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Millions can't pay rent. Landlords making less than $50,000 a year are caught in the middle

Low- and middle-income landlords get a big share of their annual income from rent, making them more vulnerable than higher-earning peers to a tenant's inability to pay, according to the Hamilton Project.

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Fintech Fridays EP41: 40% pandemic growth, taking risks and innovating Insurtech in Canada

NCFA Canada | Sep 18, 2020 JOIN US ON A STORYTELLING JOURNEY EVERY FRIDAY. EP41:  40% pandemic growth, taking risks and innovating Insurtech in Canada GUEST: DANISH YUSEF, Founder and CEO, Zensurance BIO:  Danish Yusuf is the Founder and CEO of Zensurance, a Toronto-based technology company focused on building curated insurance solutions for business owners. 


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With remote work flexibility, some people opt to relocate ahead of their retirement

If you are thinking of securing your retirement residence before you retire, there are several things to consider before you make the move.

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What brings more risk to the world stability than a pandemic? Cyber-attacks!

Roar Growth on Medium | Peggy van de Plassche | Sep 14, 2020 How to protect our economies and capitalize on the trend As Palantir filed for IPO (while also settling a score with Silicon Valley), news on the cybersecurity front has been grim since the start of the pandemic. One of the unintended consequences


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FinCEN Files: All you need to know about the documents leak

BBC | Sep 21, 2020 Leaked documents involving about $2tn of transactions have revealed how some of the world's biggest banks have allowed criminals to move dirty money around the world. They also show how Russian oligarchs have used banks to avoid sanctions that were supposed to stop them getting their money into the West.


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Wall Street's best performing analysts have a strong buy rating on these 6 dividend stocks

Wall Street's best-performing analysts like Home Depot and Johnson & Johnson.

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Coronavirus recession ends for the rich but is far from over for lower-income communities

The coronavirus recession is largely over for some wealthy, White and college-educated Americans. There's lingering pain for others as unemployment persists and financial aid runs dry.

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Here's what a Biden presidential win may mean for your Social Security benefits

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's plan for Social Security calls for increased benefits for low earners and more taxes for high-income individuals.

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The pandemic is driving millions of America's 'working poor' to the edge

CNBC spoke with David Shipler, author of The Working Poor, about how the pandemic could make wages, and poverty in the U.S., even worse. 

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Here's how to take the mystery out of picking the best retirement savings plan for you

Whether it is a 401(k) plan, IRA or Roth IRA, you'll find both advantages and disadvantages to each plan. Here's how to decide which is best for you.

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Shopping for health insurance? Beware that plan you’re buying might fall short

That health care policy you're purchasing may have less protection than you intended. Some insurance representatives may engage in deceptive marketing practices, a report from the Government Accountability Office found.

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Op-ed: Markets are up and the economy is down. Here are some moves investors can make

The economy has struggled since the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, yet markets have recovered from an initial plunge and are now booming again. The disconnect can be disconcerting for investors, who should rebalance, diversify and maintain realistic expectations in the face of unprecendented world events.

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Chime is now worth $14.5 billion, surging past Robinhood as the most valuable US consumer fintech

That lofty valuation makes Chime the most valuable American fintech start-up serving retail consumers.

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Stock picking has a terrible track record and it’s getting worse

The vast majority of active managers underperform their risk-adjusted benchmarks.  How come so few fund managers beat the market?

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Portfolio Profile: CannTrade

Adam Haloub, President of CannTrade, talks about the company’s crowdfunding raise on MicroVentures and what the company has been up to since then. Continue reading

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