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Life and Death of a Twenty Dollar Bill
How long does a $20 bill last?

Does Your Child Need to File an Income Tax Return?
When your child has income, there’s a good chance that he or she will need to report it and pay taxes.

Password Protection Strategies
Simple steps may help you foil hackers and protect your privacy.
Why You Need an Estate Strategy
Do you have an estate strategy? You should.
Best Vacations: By Car, By Ship, By Foot, Once in a Lifetime
Four vacation destinations you might never have thought of.
Countering Counterfeit Currency
Combating counterfeiting remains core to preserving the integrity of the nation’s money.
Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy
Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.
Understanding Marginal Income Tax Brackets
An inside look at how marginal income tax brackets work.
Retirement Traps to Avoid
Beware of these traps that could upend your retirement.
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Should I Pay Off Debt or Invest?
This calculator will help determine whether you should invest funds or pay down debt.
What Is My Risk Tolerance?
This questionnaire will help determine your tolerance for investment risk.
Doubling Your Money
This calculator demonstrates the power of compound interest.
Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
My Retirement Savings
Estimate how long your retirement savings may last using various monthly cash flow rates.
Historical Inflation
This calculator shows how inflation over the years has impacted purchasing power.
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Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
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Saving for College 101
Here’s a crash course on saving for college.
What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List
A bucket plan can help you be better prepared for a comfortable retirement.
Should You Ever Retire?
A growing number of Americans are pushing back the age at which they plan to retire. Or deciding not to retire at all.
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
Women and Retirement
Women must be ready to spend, on average, more years in retirement than men.