Personal Finance
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Gold’s glittering 2025 run sets the stage for more gains in 2026
Investors who have traditionally put their money in gold struck gold, quite literally, in 2025. In April, gold prices crossed…
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4 Tips For Increasing Your Wealth In 2026
Parween Mander started side hustling while still working her 9-to-5 job, saved $100,000 by age 26, got laid off from…
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Hey parents, here’s a 12-month personal finance checklist for 2026
Open this photo in gallery: A month-by-month personal finance checklist can help parents manage their household budget.Doucefleur/iStockPhoto / Getty Images…
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Why I have a financial planner
CHRISTINE BENZ of Morningstar It might surprise people that my husband and I pay a financial planner, given that I…
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A holiday cash flow solution gets a rate break
As the national average home equity line of credit interest rate continues to fall, homeowners are finding a HELOC to…
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Lowest rates in 3 years
The national average HELOC rate is falling to its lowest point in three years, based on the pricing benchmark of…
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Why do published rates vary so much?
Mortgage rates are clinging just above 6%. According to Zillow, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 6.03%, and the…
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Liz Weston: Higher Medicare premiums often wipe out yearly Social Security cost-of-living increases. Here’s why
Dear Liz: My wife and I are well over 70 and receive Social Security. We pay for Medicare Part B…
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Best CD rates today, December 20, 2025 (best account provides 4.1% APY)
Find out how much you could earn by locking in a high CD rate today. The Federal Reserve cut its…
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‘Precariously unprepared’: Millions facing pension challenge
Consider what lifestyle you want in retirement lifestyle Whether you regularly set yourself goals or not, for retirement it is…
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