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Are you guilty of making what SmartMoney magazine once called 'The Dumbest Investment Move' in your 401(k) at work? I…

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The stock market is on a tear. As the Dow has soared through 20,000 and 22,000 and now past 24,000,…

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For many years, money expert Clark Howard has recommended the Vanguard STAR Fund to parents and grandparents who wanted to…

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Coming in May 2017: Motif Investing will charge a $10 semi-annual platform fee on low-balance accounts with little trading activity.…

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We financial planners love rules of thumb. Honestly, it sometimes seems like everything we learn in years of schooling and…