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The Largest Robo-Advisors: AUM, Users, and Returns
Vanguard Digital Advisor is the largest robo-advisor by AUM, with over $333 billion in assets. Read on to learn more.
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The Average Cost of Car Ownership
Estimates put the real cost of car ownership at around $12,000 per year. See a full breakdown here.
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How Natural Disasters Impact the Personal Finances of Americans
Each year, more than 20 weather events cost the economy 1 billion dollars or more. Read on to learn how this affects Americans' wallets.
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Americans' Top Financial Priorities in the 2024 Presidential Election
We asked 2,000 Americans what their top financial priorities are heading into the 2024 election. Inflation was top of mind. Read on for more findings.
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2024 Financial Stress, Anxiety, and Mental Health Survey
Financial anxiety is widespread among Americans. Get the latest data and strategies to cope with financial stress here.
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Survey: Most Believe They're Overpaying for Their Subscriptions
Fifty-seven percent of respondents think they’re paying too much for subscriptions. Learn more about the data uncovered in our 2024 Subscription Sanity survey.
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Your 2025 Stock Market Preview
Dec. 27, 2024
New year, new market? We preview what’s in store for investors in 2025, the companies we’re excited to watch and the businesses we’re worried about. …
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The Other Business Stories Catching our Attention
Dec. 24, 2024
See more music, talk to strangers, play more games. Ricky Mulvey, Mary Long, and Asit Sharma take a look at the business-adjacent stories that caught …
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Everyday Low Prices > Treasure Hunting
Dec. 23, 2024
If your company isn’t a growth business, what’s the advantage of being in the public markets? (00:14) Jim Gillies and Ricky Mulvey discuss: - Why …
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Best-of Interview: Tom Vice, CEO of Sierra Space
Dec. 22, 2024
Tom Vice is the CEO of Sierra Space, a company building an end-to-end business and technology platform in space to benefit life on earth. Think, …
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Space Internet Comes to Earth
Dec. 21, 2024
For the most part, our phones work about 95% of the time. But head outside of suburbia, and things get patchy quickly. What would it …
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AI & You, AI & Reddit
Dec. 20, 2024
For our annual best-of interviews show, we look at the topic of the year – artificial intelligence – through two different lenses: how individuals can …
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With that in mind, it might not be surprising that over half of our respondents had maxed out a credit card. The only group that saw a number under 50% was those with a self-reported net worth of $5 to $10 million.Jack Caporal, Research Expert
59% of Americans have a cash back credit card and 49% have a travel rewards card.
Millionaires are less concerned with credit card interest rates than the average American. Twenty-six percent of millionaires cited interest rates as the most important factor when picking a credit card compared to 40% of Americans.
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