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A Checklist for Your Retirement Money 11/28/2016 07:00pm • Retirement money is a tricky subject since there are so many variables. Some people have all the resources they need, but others struggle to pay for retirement. The age when workers leave their job might range from 55 to 75. And some retirees can reasonably expect to live into their 90s, while othe Why Fund Investors Are Dumping Junk Debt 11/28/2016 07:00pm • Junk bonds took a little tumble recently. Should investors be worried? There's no immediate cause for concern, but longer term a lot rests on how the oil market performs. Here's the skinny: Jitters. Even before the election, bond investors had the jitters. In the three weeks through Nov. 11, the SP Best Cash-Back Cards for the Holiday Season 11/27/2016 07:00pm • Credit card sign-up bonuses are the biggest they've ever been, and if you're not taking advantage of them this holiday season, you're leaving money on the table. Most of the hype surrounding the sign-up bonus arms race has centered on miles and points. That's understandable, since offers of 50,000 p Life Settlements: Should You Sell Your Life Insurance? 11/27/2016 07:00pm • You've probably seen the TV ads: turn your unneeded life insurance policy into cash. These "life settlements" serve policyholders who no longer need their life insurance for any of various reasons. Maybe the children have grown, the spouse has died, or investments have grown large enough to provide 10 Retirement Savings Goals for 2017 11/27/2016 07:00pm • Most people know they should be saving for retirement. But finding the motivation to save can be a challenge. Consider these strategies to tuck more money away for retirement in 2017. Save your raise. If you get a raise in 2017, aim to put at least a portion of it in a retirement account. "If you r 9 Food-Focused ETFs to Feed Your Portfolio 11/22/2016 07:00pm • ETFs to buy food stocks.There's money in food -- trillions of dollars are spent globally on food and beverages every year, from dividend-generating processing multinationals to quick-growing organic producers to even the agricultural companies that make it all possible. And you can invest across var 8 Ways to Simplify Black Friday Shopping 11/22/2016 07:00pm • Besides readying your house for company, preparing a Thanksgiving meal and, well, working, nabbing the top deals on Black Friday can seem like an impossible task. However, with experts predicting that the average consumer will spend more than $935 on the holidays this year, some shoppers may be hesi New Federal Regulations Could Help Families Decide About College Debt 11/22/2016 07:00pm • A few weeks ago, the Student Loan Ranger outlined some recently published regulations that were created to address the spate of large institutions suddenly closing. The point of these new regulations was twofold: to ensure that defrauded borrowers can access relief and to create a kind of early war 6 Credit Card Blunders to Avoid This Holiday Season 11/21/2016 07:00pm • If you've just finished paying off your credit card debt from last year's holiday shopping, you know that gift buying and paying with plastic can be a dangerous combination. There are so many things that can go wrong (and right) that it would take forever to list every possible way you could spend How to Invest in Infrastructure After the Election 11/21/2016 07:00pm • Once again, the political landscape is promising to increase spending on infrastructure to rebuild our cities, improve our air and water quality, stimulate the economy, and otherwise improve the quality of our lives. This promise has been made often, and while it is hard to dispute the need for suc Md. board approves building new $765M Harry Nice bridge 11/21/2016 03:03pm • NEWBURG, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state board has voted to build a new $765 million Potomac River crossing in Charles County to replace the aging Harry Nice Bridge. The Maryland Transportation Authority Board voted unanimously for the project Monday in Newburg. Under the plan, construction woul Rejected for a Credit Card? It May Not Be for the Reason You Think 11/20/2016 07:00pm • Having a credit card application rejected is frustrating, especially if you aren't sure what went wrong. A recent survey by NerdWallet asked Americans how they feel about credit card rejection and what they'd do if they were turned down. We also asked them to identify some of the most common reason The 10 Most Anticipated IPOs of 2017 11/20/2016 07:00pm • This has been one of the slowest years for initial public offerings since the recession. Thankfully, that's a positive omen for 2017 IPOs, as many companies that considered filing will wait until 2017 to go public. Companies file for an IPO for all sorts of reasons: to recruit and maintain talent, Alcohol authority proposed for Montgomery Co. 11/20/2016 09:29am • WASHINGTON — The way alcohol is sold in Montgomery County could be changing if a plan to take it out of government hands is approved. The proposal would not privatize the system, but would create a liquor authority to handle the sale and distribution of alcohol in the county. Such an authori 6 fun financial facts about Thanksgiving 11/20/2016 05:00am • Americans have celebrated Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November every year since 1863, but how much do we really know about this fall tradition? Sure, you're likely aware that the holiday's roots can be traced back to a shared meal between pilgrims and Native Americans. You've come to unders