Sit back, relax, and save some money. Two mobile services are making it easier to build your savings without giving it much thought.

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Maryland has a more educated population than most other states, so it may not be surprising that a higher proportion of Maryland’s families are saving for college.

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Americans are bad at saving. Our saving rates fall well below the majority of other OECD countries, despite the fact that we also lack a nationwide pension system.

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MUSCATINE, Iowa — There is an oft-told story about what happens when a worker at the Stanley Consultants engineering firm decides to retire. “They say you have the retirement party one day and you come back to work the next,” ...

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NEW YORK — A research report by the Pew Charitable Trusts says younger baby boomers and Generation Xers face an uncertain retirement because of reduced savings, high levels of debt, and losses during the Great Recession. The study found that ...

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I recently met a married couple of university professors who were interested in improving their investment portfolios and getting a sound financial plan in place.

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The Food and Drug Administration is warning U.S. consumers that the vast majority of Internet pharmacies are fraudulent and likely are selling counterfeit drugs that could harm them. The agency on Friday launched a national campaign, called BeSafeRx, to alert ...

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A college education is one of the best investments you can make for your child’s future. But the high cost of college may alarm you — especially if you’ve waited too long to begin saving. For example, a Coverdell Education ...

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Pity the poor loan officers. All they want to do is make their customers happy. Make their builders happy. Make their real estate agents happy. Make the company that they work for happy.

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It isn’t often that one can truly categorize anything about investing as unique.

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