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What is the average credit score by age in the US?
Having a good credit score is important as it can have a significant impact on various aspects of your financial life, including applying for loans and mortgages, renting a home, and even employment opportunities.Americans have been managing their credit well recently, with data analytics company Experian reporting that the national average credit score has climbed…
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Financial investigation taking place in Catholic Diocese of Youngstown parishes
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — The Catholic Diocese of Youngstown announced in a press release Sunday that there is an ongoing review of financial irregularities at two Youngstown Diocese parishes: Saint Joseph Parish in Alliance and Divine Mercy Parish in Massillon. The release states the investigation began in December when concerns were uncovered at Saint Joseph…
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“A complete failure of leadership”—the New Georgia Project faces allegations of financial impropriety
Paid canvasser with the New Georgia Project Action Fund.Jeff Amy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The New Georgia Project, the nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, is facing allegations of financial irregularities and misuse of funds, according to a…
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Some of Justice’s most eye-popping debts appear nowhere on Senate financial disclosure
Gov. Jim Justice, now the frontrunner for U.S. Senate after incumbent Joe Manchin’s announcement that he will not seek re-election, acknowledges many but not all of his big debts on a mandatory financial disclosure. Gov. Jim Justice Justice’s financial disclosure for Senate, filed a few weeks ago, reports between $37.5 million and $108.1 million in…
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Treasury-yield surge boosts tokenization of real-world assets on blockchains, leading ‘huge paradigm shift’ in finance
The rise of Treasury yields since 2022 has delivered a major boost to the tokenization of real-world assets. The total value of on-chain, real-world assets sits at $118.6 billion, according to Fundstrat. “It’s becoming increasingly likely that blockchains can become the back-end infrastructure for almost every asset class.” Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing…
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Expert reveals why sadness and anger cause us to overspend
Hunger, loneliness, fatigue, stress and sadness all affect our financial decisionsStudies have found that being sad makes people vulnerable to overspendingAs the holiday season approaches consumers are advised to ‘pause’ and ‘reflect’ By Neirin Gray Desai Consumer Reporter For Dailymail.Com Updated: 07:28 EST, 12 November 2023
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Childhood gift of stamp and coin collection turns into a valuable financial windfall
My grandfather died in 2003 when I was five years old. A year or two before he passed away, he gave me a collection of stamps and coins which remained in my parents’ attic as I have never had an interest in stamps or coins. I recently got the collection valued and a value of…
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Stock tips from TikTok? The platform brims with financial advice, good and bad
One TikTok influencer adopted the guise of a 7-year-old in pigtails to demystify investment advice. Another appraised the field of S&P 500 investment funds in 56 seconds. A third presented the ultimate Chipotle hack: A sort of reverse-engineered burrito that costs four dollars.TikTok has emerged as an unlikely mecca for personal finance advice, under the…
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Why some Gen Z Philadelphians and financial experts say to put down the apps and budget by hand
When Abby Bailey tried the popular budgeting app Mint, she wasn’t sold.To Bailey, the app didn’t feel user-friendly — her bank and credit card accounts, for instance, couldn’t sync, she said. She wanted more personalized spending categories. And she felt like the platform, which its owner, Intuit, recently announced is shutting down, provided more of…
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Hong Kong should aim to expand ‘friends circle’ at Apec summit: finance chief
Hong Kong should aim to expand its “circle of friends” and promote economic opportunities at the