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Why I'm Not Chasing Airline Status This Year
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Should You Take a Loan From Your 401(k) Before Retiring?
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How to Invest $1,000: Open a Robo-Adviser Account
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Social Security Retroactive Payments and 2025 Increases Are Delayed
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Listed: Live Your Snowbird Life Year-Round in These Three Homes
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Starbucks Stock Pops as Turnaround Efforts Lead to Earnings Beat: What to Know
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Investing
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T-Mobile Earnings Send Stock to the Top of the S&P 500
T-Mobile stock is notably higher Wednesday after the wireless provider's earnings beat and strong full-year outlook. Here's what you need to know.
By Joey Solitro Published
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How to Slash Kiddie Taxes on Your Child's UTMA Account
Gifts to children can come with tax strings. To keep your child's gift growing and avoid tax bills for yourself along the way, consider this long-term strategy.
By David Jaeger, CFP® Published
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Your Family Money Values Matter: How to Get on the Same Page
How you grow up shapes you financially. That can make things tricky for couples and their kids, so follow these four steps to help establish your family values.
By Julie Virta, CFP®, CFA, CTFA Published
Personal Finance
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How to Find the Best Jumbo CD Rates
Even after the Fed cut rates three times to end 2024, you can still earn a good rate of return with a jumbo CD. Here are some of the best options.
By Erin Bendig Last updated
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What Is a High-Yield Savings Account?
A high-yield savings account is essentially the same as a traditional account with one key difference — it pays a higher-than-average APY on deposits.
By Erin Bendig Last updated
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403(b) Contribution Limits for 2025: Good News for Teachers
retirement plans Teachers and nonprofit workers can contribute more to a 403(b) retirement plan in 2025 than they could in 2024.
By Jackie Stewart Last updated
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Taxes
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Five States With the Largest EITC Checks
EITC Households in these states received a larger Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) last year.
By Gabriella Cruz-Martínez Published
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2025 Tax Filing: Live Daily Updates, Tax Tips, News and IRS Deadlines
Live Tax Blog
By Kelley R. Taylor Last updated
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How to Slash Kiddie Taxes on Your Child's UTMA Account
Gifts to children can come with tax strings. To keep your child's gift growing and avoid tax bills for yourself along the way, consider this long-term strategy.
By David Jaeger, CFP® Published
Kiplinger Advisor Collective
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Seven Tips to Land Your First Client as a Financial Adviser or Entrepreneur
Building customer relationships is easier when you start from a place of trust and empathy.
By Kiplinger Advisor Collective Published
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Will Corporate America Put Bitcoin on Its Balance Sheets?
Whether bitcoin (or other cryptocurrency) significantly becomes a treasury asset for many of the world's businesses and corporations is something to watch.
By Zain Jaffer Published
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New to Financial Advising? Nine Key Ways to Build Trust With Your Clients
Trust, like in any relationship, takes time to develop.
By Kiplinger Advisor Collective Published
Retirement
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States That Tax Social Security Benefits in 2025
Retirement Taxes Not all retirees who live in states that tax Social Security benefits have to pay state income taxes. Will your benefits be taxed?
By Kate Schubel Last updated
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Will the New Social Security Fairness Act Change Your Benefits In 2025?
The Social Security Fairness Act will impact the Social Security benefits of millions of public sector retirees, enabling those with a pension to also collect full SS benefits. However, retroactive payments have been delayed.
By Kathryn Pomroy Last updated
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What the Federal Grants Pause Means for Social Security and Medicare
The White House has ordered a pause on all Federal grants and loans but left Social Security and Medicare off the list.
By Donna Fuscaldo Last updated
Real Estate
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10 Cheapest Small Towns to Live In
The cheapest small towns might not be for everyone, but their charms can make them the best places to live for plenty of folks.
By Dan Burrows Published
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How to Save Money Selling a House
Wondering how to save money selling a house? New rules regarding agent fees could help lower costs industrywide. Here's a look at other expenses that are negotiable.
By Tom Higgins Last updated
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How to Use DSTs and 1031 Exchanges for Diversification
This hypothetical case study shows how an investor used Delaware statutory trusts (DSTs) to build a diversified 1031 DST portfolio and avoid a $2M tax bill.
By Dwight Kay Published
Economic Forecasts
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Kiplinger Trade Outlook: Trade Gap Widened in November
Forecasts Kiplinger's latest forecast on trade: U.S. exports, imports and our net trade deficit.
By Rodrigo Sermeño Last updated
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Kiplinger Inflation Outlook: Better News May Not Last
Economic Forecasts Focus on the monthly changes, not annual inflation rates.
By David Payne Last updated
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Kiplinger Retail Outlook: Surprisingly Strong Holiday Sales
Economic Forecasts Retail sales over the holiday season show consumers still have a lot left in the tank.
By David Payne Last updated
Economic Forecasts
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How AI Will Impact Our Lives in 2025 and Beyond
The Kiplinger Letter Now that breakthrough artificial intelligence is here, the next decade of computing will be dominated by AI.
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BOI Report Deadline for Small Businesses: Supreme Court Rules But Requirement Still Held Up
The Supreme Court ruled to clear the Treasury Department's Corporate Transparency Act, but the BOI reporting for small businesses is still on hold due to another legal injunction.
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Six Hurdles for Trump's Tax Bill
The Tax Letter While the odds for a new tax bill in 2025 are quite good, there are some sticking points that President Trump and Congress will have to work through.
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The Best Travel Rewards Credit Cards for You
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What Could Derail the Economy This Year?
The Letter While the outlook for the U.S. economy is mostly favorable, there are plenty of risks that bear watching.
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President Trump's Stances on Social Security and Medicare
Social Security and Medicare programs act as lifelines for millions of Americans, especially seniors. How does Trump stand on these issues?
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