Photo by fizkes / Shutterstock.com There is a growing threat to your retirement savings, and you probably are not aware of it. Thieves increasingly are targeting individual 401(k) accounts by impersonating the account owners so the crooks can steal thousands — or even hundreds of thousands — of dollars. Heide …
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Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.com Two stimulus payments have arrived electronically in most Americans’ bank accounts — or as checks or debit cards in the mail — over the past year as Uncle Sam’s way of helping us get through the coronavirus pandemic. But now, a lot of people are nervous, wondering …
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Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Savvy savers know that a warehouse club membership can easily pay for itself — and then some — over the course of a year. The key to saving money at these stores is to know how to shop wisely. Sam’s Club is among the most popular …
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Photo by Dragon Images / Shutterstock.com Everyone is looking for a leg up in the fight to keep COVID-19 at bay. However, two supplements that experts hoped might offer a little extra protection against the disease don’t measure up after all, a new study finds. Taking either zinc or vitamin …
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Peter Kim / Shutterstock.com Money is tight enough these days that we don’t need to spend it on products or features that deliver no value to the consumer. Here is a handful of such things to watch for. Are you wasting money on any of these purchases? 1. Brand-name pharmaceuticals …
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Photo by TierneyMJ / Shutterstock.com Tesla is the brand of car that owners love the most, according to a Consumer Reports survey. Consumer Reports asked owners whether they would buy same car again if they had the chance. The publication based its results on surveys that included 369,000 vehicles from …
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Photo by Syda Productions / Shutterstock.com Clothes shopping can be a lot of fun — even if you’re not a fashionista. Matching patterns and styles, trying on outfits, picking the perfect look for a big event — there are entire magazines and television shows devoted to artfully shopping for attire. …
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Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS In January, I became one of the millions of Americans enrolled in Medicare. The process of joining the 61 million Americans now enrolled in our national health insurance system for seniors and folks with certain disabilities …
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Josep Suria / Shutterstock.com It’s 2021, and while progress hasn’t brought us flying cars yet, we’ve gained countless everyday conveniences in recent decades. We can do everything from make a cup of coffee to make a room smell better with just the press of a button. And cheap disposables and …
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