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For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement. Those who meet the spending minimum -- in some c

A popular prescription in the personal finance domain is to increase or maximize annual contributions to 401(k)s or similar retirement plans. However, one of the best financial decisions I’ve m

Since listing five reasons to sell Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) back in August, the retail stock has risen another 32%. Year to date, the stock is up over 75%. And what really takes the cake is Gold

(Editor's Note: Minyanville welcomes back Jessie Smith, who is sharing her journey from financial fiasco to fiscal fitness every Tuesday and Thursday in Going for Broke ... and Back.)“A journey

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This is a software review by a person who has never read a software review. Like many reasonable people, I don’t give a hoot what’s inside my computer, my car, or my toaster as long as it

In what should be no surprise, banks are cutting back on small business loans. Please consider CNN Money's Small business loans: $10 billion evaporates.  Eight months after President Obama bega

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Editor's Note: This article was written by Richard Suttmeier, chief market strategist at ValuEngine.com, which is a fundamentally-based quant research firm in Princeton, New Jersey, that covers more