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Confidence Rises to Five-Month High as Americans Cheer Discounts

Confidence ended the year on a brighter note as low prices put U.S. consumers in the holiday spirit. The University of Michigan said Wednesday that its final sentiment ...
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Market pullback could be healthy

Contributed by Benjamin Bimson, CIMA® Investment Advisor  BCJ Financial This week we attended the Schwab Impact 2015 conference in Boston, MA. The Impact conference is a huge one ...
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How To Make It In The Gig Economy: 4 Tips For Freelancers

The informal motto of the on-demand economy has a nice ring to it: “Be your own boss.” But if you want to scrape together a living by driving ...
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The US economy is telling 2 stories, and the good story is way better than the bad story

The US economy is all about consumers. On Tuesday, consumer confidence beat expectations while advance data on US trade in August showed a 3.2% decline in the nominal ...
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What the breakup of the global economy means to investors and managers

The world’s biggest economies are no longer moving in lockstep—and that makes the world more risky. Just how aligned is the global economy? To what extent is it ...
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FIA sales highest of all annuity types

Fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) constitute the highest share of annuity revenue. This is according to a survey of 542 independent agents, career agents, independent broker-dealers, independent financial planners, ...
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