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#175 Is Your Employer-Provided Life Insurance Coverage Enough?

Is the life insurance you're getting through your employer enough to take care of your family? And are you paying too much for that coverage? A healthy 50-year-old male could save nearly 80% on premiums in the first year alone by switching from an employer-provided term life insurance policy to a... see more

#170 Top 4 Best Value Airlines

Summer's in full swing, and if you're like the rest of us you probably think weekends are best spent somewhere fun. Yet, those trips to Las Vegas and New York can be pricey if not planned ahead of time. Sure, showing up at the airport and hoping to fly off to somewhere warm on stand-by (an old tr... see more

#127 Mortgage Choice: Quicken Loans Vs. Your Local Bank

Since the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, online mortgage companies have becoming an increasingly significant force in the home loan industry. Leading the charge is Quicken Loans, now the second-largest mortgage lender in the country. In 2013 alone, the company extended some $80 billion worth of ... see more

#116 Will Cuba Fares Fall by 50%?

The diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Cuba, which remained frozen well past the end of the Cold War, started to move toward normalization in 2015, a year during which Cuba was removed from the U.S. State Department's terrorism list and both countries reopened embassies – closed since... see more

#94 Your Retirement Portfolio: Diversification & Alternatives

We've all heard the wisdom of not putting all your eggs in one basket. In traditional investment theory, this means holding a range of different assets in your retirement portfolio.If you hold fewer types of securities, there is a greater risk that a decline in one of them could adversely ... see more

#69 Are U.S. Colleges Still A Good Investment?

For decades, there's been an unwritten rule that if you want a good job, you need a diploma from a four-year college. But with the cost of a post-secondary education continuing to outpace inflation year after year, students and their parents may want to pay extra attention to how they go about ge... see more

#39 Understanding The National Association Of Realtors

If you're like most people, you'll work with a real estate agent when it comes time to buy or sell your home. According to the 2013 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, an annual survey conducted by the National Association of Realtors, 88% of buyers purchased their home through a real estate agen... see more

#16 8 Federal Laws That Protect Employees

There was once a time when workers were at the mercy of their employers when it came to job-related safety and benefits, to say nothing of hiring and promotions. However, a push for employee rights gained momentum in the 20th Century, resulting in a series of important laws that millio... see more

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