Posted by Richard on May 23, 2024
It is so easy to buy a car that it is hard to remember what an expensive move it is. According to Kelley Blue Book, the standard down payment on a car is 20 percent. Everyone knows that you aren’t actually required to put down that much, but what most don’t consider is that the […]
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Spring has arrived and the real estate market is about to take off. If you are considering your first home, you probably know you need a lender and money for a down payment, but you might not have ever considered your creditworthiness. Young people especially may not know their credit score, but when they want […]
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Why are people over age 50 often the targets of fraud? Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, gives this answer, “That’s where the money is!” America’s 79 million baby boomers have about $8.5 trillion in assets. The scams and pitches are constantly evolving. Today, they have a frightening level of sophistication. Some […]
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$1.7 billion dollars. That’s how much crypto hackers made off with by targeting cryptocurrency platforms in 2023, according to a recent industry report by Chainalysis. To put that in perspective, that’s more than the nominal GDP of the Caribbean nation of Grenada. The good news is that the number actually represents a decline of more […]
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