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Check your privilege before talking about obesity and personal responsibility 09/26/2016 08:00pm • I was sitting and chatting with a journalist this past weekend. She's hearteningly passionate about her work, and hers is a health beat. She wanted to know how she and the media as a whole might do better at helping the public adopt healthy habits in the name of improving obesity and other chronic d How to Invest an Inheritance for a Comfortable Retirement 09/26/2016 08:00pm • Inheriting a large sum of money can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how you approach it. When your net worth takes a significant leap overnight, that creates new opportunities, financially speaking. At the same time, there are new challenges associated with managing newly acquired assets. If How much life insurance do you really need? 09/26/2016 06:00am • Kyle Winkfield knows a thing or two about how life insurance has the power to change lives. The managing partner at financial firm O'Dell, Winkfield, Roseman and Shipp in the District of Columbia has seen how life insurance payouts have impacted many of his clients, but one particular case sticks ou Can't understand your credit card agreement? You're not alone 09/26/2016 05:00am • Filled with page after page of legalese and tiny print, the average credit card agreement is written in a way that most Americans simply can't understand. Nearly half of Americans "never" or "hardly ever" attempt read the contract that comes with their shiny, new plastic, according to a survey fr 'Scoring the Trump Economic Plan' Not a Straightforward Endeavor 09/25/2016 08:00pm • A team of senior policy advisers working with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump -- a candidate who has repeatedly been criticized for his vagaries and inconsistencies -- has laid bare one of the most detailed breakdowns of the Republican's economic policy plans to date. University of California- How Credit Card Companies Calculate Interest 09/25/2016 08:00pm • Here's the first thing you should know about credit card interest: It's completely avoidable. If you pay your credit card balance in full every month, you'll probably never owe any interest. The second thing you should know: If you don't pay in full every month, carrying a balance -- even just for 5 things you need to know about store credit cards 09/23/2016 04:50am • It's a question every shopper has had to ask themselves: Do I want to apply for a store credit card? If you don't ask yourself that question, the associates at the register will. If you aren't ready with a standard, "no thanks," you may say "yes," or waffle about it for a moment. So what shoul So you want to be a chef? ‘Generation Chef’ explores the new American dream 09/23/2016 01:16am • WASHINGTON — About 12 years ago, something happened that forever changed the way the world viewed food: Cooking competition shows made their debut. With a behind-the-scenes look at the genius — and the drama — that takes place in the kitchen, programs such as “Iron Chef America” and “ What Happens to Energy Investments if Oil Prices Don't Recover? 09/21/2016 08:00pm • A rebound in crude oil prices lifted energy investments this year, with names of super-major oil producers like Exxon Mobil Corp. (ticker: XOM) and Chevron Corp. (CVX) sporting double-digit gains so far in 2016 after sharp losses in 2015. That also goes for the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate How One Couple Paid Off $74,000 in 2 Years 09/20/2016 08:00pm • In November 2009, after maxing out their credit cards, Alaya Linton and her husband, David Smith, were forced to confront their $74,000 in debt, a combination of $46,000 in student loans, $14,000 in credit cards, $10,000 in car loans and medical and tax debts. The Connecticut couple had a three-yea Student Loan Questions: Information for ITT Tech Students 09/20/2016 08:00pm • With the recent, sudden closing of all ITT Technical Institute locations, the Student Loan Ranger has been receiving many worried emails from current, recent and not-so-recent students wondering how to move forward. This month's mailbag will focus on those issues. Below are some recent messages we' 3 Major Concerns About Retirement in Nicaragua 09/19/2016 08:00pm • Nicaragua has much to recommend it from the foreign retiree's perspective. It is a friendly, welcoming country with one of the lowest costs of living and of real estate in the Americas. It offers a user-friendly retiree residency program that is among the most affordable in the world right now. I Will the SolarCity Corp. (SCTY) Deal With Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Go Through? 09/18/2016 08:00pm • On August 1, SolarCity Corp. (ticker: SCTY) agreed to be acquired by Tesla Motors Inc ( TSLA) in a $2.6 billion, all-stock deal. Tesla gushed that the merger would create the "world's only integrated sustainable energy company," and the financial news media went crazy. But less than two months later When Does It Make Sense to Take Out a Home Equity Loan? 09/18/2016 08:00pm • If you've owned a house for some time, you probably remember when home equity loans were a popular way to get extra cash. They were done all the time until around 2008 (see: The Great Recession). But time has passed, and you may have noticed your bank's advertisements suggesting you take out a hom How to check your credit report 09/16/2016 06:16pm • WASHINGTON — Many financial websites and professionals recommend checking your credit report every year as one of the best ways to live a healthy financial life, yet no one tells you what to look for. One of my clients at Glassman Wealth Services was recently applying for a mortgage and asked me: