Photo by panitanphoto / Shutterstock.com Investing can be intimidating, and it’s easy to let excuses keep you from getting started. You might not think you have enough money, or know enough about it. Maybe you worry that you’re not good at saving or that you’ll have to meet with an …
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Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.com Retailers are exceptional at getting us to part with our hard-earned dollars — even for stuff we don’t need. When your favorite store slashes prices or makes it all too easy to purchase something — hello, Amazon Prime — it may be understandable if you occasionally succumb …
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Delivering personal finance solutions and advice since 2006, The Simple Dollar is back with our annual awards for 2021. Here are our top picks for the best finance resources for the new year. Best Personal Finance Blog: One Big Happy Family Learn more With over 130,000 subscribers in their Youtube …
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All’s fair in love and credit? Not quite. For borrowers with fair credit — FICO Scores of 580 to 699 and VantageScores of 601 to 660 — finding a personal loan is often challenging. Many mainstream lenders prioritize borrowers with good or excellent credit, making it difficult (if not impossible) …
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Photo by alexkich / Shutterstock.com A good book can provide distraction and take you to places you’ve never been. And we can all use a little escape right about now. Whether you’re a traditionalist who gravitates toward old-fashioned hard covers and paperbacks or you prefer more modern e-books or audiobooks, …
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Photo by Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com Look around, and you may notice more people donning two masks rather than just one. Slipping an extra mask over a primary face covering may be a tough sell for those of us who find masks a nuisance. But experts say doubling up can …
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Delivering personal finance solutions and advice since 2006, The Simple Dollar is back with our annual awards for 2021. Here are our top picks for the most affordable and cost-effective service options for the new year. Best Cell Phone Plan: Republic Wireless Learn more Republic Wireless is backed by Sprint …
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Photo by Dragana Gordic / Shutterstock.com America’s new favorite grocery store is a familiar name: Amazon. The online retail giant jumped two places to take the top slot in the fourth-annual Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index for grocery. The consumer data science firm compiled its rankings based on a survey of …
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Photo by Dusan Petkovic / Shutterstock.com If you are looking for a car — and hoping it will last for a decade and a half — we’ve got one bit of advice for you: Buy Japanese. That was the takeaway of iSeeCars’ 2021 ranking of vehicles that people keep the …
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