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8 Retirement Planning Red Flags 05/01/2018 08:00pm • If something doesn't seem right in your retirement savings strategy, the best time to figure out where improvements could be made is now. Catching pitfalls early can help you secure a comfortable retirement later. Here are some warning signs that something might be wrong with your retirement plan, a Pros and Cons of Buying General Dynamics Corporation (GD) Stock 05/01/2018 08:00pm • The defense sector is on the march again after Congress beefed up spending for the nation's armed forces. That should translate into good news for General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) investors, who've seen GD stock underperform against the Standard & Poor's 500 index over the past year. That Do You Want a Real Estate Website to Buy Your House? 05/01/2018 08:00pm • In April, real estate information company Zillow announced it would begin testing the direct purchase and sale of homes. The move is a new feature of Zillow's Instant Offers program, which helps connect homeowners with real estate investors willing to purchase their property with cash and skip the Global Bonds Are a Passport to Income 04/30/2018 08:00pm • More than a century and a half before Brexit -- the 1820s, to be precise -- London's bustling financial district launched an investment vehicle that built railways and bolstered overseas infrastructure: the foreign bond. There must have been some boisterous boiler fuel in that financial innovation, These 4 Documentaries Will Teach You About Money 04/30/2018 08:00pm • Personal finance might seem boring on its own, but it becomes fascinating when you look at it through the lens of human experience. Individuals' fortunes and failures are often guided by their relationships with money, approach to work and whom they choose to trust with their money and work. The do Your Basic Guide to the Big Three Credit Bureaus 04/30/2018 08:00pm • Every time you swipe a credit card, take out a car loan or make a mortgage payment, three sets of eyes are watching closely. America's big three credit reporting agencies -- Equifax, Experian and TransUnion -- track many of your financial transactions and other information, including: -- Credit card 6 Money Mistakes College Students Make 04/30/2018 08:00pm • Between paying college tuition and covering the cost of room and board, managing money as a college student can be a challenge. And the reality is many students aren't excelling at juggling managing their finances with their classes. The Wisconsin Hope Lab, which aims to find ways to make financing How Millennials Are Making Money 04/26/2018 08:00pm • There is much about millennials that befuddles older generations. From shrugging off home ownership to using apps to pay back friends, young adults tend to do things differently than baby boomers and Generation X. The same can be said for how they make their money. Millennials have taken a differen General Electric Company (GE) Dividend Is on the Chopping Block Again 04/25/2018 08:00pm • General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) investors got even more bad news this week when Moody's Investors Service lowered its credit outlook for GE to negative, warning that another credit downgrade could be just around the corner. GE stock tumbled 4.2 percent following the revision, and analysts say 9 Dividend Stocks to Sell in May (and Go Away) 04/25/2018 08:00pm • This is not a time for weak stocks.There's an old saying that investors "sell in May and go away." The idea is after the first quarter earnings season, stocks suffer seasonal weakness as CEOs, traders and investment banks take time off in summer -- so you should too. Of course, there are plenty of M As Rates Rise, Do MLPs Belong in Your Portfolio? 04/25/2018 08:00pm • Master limited partnerships, which invest in American energy infrastructure, were popular holdings for income-starved investors when interest rates were at rock bottom and equity markets delivered higher yields. Depending on the investment, MLPs could kick off yields of 6 or 8 percent or even more, Learn How to Manage Money From These 6 Frugal Book Characters 04/25/2018 08:00pm • Few things are more enjoyable than curling up with a great novel and getting lost in a wonderful story that takes place between the pages. It's even better when those characters are relatable, acting in ways and taking actions that inspire us to make changes in our own lives. Readers can even find i How to Cope With the High Costs of Infertility 04/24/2018 08:00pm • According to the National Survey of Family Growth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in eight couples have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy and more than 85,000 women in the U.S. undergo in vitro fertilization each year. Unfortunately, such fertility treatments Are ETFs Best for Investing? 04/23/2018 08:00pm • Let's assume Madam Marie, your local crystal ball-gazing psychic, decided to set up shop on Wall Street. Laugh if you like, but she might pick 'em just as well with tarot cards as investment gurus do with charts. After all, predicting the future in investment is risky business. Just ask Jim Cramer, Choose the Right Gap Year Experience for Medical School 04/23/2018 08:00pm • Many students struggle over the decision of whether to take a gap year before medical school. In particular, students have questions about finding the right match. Before medical school interviewers ask the common question of what you would do if you weren't going into medicine, step back and think