the Self-Employed
Insurance
Why Your Long-Term Care Insurance Premium Has Soared
Should You File an Insurance Claim When Someone Hits Your Parked Car?
Life Insurance You Don’t Need Anymore (And the Kind You Might)
Loss Assessment Coverage: The HOA/Condo Blind Spot
Retirement Accounts
The 401(k)-to-IRA Rollover Expenses You Never See
A Hierarchy for Retirement Savings
Workers Who Turn 60 Through 63 in 2026 Can Now Stash $11,250 Extra, and Most Don’t Know It
How Much Money Should You Convert to a Roth Each Year?
Fixed Income
Repeat After Me: ‘SSI and Social Security Are Not the Same Thing!’
Bad Husbands and Social Security
Meet Tom, Dick, and Harry
Looking Back to 1944
Gold Prices Hit Record Highs: Who’s Buying?
Gold Prices Hit Record Highs: Who’s Buying?
Gold and crypto are making headlines as the Trump administration shakes things up with policies affecting both tangible and intangible investments. While crypto has new friends in Washington and enthusiasts ...
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It Is Time to Buy Gold?
Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold, and Other Commodities (Aug. 9)
Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold, and Other Commodities (Aug. 8)
Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold, and Other Commodities (Aug. 7)
Earning Money
How I Built 9 Streams of Passive Income
How to Find Unclaimed Assets and Cash
How Do Ordinary People Make Money With AI?
3 Summer Side Hustles That Are Actually Worth Doing
Debt Management
Medical Bill Negotiation Strategies
Reader Discovers It’s Difficult to Pay the Balance to the Penny
Student Loan Payments Are Spiking: What Changed on July 1 and What Borrowers Over 50 Should Do
Coerced Debt: When the Debt in Your Name Isn’t Yours by Choice
Future Planning
The FIRE Movement Has Changed. Here’s What Financial Independence Looks Like Today
Save Money and Gas With a Used Hybrid Vehicle. Here Are Some Picks From Edmunds
The Allure of a River Cruise
Yours, Mine, or Ours: Joint Versus Separate Brokerage Accounts
Credit Scores
Is Medical Debt Still on Your Credit Report? The Rules Just Got Confusing Again
Boost Your Credit Score
How to Repair Your Credit and Improve Your Credit Score
How to Help Someone You Love Build a Good Credit Score
Rewards Cards
Costco Credit Card Perks: When the Benefits Actually Make Sense for Households
The Best Rewards Credit Card for You
The Downside of Credit Card Rewards
Shop for a More Rewarding Credit Card
Travel Cards
10 Strategies to Maximize Retirement Travel With Credit Card Rewards
Top Travel Rewards Cards
The Ins and Outs of Airline Travel Awards
Best Credit Cards for International Travel
Cash Back Cards
Is the Apple Card a Good Alternative to Traditional Credit Cards?
6 Ways to Boost Your Credit Card Rewards This Holiday Season
How To Get the Most Out of Your Credit Cards
The Perils of Plastic: The Problems With Debit and Credit Cards Are Deeper Than We Thought
Business Cards
4 Ways to Get the Most out of Your Business Credit Card
8 Ways to Get the Most From a Business Credit Card
The Best Business Credit Card for Every Type of Spender
Do’s and Don’ts for Using Business Credit Cards