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Get These Gift Card Deals While You Can
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Get These Gift Card Deals While You Can

Sometimes a deal can feel too good to pass up, and that can especially be the case with a gift card deal—particularly since federal law gives you five years from the date a gift card is activated to use it before it expires. If you’ve got a purchase planned in the semi-near future for places...

The Most Strategic Time to Pay Your Credit Card Balance
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The Most Strategic Time to Pay Your Credit Card Balance

You know you need to pay your credit card bill on time, and that you should always pay enough to avoid keeping a balance. But if you struggle with managing your money, you might be tempted to pay off your credit card immediately after every purchase. This payment strategy would essentially be treating your credit...

How to Gift a Streaming Service This Holiday
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How to Gift a Streaming Service This Holiday

In many ways, the digital age has made gift giving easier. You can fill up a single online shopping cart and send gifts anywhere in the world. At the same time, some things are not as easy as they used to be. Remember when you could just walk into a store and buy someone a...

All the Different Saving Accounts You Need
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All the Different Saving Accounts You Need

You have your basic checking and savings accounts—beyond that, how can different types of accounts serve your savings goals? What’s the smartest way to stash your hard-earned funds? We’ve recommended before that dividing your money into multiple accounts helps you see all your saving goals separately, so they’ll be… Read more…

Why Your Free Credit Score Doesn’t Always Add Up
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Why Your Free Credit Score Doesn’t Always Add Up

Your credit score makes the difference between getting approved or denied a mortgage, car loan, student loan—or any other kind of loan. With plenty of online tools to check your credit score for free, there’s no reason you shouldn’t know the magic three-digit number. But how accurate are these online tools? Here’s… Read more…

What to Do After Realizing You’re ‘House Poor’
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What to Do After Realizing You’re ‘House Poor’

Buying a house is a complex and emotional process, and we don’t always make perfect decisions once we’ve determined a particular property is our dream house. But even if you’re careful to think of your home as an asset and an investment, it’s difficult to swing a down payment and harder to figure out how...