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Brian Martucci writes about credit cards, banking, insurance, travel, and more. When he's not investigating time- and money-saving strategies for Money Crashers readers, you can find him exploring his favorite trails or sampling a new cuisine.
Most car buyers pay close attention to a new vehicle’s sticker price. That’s understandable given the outsize impact a new-car purchase can have on a household’s budget. But few car buyers stop to consider another number that’s nearly as consequential…
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Sallie Mae’s private student loan is its flagship credit product. Depending on the loan type, it’s known either as a Smart Option Student Loan (undergraduate, career training) or simply as a Sallie Mae student loan (graduate and professional studies). Sallie…
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Unforeseen events can upend even the best-laid travel plans. Some decide that the low risk of a forced trip cancellation or interruption isn’t worth the cost of protection. Others simply aren’t sure what to do. Most occasional travelers never give…
The world has no shortage of online stock brokers. Trise of lean, commission-free online trading options like Robinhood and the proliferation of automated investing platforms (robo-advisors) has only made the space more complicated for both first-timers and more experienced investors…
Allstate is an American institution. It competes against national, full-service insurance companies, including Progressive, Geico, State Farm, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide, and a host of regional insurers. Like State Farm, it still relies heavily on local agents at a time when…
Most working-age adults need some amount of life insurance coverage. That’s where a low-friction digital underwriting solution like Haven Life comes in. It offers two term life insurance policies with affordable premiums and terms long enough to provide named beneficiaries with…
In 2019, cannabis research firm New Frontier Data projected total legal sales of cannabis to approach $30 billion by 2025 in the 11 U.S. jurisdictions where the substance was legal at the time. That’s a 14% annualized growth rate. New…
A few years back, my wife and I purchased a new queen-size mattress. Previously, we’d slept on secondhand mattresses, either salvaged from our childhood homes or bought used. We knew buying a high-quality mattress would be an expensive proposition. And…
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