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Today’s catch from the Reddit discussion files is that rarest of birds: An American consumer holding only one credit card and looking to “upgrade” his card to something a bit more suited to an...
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Personal finance guru Dave Ramsey recently weighed in on the subject of 401(k) retirement plans, and a less-known improvement to the concept, called a “Roth 401(k)”. And I have to say: Rarely...
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Americans often seem to have a curious relationship with geography. There’s even an old joke to the effect that we only learn geography when we have to locate a country that we’re in a war with!...
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Would you rather be debt-free, or carry a little debt, but also have enough cash tucked away in a rainy day fund, to deal with any unexpected curveballs that life might throw at you over the next few...
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In today’s pull from the Reddit mail-file, we face a good news, awful news situation. Our inquirer today (we’ll call her “Alice”) suffered a tragedy in 2019, just pre-Covid, when both her...
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Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) delivered its Q4 2024 earnings report on yesterday, and while the electric vehicle (EV) market faces headwinds, the company offered plenty of reasons for optimism. From finally...
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How many credit cards is too many? And is there a “right” number for how many credit cards to hold? This is the question we address in today’s pull from the Reddit mail-file. Today’s caller...
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The Nasdaq Composite Index touched an all-time high in January. Despite tumbling shortly thereafter on fears that China’s DeepSeek AI would upset the artificial intelligence apple cart, it’s...
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Take two revolutionary automotive companies, roughly similar in size, with similar amounts of net cash on the balance sheet, but neither one profitable, and both burning cash at phenomenal rates. How...
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Brevity, they say, is the soul of wit. So today, gaze in wonder upon this Reddit post which, in just 61 words, describes how one custodial worker managed to triple his salary in just 12 years. Our...
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I’m a huge fan of 529 college savings plans, but perhaps not for the reason you think. You see, I live in a state (Indiana), where the tax benefits of contributing to a 529 plan are simply too good...
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Reddit is a funny place, an online forum apparently populated primarily by millionaires seeking free financial advice from strangers on the internet. (Hint: Never rely exclusively on advice from...
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I have a secret I want to share with you. Ever since DeepSeek broke on the world stage three weeks ago, and instantly subtracted $600 billion from Nvidia’s (Nasdaq: NVDA) market capitalization,...
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Stock markets took a tumble earlier this year, giving up much of their gains from November, when removal of uncertainty as to the next resident of the White House helped allow stocks to rise. From...
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