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Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
Retirement
Social Security COLA 2027: What you need to know
A decent bump, but on par with inflation.
Prediction markets and event contracts
Trading
Prediction markets: The intersection of forecasting and investing
But it sure looks like gambling.

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Applying for student financial aid? Introducing the Student Aid Index (SAI) and other FAFSA changes
Why is FAFSA simplification so confusing?
What if you can no longer work? Understanding short-term and long-term disabilityInsuring the double whammy of injury and income loss.
Facing a financial quagmire? Chapter 13 can help you create a repayment planIn need of a little breathing room?

Investing

Callable bonds
Investing
Callable bond basics: Risks, rewards, and reinvestment reality
Extra yield; extra risk.
Concentration risk: When winners (and company shares) take over your portfolioGood eggs may need more baskets.
Treasury securities: Bonds, notes, and billsDifferent maturities, same “full faith and credit” guarantee.

Trading

Long condor or short iron condor
Trading
Condor and iron condor option strategies
When markets move sideways, these spreads go to work.
Dow theory and the foundations of technical analysisTimeless, trendy wisdom on market timing and trends.
How basis trading works (and why borrowing big makes it risky)Small gaps, big consequences.

Retirement

Finances When Your Spouse Dies
Retirement
Finance 101 for widows: What to do when a spouse dies
Grieve, reflect, assess, thrive.
What is an elder law attorney, and when do you need one?Estate planning, retirement, health care, and more.
The natural appeal of green burialsSave money and help the planet.

Companies

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Biographies

Hjalmar Schacht
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Hjalmar Schacht
German financier
Harry Gordon SelfridgeBritish merchant
Harry F. SinclairAmerican oilman

Finance & the Economy

The difference between good debt and bad debt
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