Matthew Kauffman

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www.oanda.com/convert/classic With the dollar's volatility against many foreign currencies, business travelers may be curious about how far their greenbacks will go overseas. Oanda.com has one of the best currency converters...

www.whispernumber.com Psst. Don't tell anyone, but the whisper numbers are back. Whisper numbers, those supposedly top-secret earnings forecasts that circulate among Wall Street insiders and wealthy investors, are gaining new...

www.morningstar.com Diversity is the key to a healthy stock portfolio. But when your investments become a jumble of individual stocks and mutual funds, how can you tell if your holdings...

www.educationpays.org At the most expensive colleges and universities, a four-year degree can be a $150,000 investment in the future. Is it worth it? On a purely material level, a new...

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www.ssa.gov/planners/calculators.htm The future of Social Security remains one of the great unknowns in retirement planning. But at least it is easy to get a handle on how fat or thin...

With a new ad campaign and a beefed-up stable of lobbyists, America's credit industry is gearing up for a major political battle this year over the fate of the nation's...

After years of Capitol Hill battles, consumer advocates were cheering in 1996 when Congress rewrote the Fair Credit Reporting Act, adopting reforms that were supposed to put an end to...