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Your Tech Holiday Gift Guide 11/23/2017 07:00pm • If you can't afford to buy friends or family the latest smartphone, or they already have it, you may be wondering what to buy the tech-obsessed people in your life for the holidays. The following suggestions are unique tech-related gift ideas that may inspire you to get these products -- or buy som How to (Finally) Understand Your Credit Report 11/21/2017 07:00pm • From Target to Home Depot to Sony, major data breaches have become an unfortunate, yet common, occurrence. There's a good chance your personal financial information has ended up in the hands of a criminal at least once, if not several times. Yet, nothing has come close to the most recent breach at Factor Student Loan Default Rates Into College Search 11/21/2017 07:00pm • High school juniors and seniors considering college options may concentrate on institutions' course offerings, location and price -- not a school's cohort default rate. But overlooking the CDR is a mistake. Prospective college students rarely consider what will happen to their student loans if they The Best Products to Buy on Black Friday 2017 11/20/2017 07:00pm • Two-thirds of Americans think Black Friday sales are nothing special compared to offers available throughout the rest of the year, according to a recent nationally representative WalletHub survey. Yet roughly 164 million Americans are at least thinking about doing some shopping from Thanksgiving th Investors Should Not Tap Into Retirement Funds Early 11/19/2017 07:00pm • Financial experts generally advise against borrowing from -- and especially withdrawing early -- from retirement accounts. And for good reason. Betterment certified financial planner Garrett Oakley puts it this way: "A 30-year-old worker living in Illinois wants to cash out $14,000 from his 401(k). Law Schools Shell Out Deep Tuition Discounts to Students 11/19/2017 07:00pm • Twenty-eight-year-old Alison Shea from Boston based her law school decision in part on affordability. "I was trying to figure out how to swing paying for law school," says the part-time law student, who deferred her acceptance to New England Law Boston for a year. "Fortunately, about halfway throug When Your Landlord Is Facing Foreclosure: Options for Tenants 11/16/2017 07:00pm • Foreclosure filings in the U.S. are at the lowest levels in 11 years, according to ATTOM Data Solutions, which curates a property database. Default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions occurred on just 191,824 properties in the third quarter this year -- the lowest since the second qu General Electric Company's (GE) Horrible Week Just Gets Worse 11/16/2017 07:00pm • Things keep going from bad to worse for General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) investors. Just days after the company cut its dividend by 50 percent and issued lackluster 2018 guidance, credit rating agency Moody's Investor Service cut GE's long-term debt rating from A1 to A2 because of concerns about The New Tesla Inc (TLSA) Roadster Is a Distraction 11/16/2017 07:00pm • Investors tuning in to the Tesla Inc (ticker: TSLA) semi-truck event on Thursday night were thrown a curveball when the company also unveiled a surprise update to its high-end Roadster sports car. The new Tesla Roadster has some impressive specs, but some Wall Street analysts question the company's The Only Insurance Policies You Need After Retirement 11/15/2017 07:00pm • Retirement is when everything changes. Seniors may end up with new schedules, new hobbies and even new homes. In the midst of all these exciting changes, don't overlook the mundane: your insurance coverage. With a new season of life at hand, old policies may no longer meet your needs. Benjamin Sull Is Peer-to-Peer Lending Safe for Income Investors? 11/15/2017 07:00pm • Anyone who has borrowed to buy a car or a taken out a home mortgage is familiar with the basics of how a loan works. In a nutshell, borrowers ask for money, and lenders decide how likely it is that they will see that money back. If repayment is unlikely, those lenders charge a high rate of interest Chile's Election Serves as a Referendum on Michelle Bachelet's Domestic Legacy 11/15/2017 07:00pm • SANTIAGO -- Lidia Sandoval, a 57-year old housemaid in Chile's capital, says she voted for Michelle Bachelet in 2013 because she inspired her trust, was "close to the people" and a leftist. Today, however, she feels disillusioned. "She didn't solve people's daily problems," she says of Chile's outg 8 Cheap ETFs to Build Your Nest Egg 11/14/2017 07:00pm • These funds thrive on efficiency.If you've been investing for a few decades, the current environment for fees and expenses seems like paradise. The Investment Company Institute estimates that in the year 2000 the average equity mutual fund charged annual fees of 0.99 percent, or $99 on every $10,000 Speak Up About Student Loan Consumer Protections 11/14/2017 07:00pm • This week the U.S. Department of Education is convening a negotiated rule-making panel to try and hammer out the rules around student loan consumer protections. This is a do-over of sorts, since the panel will hash out two rules that were already negotiated previously: borrower defense to repayment 4 Steps to Investing When Money Is Tight 11/13/2017 07:00pm • The old adage "it takes money to make money" has never felt more true than with investing. From initial investment minimums to annual expense ratios and management fees, by the time you work down the list of investing-related costs, the expenses seem more than the potential returns. These costs pos