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5 Apps for Socially Responsible Investing 03/08/2023 07:00pm • Socially responsible investing continues to expand in popularity as a way to invest with your values. From socially responsible mutual and exchange-traded funds to robo advisors and mobile apps, there's easy access to this investing trend. Popular among younger and older investors alike, here are fi 15 Best Jobs for Remote Workers 03/08/2023 07:00pm • Best jobs to work remotelyRemote work can free up your hours for better work-life balance, improve your quality of life and may even enable you to work from another part of the country or abroad. Working from home is also desirable as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in 2023.The jobs on this list are OmniRide resuming some commuter service as strike enters fourth week 03/07/2023 09:32pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. OmniRide will offer its first commuter service into the D.C. area since bus operators went on strike three weeks ago, but enough driv The Cycle of Poverty: Traps That Keep You Poor 03/07/2023 07:00pm • Being poor is expensive. You don't need to be told that, especially if you're always living paycheck to paycheck and are struggling to get by; you've noticed. Still, when you're just trying to get through the week, it can be easy to not examine why you're constantly in a financial fix. If you want t Extreme, Unexpected Kid Costs: How to Plan for the Unplanned 03/07/2023 07:00pm • It would be impossible to list all the costs associated with raising children. As a parent, you'll spend on a wide variety of goods and services, starting the day they're born and lasting until you're ready to stop. A 2022 report from The Brookings Institution estimated the total average family expe 9 Dividend Aristocrat Stocks to Buy Now 03/07/2023 07:00pm • When a company can avoid cutting its dividend even during economic recessions and crises, investors know its stock is a reliable investment. However, there's a special breed of dividend stocks that takes reliability, consistency and dependability to another level. The dividend aristocrats are a grou Md. 4-day workweek bill withdrawn as costs, tradition derail proposal 03/06/2023 11:59pm • Efforts to bring a four-day workweek pilot program to Maryland is over at least for this year. Sponsors of the House and Senate bills withdrew the legislation amid concerns it would institutionalize a 32-hour work week. Costs of the five-year pilot program and engrained attitudes concerning the Expenses that are destroying your budget 03/06/2023 07:45am • Overspending is often the result of making a bunch of small purchases rather than one big one. As inflation causes prices for nondiscretionary items like food, housing and energy to rise, families may need to reduce their expenses in other areas to make ends meet. Consider cutting these 13 recurr 10 of the Best Vanguard ETFs to Buy 03/05/2023 07:00pm • Few Wall Street notables have looked out for retail investors as much as John Bogle did. As the founder of Vanguard, Bogle helped launch the first commercially viable index fund in 1976, increased transparency about mutual fund costs, and wrote multiple books on his investment philosophy. Bogle was Mortgage Rates Soar Past 7% Once Again 03/05/2023 07:00pm • Mortgage rates rose for the fourth consecutive week, with the average rate of a 30-year fixed mortgage surpassing 7% once again. Both fixed and adjustable mortgage rates climbed significantly during February as economists reacted to mixed data on inflation, the labor market and the possibility of a A 'uniquely American' challenge: Group of local universities offer ideas to reduce gun violence 03/04/2023 01:54pm • Limiting gun purchases, more firearm tracing and expanding gun-buyback programs are some methods that D.C.-area universities believe can reduce gun violence. The Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area shared its findings as part of The 120 Initiative, a joint effort starte 'It really doesn't concern me': Arlington Co. official reacts after Amazon HQ2 construction put on hold 03/03/2023 04:10pm • Amazon has put the next phase of its HQ2 construction in Arlington, Virginia, on hold, a decision that comes after the largest job cuts in the company's history. The second phase of new construction, known as PenPlace, was set to include four office buildings, one of which is a unique Helix-shape Self-Directed IRA: Know the Risks Before Investing 03/02/2023 07:00pm • For investors who like a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach, a self-directed individual retirement account may sound like a perfect investment vehicle. But in February 2023, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, which oversees broker-dealers in the U.S., issued an alert about self-di What Happens if You Don't Pay Your Taxes? 03/02/2023 07:00pm • If you owe money to the Internal Revenue Service, you're not alone. In fact, it happens to a lot of Americans. In the most recent data available, the IRS has estimated that Americans owed at least $114 billion in back taxes, penalties and interest in 2020. So what happens if you're one of those Amer 7 High-Yield ETFs for Income Investors 03/02/2023 07:00pm • A commonly relied upon concept for retired investors and the financially independent is the "4%" rule of thumb. Essentially, the rule suggests that investors should withdraw up to 4% of their total portfolio in the first year, and then adjust upward for inflation every year thereafter. By following