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The Wall Street Journal found that credit unions charged substantially lower interest rates than banks on auto loans last year. We...

Great Wall Street Journal article on Hindsight Bias

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I had delusions that budgeting software would have become easier to use compared to the last time I used it. It's been several years...

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We hear this a lot for various reasons: buy stocks that pay dividends. Is this a good strategy?

This is a thought that comes up a lot when the market is doing well--I'll wait for a dip before I buy into the market. But here's the...

Cryptocurrency is everywhere now. It's gone mainstream enough to inundate Super Bowl commercials. Here's my take on how crypto can fit...

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We're getting a lot of questions about what impact Russia invading Ukraine has on the stock market. We obviously can't predict what's...

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