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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Bonds May Not Be as Safe as You Think: A Cautionary Tale
By The Fiscal Times StaffInvestors seeking shelter from the uncertain economy and falling stock prices are moving into bonds in droves. But they may not be aware of the risks.
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Air Pocket Economy Takes Stocks on a Wild Ride
By Karen Hube, The Fiscal TimesThe stock market has had a bumpy ride this spring as investors continue to worry about the strength of the economic recovery.
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Betting on Munis: An End Run on Higher Taxes
By Tom Herman, The Fiscal TimesPresident Barack Obama could go down in history as one of America’s greatest municipal bond salesmen. While the president isn’t moonlighting as a bond peddler, he has proposed tax increases, starting...
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Retirement: Different Ways to Build Your Nest Egg
By LYNN ASINOF and Eric Schurenberg and Albert B. Crenshaw, The Fiscal TimesBoomers May Go Bust As 401(K)S Fall Short In Retirement As the first generation of workers brought up on 401(k)s is nearing retirement, it’s clear that so far, at least, the experiment is a failure...
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Boomers May Go Bust As 401(K)S Fall Short In Retirement
By Eric Schurenberg, The Fiscal TimesSomehow, without any vote or national debate, the geeky little wrinkle in the tax code known as 401(k) has become our de facto national retirement policy, standing shoulder to shoulder with Social...