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Borrowers could get up to $300 back in their monthly budget from student loan forgiveness. Here’s how to use that money

Borrowers could get up to $300 back in their monthly budget from student loan forgiveness. Here’s how to use that money

President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan gives borrowers a chance to better their financial standing. Experts weigh in on how to make the most of it.

3 years ago
Inflation drives long-term care costs even higher. Here’s how planning ahead can help families afford it

Inflation drives long-term care costs even higher. Here’s how planning ahead can help families afford it

Rising costs amid inflation will likely make it more difficult for many families to afford already expensive long-term care for ailing or elderly relatives. 

3 years ago
Credit scores still sit at all-time high, despite some 'deterioration' in how Americans are faring financially

Credit scores still sit at all-time high, despite some 'deterioration' in how Americans are faring financially

Even as consumer debt rises, the national average credit score still sits at an all-time high of 716, unchanged from a year ago, according to FICO.

3 years ago
The Main Benefits Of Working As A Physician

The Main Benefits Of Working As A Physician

Aug 29, 2022 Making a decision on your future profession is important. You must conduct an extensive study before deciding what to do. However, when it comes to medicine, people choose to become physicians for a variety of reasons, most of which are personal and motivated by their own desires. In any case, in the


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3 years ago
Canadian Crypto Industry is Working Towards Legitimacy

Canadian Crypto Industry is Working Towards Legitimacy

DLA Piper | Don Collie, Ryan J. Black, Saje Gosal | Aug 19, 2022 Which tokens are securities? CSA Staff Notice 46-308: Securities Law Implications for Offerings of Tokens provides guidance on the way Canadian securities regulators approach the question of whether any individual token is a security or something else entirely. Recent CSA guidance,


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3 years ago
Fewer Americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck as inflation begins to ease

Fewer Americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck as inflation begins to ease

Fewer Americans are feeling financially strained after recent signs inflation has started to cool.

3 years ago
Highlights from McKinsey’s “Value Creation In The Metaverse” Report + Web3 for Skeptics by Brainsy’s CIO

Highlights from McKinsey’s “Value Creation In The Metaverse” Report + Web3 for Skeptics by Brainsy’s CIO

Medium | Lou Kerner | Aug 29, 2022 McKinsey recently published a comprehensive 77 page report titled “Value Creation In the Metaverse — The Real Business of The Virtual World.” Seven McKinsey partners were credited as the writers of the report, which included interviews with 13 senior “metaverse experts”, input from the 60 members of


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3 years ago
Op-ed: September is historically the worst month of the year for stocks, but recent strength suggests the market could buck the trend

Op-ed: September is historically the worst month of the year for stocks, but recent strength suggests the market could buck the trend

It's reasonable to expect a better-than-usual September, typically the worst month for stocks. Much of the annual de-risking took place earlier in the year.

3 years ago
Education Dept. is exploring strategies to help 5 million 'overlooked borrowers' excluded from student loan forgiveness

Education Dept. is exploring strategies to help 5 million 'overlooked borrowers' excluded from student loan forgiveness

Millions of federal student loan borrowers could be left out of debt forgiveness because of their loan type. The government is trying to avoid that outcome.

3 years ago
Mortgage rates will fall to 4.5% in 2023? That's the estimate from Fannie Mae. Here’s what that means for homebuyers

Mortgage rates will fall to 4.5% in 2023? That's the estimate from Fannie Mae. Here’s what that means for homebuyers

Fannie Mae says mortgage rates could fall to 4.5% next year. But prospective homebuyers shouldn't use predictions as a primary guide to purchase decisions.

3 years ago
Op-ed: Learn to tread water in these stormy markets. Where investors can turn in choppy times

Op-ed: Learn to tread water in these stormy markets. Where investors can turn in choppy times

It's as if investors are being asked to remain afloat in violent seas for what seems like an eternity.

3 years ago
64% of consumers are worried about 'shrinkflation.' What it is and how to watch for it while shopping

64% of consumers are worried about 'shrinkflation.' What it is and how to watch for it while shopping

As companies grapple with high costs and supply chain issues, many are shrinking their products. Here's how consumers can spot those changes.

3 years ago
Education Dept exploring strategies to help 5 million 'overlooked borrowers' excluded from student loan forgiveness

Education Dept exploring strategies to help 5 million 'overlooked borrowers' excluded from student loan forgiveness

Millions of federal student loan borrowers could be left out of debt forgiveness because of their loan type. The government is trying to avoid that outcome.

3 years ago
Sheriff Gensler of ‘Wild West’ Cryptoville Has Drawn His Guns

Sheriff Gensler of ‘Wild West’ Cryptoville Has Drawn His Guns

Decrypto | Daniel Roberts | Aug 27, 2022 The SEC chief has gone from rhetoric to enforcement, targeting token projects from the present and past. Crypto companies are shook. When Gary Gensler was sworn in as SEC Chair in April of last year, many in crypto celebrated. The general reasoning: He had taught a course


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3 years ago
Equity Crowdfunding Growth:  It Took UK Seedrs 8 Years to Raise the First £1Billion and Only 2 Years for the Next Billion

Equity Crowdfunding Growth: It Took UK Seedrs 8 Years to Raise the First £1Billion and Only 2 Years for the Next Billion

Crowdfund Insider | JD Alois | Aug 24, 2022 Ten-year-old securities crowdfunding platform Seedrs has recently posted a blog on platform capital raising, which highlights sector growth. Seedrs reports that it took 8 years to top £1 billion in funding raised, but two years later, Seeders has doubled that amount surpassing £2 billion this month


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3 years ago