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Savings Accounts and APY: Getting Paid to Wait
How annual percentage yield is calculated, why compounding matters more than the headline rate, and what small gaps between accounts cost over time.
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Results, guidance and corporate events at the large companies dominating index funds, reported for investors who own them only through funds.
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WaFd Bank Beat Estimates, and the Stock Fell 23.9% Anyway
The thrifts and mortgage finance group posted a weak Q2, and even the companies that beat their numbers got punished.
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The Fed Explained: What the Central Bank Actually Does
A plain-language tour of how the Federal Reserve sets policy, watches banks, and why its decisions reach a retirement account.
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Short Interest in Crypto Stocks Is High: What a Long-Term Investor Can Actually Do With That
S3 Partners data shows heavy shorting of Strategy, Strive and Coinbase. Here is how to read that without treating it as a signal.
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How Stock Buybacks Work, and Why They Move Earnings Per Share
A plain-language look at how companies repurchase their own shares, the disclosure rules and federal tax now attached to that practice, and what the current…