Unemployment Update Unemployment. The word has haunted us since the economy fell into a recession. More and more companies were downsizing, outsourcing for cheaper labor, and people just starting out careers weren’t able to. More and more college graduates were being forced to move home just because there were no jobs available....
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Student Loans: What’s the difference? I think I’ve mentioned before that I’m a recent college graduate. I finished my Master’s Degree in July. Six and a half years of loans is not a fun thing to have to go through. Navigating the waters of what loans to get and what to avoid, and how best to fund your education. In the...
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The dreaded letter comes in the mail. You’ve been selected for an audit. You panic. “What does this mean? What do I have to do?” No need to panic my friend. As I talked about last week, this happens to about 2% of Americans. It doesn’t mean that the IRS thinks you deliberately cheated on your taxes; their computer system...
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about options for investing, and since then, I’ve decided to get more into detail about what goes into mutual funds. What is a mutual fund? A mutual fund, by definition, is where a group of brokers/managers hand-selects a ‘package’ of stocks to sell together. These can vary depending...
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You’ve heard the term “Equity” thrown around. You don’t really know what it is. To be honest, I didn’t know what it was until recently. This is probably because I rent and do not yet own my own home. I decided to do some research (my philosophy is that you can learn anything if you just do the research), and I found out...
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