Dear Quentin, I’m a 68-year-old guy having just worked from home for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I earn about $ 130,000 a year plus $ 35,000 in Social Security, and an additional $ 25,000 in capital gains from a small apartment house, and partnership interests. I have …
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After watching a third consecutive day of Redditors helping to push the stock of a beleaguered retail chain to an undeserved record valuation of more than $ 10 billion Tuesday, I saw rapid fire jokes on Twitter about the situation. So I fired off a response to the general tone …
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Before finally swiping left on 2020, let’s take a quick look back at all the reasons (and there are many) that it’s a year we’d love to forget, but definitely never will. Indeed, it’s been an absolutely terrible stretch for much the world, but an amazing one for voracious consumers …
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Times are tough and some people are falling behind on their mortgage payments and could be facing foreclosure in the near future. If you’re facing financial hardship and are looking into how you can avoid foreclosure this article examines programs that will stop the foreclosure process and reduce your monthly …
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Dear Moneyist, I have three children ages 16, 18 and 20 and also eight nieces and nephews ranging in age from 12 to 32. My sticky situation involves the holidays, namely Christmas. We don’t exchange gifts for the kids anymore, but still give them cards and money. I don’t believe …
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The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 world-wide climbed above 38.9 million on Friday, as a clinical trial found one therapy believed to be promising as a treatment to have no effect on mortality in hospitalized patients. The trial, conducted by the World Health Organization, found that …
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I know many us are tackling the to do list at home lately, right? One of my items has been to go through paper files we haven’t touched in years. Our file cabinet was overflowing (and the piles next to it were as well!). I finally got through all of …
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Dear Moneyist, I am concerned about getting sick. I am a cashier at a truck stop in Minnesota. Drivers from all over the U.S. stop at our outlet. Currently, I’m working the third shift, so it’s not super busy. I wear gloves, I use sanitizer and I try to keep …
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