By Steve Rosen From Tribune Content Agency The biggest traffic jam in my community occurs like clockwork every fall in late October. That’s when hundreds of high school students and parents descend upon a local high school for a college clinic night. It’s an opportunity to meet face to face with college admissions recruiters from…
12 Ways You Are Sabotaging Your Retirement
One of the most significant and confusing parts of being an adult is planning for retirement. Retirement savings and concerns are regularly-talked about issues in the news, and, frankly, the talk is not often brimming with encouraging updates. In truth, most Americans aren’t anywhere near as on track for retirement as they think they are….
10 Ways to Make Six Figures as a Freelance Writer
Early this week, we had a cold front sweep through my neck of the woods. And I’m not going to lie. The last thing I wanted to do was step outside. It was cool and grey. But, overall, it was just one of those where you just wanted to bundle and sip on a warm…
How to Shop for a Low Mortgage Rate
October 21, 2022
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By Daniel Bortz From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Looking to purchase a home in this market? Take these steps to qualify for the best mortgage rates. Increase your down payment To qualify for the lowest rates on a conventional loan backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac—the nation’s two largest mortgage buyers—you’ll need a 20 percent…
Bracing for a Recession: What Businesses Can Do to Weather an Economic Downturn
The last time the United States (and, by extension, the world) faced a major recession back in 2007. By the time economists called an end to the Great Recession, in June 2009, U.S. real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had tumbled by 4.3-percent since its peak in Q4-2007. Unemployment was at 5-percent in Q4-2007, and rose…
Employee Faces Criticism From Someone Who Is Not His Direct Supervisor
By Kathleen Furore From Tribune Content Agency I recently spoke with someone who was irritated when a supervisor who had no authority to comment on his performance told him she had noticed him while observing one of her charges. She said she couldn’t see what he was accomplishing, then asked him to explain in detail…
Family Finances: A Half Hour Is All You Need for These Financial Moves
By Lisa Gerstner and Rivan V. Stinson From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance It doesn’t take a lot of time to improve your finances. Here are three things you can do, each taking about a half hour. Check Your Credit Reports In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—the three major credit bureaus—allowed weekly free…
5 Trends in Finance
October 18, 2022
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In our digital age, current events have an increasingly swift impact on our finances. Extreme weather events, warfare, and other forms of political and economic unrest on the other side of the world are all communicated instantaneously. Those events in turn carry the capacity to impact finance trends in every market. Of course, seasoned investors…
Winter Travel Strategies to Get Your Winter Getaways Cheaper
The holidays will soon be here. Winter travel plans are being made, but inflation seems to have affected the budgets of many travelers. As a result, people are looking for cheaper ways to travel more often now than not. An article at CNBC reports that as many as 79 percent of adults with travel plans…
How to Help Your College Grad Move on to the Career Phase of Their Adult Life
By Kathleen Furore From Tribune Content Agency A friend told me that his recent college graduate is having a hard time deciding what his next move should be. He thinks his 22-year-old is having a tough time accepting that his school career has come to an end and that he now has to make some…
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