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How can I remove my card information from a website?
Learn how to remove your card information from an online site.
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Inflation and the housing market: Decoding the latest numbers
The housing market isn’t immune from outside economic forces, including inflation.
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Guide to instant-use credit cards
Instant use cards can come in handy when you don’t want to wait for your new card to arrive in the mail.
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Inflation slowed less than expected in September — here are the prices rising most
You might not feel better about inflation because prices are still up post-pandemic.
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What is the average Social Security check?
Find out how much your Social Security payments could grow over time.
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The cheapest ways to build a house, and the most affordable types to build
The cheapest ways to build a house, from architectural styles to construction materials.
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Social Security payments to rise 2.5% in 2025 after COLA increase
Here’s how much Social Security payments are increasing for 2025.
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What is a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)?
For people living on a fixed income, the COLA is a critical safety net.
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What is inflation? Here’s how rising prices can erode your purchasing power
Prices rise and fall all the time in the U.S. economy. It’s not always inflation.
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Best moves for long-term investors with stocks near all-time highs, according to market experts
Stocks are near all-time highs — market pros say this is what you should do next.
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Bond forecast: Pros see 10-year Treasury yield dipping to 3.5% a year from now
Market pros expect the 10-year Treasury yield to hit 3.53 percent in the next year.
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Stock market outlook for the next 12 months: Here’s what top analysts are predicting into 2025
Analysts preferred U.S. stocks over global ones, and value stocks over growth stocks.
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Home equity rates fall to 52-week lows
Insight into the week that was for HELOCS and HELoans.
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What is a robo-advisor?
A robo-advisor is a fancy term for an advisor that automates the process of financial planning.
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Current credit card interest rates
View current credit card rates based on Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts.
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What is home equity?
It’s the portion of your home you own outright. Its uses are almost endless.
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Hurricane season is here. Will your insurance policies weather the storm?
Extremely active and record-breaking are how forecasters are describing the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. All signs indicate that this year may be a tough season for Americans living on the East Coast [...]
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How to prepare your home for hurricane season
Is your home ready for hurricane season? Bankrate has tips on how to prepare.
11 min read Oct 09, 2024
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