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Small Businesses Can Now Apply for the Third Round of PPP Loans
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More Americans are Using Retirement Savings to Cover Expenses
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What You Can Learn from Wall Street’s “Money Hackers”
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Here’s How Much House You Can Afford Based On Your Income
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How Iceland Can Teach Us A Lesson in Risk from the 2008 Financial Crisis
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Navigating the Pandemic, According to Sarah Nadav
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Here’s What You’ll Get from the $900 Billion Stimulus Package
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How to Start Your Year-End Budget in 5 Simple Steps
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As Stimulus Talks Drag, Is A $600 Check Enough?
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3 Reasons It Might Be Better to Rent in 2021
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Follow These 2 Financial Strategies for a Better 2021
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Confused About When Your Student Loans Are Due? Here’s What We Know.
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Interesting Finds

Would Your Home Insurance Cover the Grinch Stealing Christmas?
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Santa Should Make At Least $300,000 A Year and Here’s Why
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Latest PPP Data Raises Questions About the Distribution of Loans
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What Your Enneagram Type Says About Your Financial Habits
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7 Money Lessons To Learn From Schitt’s Creek
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Here’s How Money Works in The Mandalorian
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Was ‘The Addams Family’ a Warning for Renters?
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Here’s Why Michael Scott’s Condo Was a Terrible Investment
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Here’s What Your Zodiac Sign Says About Your Financial Habits
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6 Reasons Why We Should Raise the Minimum Wage
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Jane Fraser Broke Banking’s Glass Ceiling — But What Comes Next?
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Here’s Why the Wells Fargo CEO Is Wrong About Black Talent
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Getting a mortgage

11 Side Hustles That Can Make You Money
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We Answer Your 3 Questions About Mortgages and Homeownership
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What I Wish I Knew Before Buying Rental Property
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Personal loan resources

10 Personal Loan Scams Signs
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Can Personal Loans Improve Your Credit Score?
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Student loan help

15 Ways to Reduce Your Loans While You’re Still in College
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Balancing Act: Pay Off Student Loans or Save More?
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Home insurance guides

4 Eco-Friendly Home Modifications That Can Lower Your Home Insurance Premium
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A Home Insurance Guide For Multigenerational Families During Covid-19
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Car insurance: All you need to know

Auto Insurance Quotes, Explained
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A Guide to Auto Insurance If You’re Living Out of Your Car
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The latest from Trent

How to Pay for Elderly Care During COVID-19
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Will There Be a Buyer’s Housing Market in 2021?
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Where You Can Open a Roth IRA and Other Reader Questions, Answered
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How Do You Know You’re Ready to Buy Your First Home?
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Trent Hamm

Founder & Columnist

Trent Hamm founded The Simple Dollar in 2006 and still writes a daily column on personal finance. He’s the author of three books published by Simon & Schuster and Financial Times Press, has contributed to Business Insider, US News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, and Lifehacker, and his financial advice has been featured in The New York Times, TIME, Forbes, The Guardian, and elsewhere.

The latest from The Simple Dollar

How to Pay for Elderly Care During COVID-19
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70% of Working Americans Need a Pay Increase This Year
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Tips for Families Going From Two Household Incomes to One
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The Best Personal Finance Books of 2020
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How to Create and Customize Your 2021 Financial Goals
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When You Should and Shouldn’t Pay Someone to Do Your Financial Tasks
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