Britannica Money: Where your financial journey begins

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Household Finance

How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could affect your finances

From paychecks to safety nets, big changes are coming.

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The energy market: Oil, solar, and everything in between

Investing in energy, from fossil fuels to renewables.

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Household Finance

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Household Finance

Should you rent or buy your home? Weighing the costs and benefits

Planting roots or rolling stone?

What is a health savings account (HSA)?Tax-advantaged savings for your health care expenses.

Your guide to opening and using a bank accountThere’s a first time for everything.

Investing

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Alternative investments: Beyond stocks and bonds

What are alternative investments?

Understanding mutual funds: Types, investing styles, fees, and other basicsHow mutual funds work.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy: A little breathing room while a company restructuresRelieve, reorganize, renegotiate—and hopefully, don’t repeat.

Trading

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Trading with price action analysis

Explore price territory without a map.

Selling call and put options: A guide to the risks and rewardsYour rights vs. your obligations.

Selling vertical put option spreads: Defined risk and reward with a bullish biasIt’s a probability/profit trade-off.

Retirement

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Longevity risk: What it is and how to minimize it

Plan for the long haul.

Preparing your will: How an attorney can helpYou might want to spend the money for a lawyer.

Regulation, solvency, and other issues facing public pensionsMind the gap.

Companies

Union Pacific Center

Union Pacific Railroad Company

American railway

United AirlinesAmerican corporation

United Artists CorporationAmerican company

Biographies

Kickstarter creator.

American entrepreneur

Robert J. ShillerAmerican economist

Eugene F. FamaAmerican economist

Finance & the Economy

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Finance & the Economy

social security

government program

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