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12 money-smart gifts to give during retirement 11/21/2018 08:00am • With the holidays approaching, you may be receiving wish lists from children and grandchildren. And the larger your family grows, the longer your shopping list for gifts might be. Before going to the mall, evaluate your gift options. "Retirees have much to offer family members by way of love and 14 money moves you will be thankful for 11/21/2018 07:00am • Keep your financial goals on track by tackling these tasks. November is a time to give thanks for all that is good in life and embrace gratitude ahead of the holiday season. It's also the perfect time to prepare for the upcoming year, take action to improve your financial situation and work towar 7 Super-Cheap ETFs for Which to Be Thankful 11/20/2018 07:00pm • Be thankful for lower fees.This Thanksgiving season every investor should be giving thanks for this wonderful world of exchange-traded funds. That's because the rise of ETFs and cost competition from fund managers has resulted in a race to the bottom on fees and a wide variety of instruments at your 3 Reasons to Review a College's Student Loan Default Rate 11/20/2018 07:00pm • If you are thinking about applying to college -- whether you're currently in high school or are working and thinking about going back to school -- chances are you are focusing on factors like location, room and board, and tuition cost. These are important factors to consider when evaluating the tota Credit Cards That Love Holiday Shopping 11/19/2018 07:00pm • It's supposed to be the happiest time of the year. So why are you so stressed out? Well, most of us lead pretty busy lives, and it's hard to find the time -- and the money -- to survive the holidays, let alone Black Friday. This holiday season, consumers are expected to spend, on average, $1,007 on Movie Review: McQueen directs Viola Davis in stylish heist flick 'Widows' 11/19/2018 12:06am • WASHINGTON -- The next step after Oscar glory is always a fascinating career crossroads. What should Steve McQueen direct after winning Best Picture with "12 Years a Slave" (2013)? What role should Viola Davis play after winning Best Supporting Actress for "Fences" (2016)? The answer: t What's the Right Age to Start Building Credit? 11/18/2018 07:00pm • If you're young and fairly new to the concept of credit, there's a good chance that it's a complete mystery to you. "Let's face it: Financial literacy isn't a focus of our school systems," says Alison Norris, certified financial planner and strategy manager at online lender SoFi. "While building go 9 holiday shopping habits that will make you go broke 11/17/2018 07:00am • Break these habits to keep your wallet intact this season. The holidays put people in the gift-giving mood, but those who don't watch their spending will find themselves feeling less than jolly when credit card bills arrive in January. According to the Holiday 2018 Consumer Trends survey from the Pastor says Leesburg 'in slaveholding business' by leasing historic cemetery 11/16/2018 01:23pm • LEESBURG, Va. — A long-ignored African-American burial ground is the subject of an emotional disagreement over who should maintain the cemetery located near the Leesburg Airport in Virginia. "The Sycolin Cemetery is a historically segregated cemetery that contains over 40 graves of (formerly en 7 Small-Cap Stocks to Buy for Big Returns 11/15/2018 07:00pm • Great stocks that fly under the radar.Some of the best-performing companies of the bull market have grown so big that their growth has understandably started to slow. While the big tech stocks and S&P 500 large-cap stocks get most of the headlines on Wall Street, there are plenty of small-cap st Becoming an Executor of an Estate: What You're In For 11/15/2018 07:00pm • If you've been named executor of an estate, you carry the burden of a variety of duties and legal responsibilities, including filing and paying remaining local and federal taxes, assessing the worth of assets, distributing property and sending records to beneficiaries. While you may feel privileged Why Did My Credit Card Interest Rate Increase? 11/15/2018 07:00pm • Rates are on the rise, which means you might have recently noticed that your credit card interest rate went up. If not, an increase could soon be on the horizon. "With the Federal Reserve's third interest rate increase this year, credit card rates are expected to increase," says Samuel Deane, finan How Do Credit Card Companies Make Money? 11/14/2018 07:00pm • The credit card industry is a lucrative business. For banks, credit cards are important and reliable money makers. A 2018 Federal Reserve System report said that "although profitability for the large credit card banks has risen and fallen over the years, credit card earnings have almost always been How to Prepare and Qualify for Student Loan Refinancing 11/13/2018 07:00pm • The national default rate for student loans has been slowly decreasing after reaching a high of 14.7 percent in 2013. In 2015, the official default rate was 11.8 percent, and so far in 2018 it has dropped to 10.8 percent, according to Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Educatio How Investors Can Win as Interest Rates Rise 11/13/2018 07:00pm • If you have a savings account or variable-rate debt, you might be aware that interest rates are rising. But a bit of strategy can help you profit from rising interest rates and avoid a few potential pitfalls. Most interest rate movements are driven by the monetary policy of the Federal Open Market