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Dow, S&P 500 Rebound to Near Record Highs
For investors, August 2019 proved to be a roller coaster of a month. Following several erratic swings, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 closed down from where they began on August 1, making for the second-worst month so far this year. With history suggesting that September is typically the worst month for stocks, hopes weren't too high when the month began but, nearly two weeks later, key...
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Dwolla Partners with Currencycloud to Enable International Payments
These days entrepreneurs are no longer limited to their own geographic regions. Instead the Internet makes it possible to sell to customers around the world. At the same time these transactions can be complicated due to differing currencies and payment platforms. That's why two FinTechs — Dwolla and Currencycloud — have announced a new partnership that will hopefully help change that. The cooperation between Dwolla and Currencycloud will make it...
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Money at 30: Celebrating Three Years Since My "Financial Awakening"
This past week, I attended my second FinCon. If you're not familiar, this annual event is where "money and media meet." In other words, it's a conference for personal finance bloggers, advisors, brands, and others to come together. Whether I'm discussing my site, YouTube channel, or other projects, one of the first questions I'm asked is, "How long have you been doing that for?" And typically, I don't have an...
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WalletHub Ranks Best and Worst Retirement Cities for 2019
What's the best place for retirees to live after they hang up their hat? WalletHub has a few ideas. Previously the personal finance site has ranked the top states for retirees but now a new study looks specifically at the best and worst retirement cities. To determine their rankings, WalletHub considered four main factors for each city: affordability, activities, quality of life, and health care. In terms of affordability, adjusted...
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FinTech Giant Stripe Launches Stripe Capital
For years Stripe has been one of the largest names in FinTech. With a valuation of $22.5 billion, the payments company is more than a unicorn — it's a behemoth. However that doesn't mean it's done growing yet. This week the company announced it was expanding into small business lending with the launch of Stripe Capital. One of the biggest benefits Stripe is pushing with the lending options is speed....
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ADP Report Shows 195,000 Payrolls Added in August
Although fears of a recession have been in discussion for the better part of a year or more, that talk has heated up in recent weeks. From trade wars to inverted curves, there have been reasons to worry, leading The New York Federal Reserve to peg the chances that a recession hits in the next 12 months at 39% (according to CNBC). At the same time, as a new report...
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