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college, family, marriage, student loans, students, weddings · June 3, 2015

Four Financial Moves Every College Grad Must Make ASAP

Forget all the commencement speeches about your dreaming big, not compromising, and following your passion. That’s all terrific advice, but not nearly as important as the nuts and bolts of four

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family, insurance, life insurance, marriage, saving, weddings · May 27, 2015

Life Insurance Made Easy. Really!

Life insurance is such a difficult financial hurdle for so many of you. You’re either queasy about pondering the need for it in the first place, or you are rightfully queasy about getting taken by an agent selling you a…

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credit, credit score, family, FICO, loans, marriage, weddings · May 13, 2015

What You Need To Know About New Alternative FICO Score

For years I have pointed out how ridiculous it is that people who don’t have credit cards, but responsibly pay-as-they-go with debit cards and cash, are put at a severe disadvantage in our financial system.

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college, family, saving, student loans, students, tax refund, tax return, taxes · January 11, 2015

Approved: White House Proposal for Universal Access to College

President Obama has announced a plan that would pay for 100% of the tuition for anyone who wants to attend a community college and can commit to remain on course to graduate from the two-year program

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about Suze, family, personal growth, women and money · January 5, 2015

Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ends in Florida

Last night KT and I were lucky enough to get to go to the courthouse in Del Ray Fla to participate in the first gay marriage ceremonies. Read my thoughts on this historic day.

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about Suze, family, home buying, home loans, personal growth · December 14, 2014

Suze Orman’s Practical Real-Estate Portfolio

The personal finance expert’s holdings are in places like New York, the Bahamas and South Africa

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college, debt, family, personal growth, student loans, students · November 23, 2014

Attention Student Loan Borrowers: Can You Pass my Repayment Test?

I fear many student loan borrowers are flunking out when it comes to choosing the right repayment plan. Here’s a quick quiz to test your repayment smarts:

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about Suze, family, investing, personal growth, retirement, saving · November 17, 2014

The Road Not Taken: How Losing $50,000 Became My Biggest Gain

Far from aspirations that would lead a reporter to refer to me as “a force in personal finance,” my career is the result of a hot tub dream gone bad.

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credit cards, family, financial planning, rates, trust, will · November 9, 2014

Beware: 2015 Prime Time for Credit Card Rates to Rise

You know how much I hate credit card debt, given the astronomical interest rates you are stuck paying. Though the average is around 14% I know plenty of you pay more than 20% interest. And next year could be even…

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college, credit cards, debt, family, saving, student loans, students · October 21, 2014

No Student Debt? Great, But You’re Still Being Dragged Down by the Student Debt Crisis.

If one were to ask me what I think is the most dangerous threat to our economy, the answer is very simple: STUDENT LOANS.

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