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If You Really Need a Private Student Loan, Here’s How to Do It Responsibly
If you really have to get a private student loan — not a federal loan — here’s how to do it without regretting it for the rest of your life. Shop around for a good interest rate. We’ve got an easy way to do it.
Apr 4, 2026
What Is Contesting a Will and Who Can Do It?
Contesting a will is a complex, stressful process. It’s expensive, time consuming and wrought with family tension. But if you believe a family member’s will was improperly executed or you have other grounds for challenging the will, you may have a case. We'll dive into how to contest a will, who can do it, the...
Apr 18, 2026
This New Company Wants to Help You Avoid a Common Mortgage Mistake
About My Mortgage connects you to your current lender to help you get better mortgage refinancing rates, and to help you decide whether to refinance at all.
Apr 4, 2026
Treasury Bills: A Beginner's Guide to T-Bills & How to Buy
T-bills are debt securities backed by the U.S. government that mature in four weeks to one year. You can buy them at a discount, and they are considered risk-free when held to maturity.
May 2, 2026
Dear Penny: My Husband Refuses to Let Me See His Will. Is This Normal?
Dear In the Dark, Thank you for sharing your experience; this sounds like a trying situation and one of many tough money conversations to have with your spouse. I’m not a legal expert, so I reached out to some experts in estate planning to weigh in. Ciara Lister, an estate planning attorney and co-founder of...
Apr 18, 2026
Fidelity Go Review 2024: Pros, Cons and Features
Fidelity Go is a good fit for people looking to invest with a robo-advisor or who are more into hands-off strategies. Our review can help you decide if Fidelity Go is right for you.
Apr 18, 2026
Retirement Budget 101: 9 Ways to Stretch Your Retirement Savings
You’ve spent decades in the workforce earning a living, your schedule dictated by the demands of the job. All the while, you’ve been steadily adding to your savings so one day you could get to this point: Retirement. You finally have time to cross items off your bucket list — or simply catch a midweek...
Apr 4, 2026
Gemini Review 2026: Pros, Cons and How It Compares
Gemini offers dozens of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, as well as hundreds of crypto-to-crypto trading pairs.
Apr 4, 2026
How Digital Estate Planning Protects Your Online Legacy
In a modern world, our financial lives are increasingly digital. Online banking accounts, investment apps, trading platforms and crypto exchanges hold the keys to our personal wealth. But like they say: You can’t take it with you. So what happens to the money in those online accounts after you die? Who gets it and how...
Apr 18, 2026
5 High-Dividend ETFs Yielding More Than 4%
To compile this list, we screen out inverse, leveraged and actively managed ETFs, as these come with added risks. We've also filtered out ETFs with expense ratios above 0.5%, as high fees can erode any gains over time.
May 2, 2026
How Teachers, Cops, Firefighters and EMTs Can Buy a Home for 50% Off
If you’re a teacher, firefighter, law enforcement officer or EMT, you definitely know a thing or two about hard work. But as challenging as your position is, hopefully you also consider it rewarding: You’re performing an invaluable public service. It turns out, it’s not entirely impossible to put a monetary value on the work you...
Apr 4, 2026
Couples Are Combining Their Finances Early On. Here’s How to Do It
Call it love at first sight. Call it pure pragmatism. Whatever the reason, a lot of new couples these days are sharing their finances relatively early in the relationship. By that, we mean they’re sharing a credit card or a bank account with a debit card. We conducted a survey of 1,000 Americans a few...
Apr 4, 2026