Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Making a Big Money Move? Why You Should Probably Consult a Financial Adviser
By Beth Pinsker, ReutersPeople hire financial advisers with the very obvious goal of getting advice on how to handle their money. So why do investors often cut advisers out of consequential decisions? Some advisers say...
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Women Are Better Investors Than Men. Here Are 3 Reasons Why
Female investors outperform males on average, and new report attributes the better performance to three traits more common in female investors.
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Here's How Much You Would Have Made If You Invested in Amazon 20 Years Ago
By Akin Oyedele, Business InsiderOn May 15, 1997, Amazon , then an online bookstore, went public. The company's stock has seen a stunning 36% compounded annual gain since then. Amazon closed at $961.35 on Friday, giving the company...
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Intimidated by Investing? Five Simple Rules That Help Newbies Get Started
By Janna HerronWhen speaking with Alice Finn about her new book Smart Women Love Money –a call to action for women to get serious about investing—the conversation inevitably touched on the gender wage gap, a big...
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After This Guy Won a Jet.com Contest, Walmart Made Him a Multimillionaire
By Jillian D'onfro, Business InsiderEric Martin is still processing his big news. The 29-year-old marketer from York, Pennsylvania just became a millionaire thanks to a smart investment in Jet.com, which Walmart is buying for more than...
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Why Raiding Your Kids' 529 College Savings Plan Is a Bad Idea
By Kelli B. Grant, CNBCCringe-worthy as it is to dip into your kid's piggy bank, it's probably the nicer financial move compared to raiding his or her 529 college savings account. Nearly half of parents with college...
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Does Passive Investing Make Sense for Your Portfolio?
By Jeff Spross, TheWeek.comVery quietly, the way that many Americans invest their money is changing. And it's changing in a way that could upend the way Wall Street does business. When you think of investment, you probably...
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Mark Cuban: Here’s What You Need to Do Before You Start Investing
By Libby Kane, Business InsiderBillionaire Mark Cuban doesn't mince words. When Entrepreneur asked him on the set of "Shark Tank" for his best advice to make money investing, he replied: "Don't." "The market could go up for years...
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3 Ways the Brexit Affects You
After years of debate and speculation, last night’s vote confirmed that Brexit is actually happening and the United Kingdom is going to withdrawal from the European Union. The actual process of...
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19 Retirement Mistakes You’re Making Other Than Not Saving Enough
By Janna HerronIt’s conventional wisdom by now that Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement. Recent studies have shown that many Baby Boomers might have to live on a mere $7,000 to $9,000 a year during their...
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The High Cost of Low Interest Rates
By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal TimesOn Tuesday, the Federal Reserve announced that it would continue its policy of exceptionally low interest rates for at least another two years. It believes that this is a policy that will be most...
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Pre-IPO Investing: Look Before You Leap
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesThe stock market may be at its highest level since the financial crisis, but this year’s euphoria-inducing returns are not enough to keep some investors happy – they want in on the ground floor of...
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Former Employee Tightens the Screws on Goldman Sachs
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesIs Greg Smith disingenuous? Willfully blind? Machiavellian? Deluded? Peeved by the size of his bonus and feeling vindictive? Or simply stupid? Whatever the case, the now-former Goldman Sachs banker...
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Why Cash-Hoarding Companies May Have an Edge
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesInvestors’ hunger for dividend stocks just can’t be satisfied. Hardly a day goes by without some financial strategist or other pundit urging them buy to their hearts’ content. That’s why it was all...
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JOBS Bill Opens Door to Growth…and Scam Artists
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesFirst the good news that you’ve already heard about: even though the unemployment rate didn’t dip in February, the economy was strong enough to create 227,000 new jobs , the third month in a row that...