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How to Become a Financial Advisor at 40 10/11/2022 08:00pm • Did you want to be a doctor when you were growing up? That's one of the top career aspirations of all children. Boys especially aspire to be professional athletes, while girls aim to be teachers. For all children, veterinarians, musicians and movie stars are tantalizing opportunities, too. However, 8 Best Real Estate Stocks to Buy 10/10/2022 08:00pm • Keep dividend income flowing with real estate stocks.Persistently elevated inflation and sharply rising interest rates have investors concerned about 1970s-era stagflation returning in 2022. The last time stagflation was a problem, real estate was a top-performing sector in the market. Buying physic Can You Buy a House With a Credit Card? 10/05/2022 08:00pm • At first glance, the idea of buying a house with a credit card sounds irresponsible, if not impossible. While it technically is possible to do so in very limited circumstances, it's generally not a good idea, especially if you have less expensive options available. Whether you're thinking about usin The COVID Student Loan Repayment Pause Is Ending: What Borrowers Should Do Now 10/05/2022 08:00pm • Borrowers need to know and do some critical things before the pandemic-related pause on repaying federal student loans ends this year and payments resume in January 2023. Student loan and finance experts advise taking the following steps right away: -- Update your contact information with your stude 6 Signs It's Time to Retire 10/05/2022 08:00pm • It can be difficult to figure out when you are truly ready to retire. Some people aim for a certain retirement age, perhaps 62 or 65, while others set a financial goal, such as $1 million in a retirement account. There are signs and targets that can signal that you are prepared to retire, but they'r 9 Short Squeeze Stocks That Could Take Off in October 10/03/2022 08:00pm • These stocks have the right conditions to trigger short squeezes.Short squeezes have been among the most popular and controversial topics on Wall Street for the past couple of years. In early 2021, groups of online stock traders on Reddit began orchestrating targeted buying campaigns in some of the Emerging from primary, John King urges end school-to-prison pipeline, student debt 10/03/2022 01:00am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Former U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. calmly walked on stage at a national conference in Washington, D.C., Friday to offer recomme Q&A: Why You Need to be Unconstrained in Investing 10/02/2022 08:00pm • Constraints are often good to have. It's best to constrain your workday to within reasonable bounds and to constrain your child to eating only half their loot on Halloween night. Investors need constraints, too. Asset allocation, for example, is built entirely around constraints: You are constrainin How to Take Advantage of Rising Interest Rates 10/02/2022 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve raised interest rates in September for the fifth time this year in an effort to cool rising inflation. These increasing interest rates will affect the way you save, spend and invest. When interest rates rise, it's generally good news for savers, as rates on deposit accounts and o 2022's 10 Best-Performing Stocks 10/02/2022 08:00pm • These stocks have generated the best returns so far in a turbulent 2022.The S&P 500 declined 9.3% in September as fears over persistently high inflation, aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and an uncertain global economic outlook have investors fleeing risk assets. The S&P 500 is Credit card interest rates are climbing: Here's how to tackle your debt 10/01/2022 10:07am • Interest rates are climbing this year on all kinds of consumer debt, and that's bad news for those who carry a credit card balance. The Federal Reserve has been pushing interest rates higher in an ongoing campaign to battle inflation, announcing an unprecedented three consecutive 75-basis-point j What Is Subprime Credit? 09/29/2022 08:00pm • Subprime credit is typically a FICO score that falls below 670, and nearly one-third of U.S. consumers have it, according to data from the credit bureau Experian. A subprime credit score can make credit more expensive and more difficult to access than if your score were good. With subprime credit, y 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for October 09/29/2022 08:00pm • The bear market shows no sign of letting up. Stocks veered sharply lower in September, adding to 2022's already considerable losses for the major market indexes. The Federal Reserve powered ahead with another 75-basis-point rate hike, further hitting market sentiment. Despite weakness in the housing 7 Best REIT ETFs to Buy 09/28/2022 08:00pm • Shifting market factors favor a diversified approach to the sector.Any discussion about real estate investment trusts, or REITs, has to begin with a confession: The sector is struggling mightily in 2022. Of the roughly 30 or so REITs that are part of the S&P 500 index, a whopping 29 are down by 11 Questions Medical School Applicants Are Afraid to Ask 09/27/2022 08:00pm • College students planning to apply to medical school must consider several factors in selecting the schools to which they apply. Quality, cost, location and academic environment are some of the considerations. Medical school applicants want to make the best possible impression on admissions officers