March 4, 2025

Category: Personal Finance

How to find the value of a U.S. savings bond #CashNews.co
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How to find the value of a U.S. savings bond #CashNews.co

Cash News Issued by the U.S. Treasury, savings bonds are relatively safe, long-term investments that mature 30 years after the original purchase date. For most of us, 30 years is a long time to hold a single investment. The value of your investment can also change considerably during that time. So if you’re wondering what […]

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Are CD rates going up or down in 2025? #CashNews.co
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Are CD rates going up or down in 2025? #CashNews.co

Cash News A certificate of deposit (CD) allows you to set aside your cash in an ultra-low-risk account while earning a guaranteed return for several months or years. And until recently, savers enjoyed the highest CD interest rates in nearly two decades. However, after the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate three times in […]

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The 30-year rate inches closer to 6.25% #CashNews.co
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The 30-year rate inches closer to 6.25% #CashNews.co

Cash News Most mortgage rates haven’t moved much since yesterday. However, according to Zillow, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has decreased by three basis points to 6.32%. This may be a small daily drop, but it means the 30-year rate has fallen by 32 basis points in two weeks. There’s no guarantee that interest rates […]

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India has undermined a popular myth about development
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India has undermined a popular myth about development

Thirty years ago Siddharth Dube, a writer, visited a small village in northern India near the site of a historic peasants’ revolt. He found plenty that remained enraging: mud huts, primitive ploughs, “barefoot old men” and “bone-thin children”. One older villager, Ram Dass, recalled the bitter deprivation of his younger years, when he would work […]

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How to get rich in 2025
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How to get rich in 2025

“A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!” In “Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen did not have to explain to the 19th-century reader what Mr Bingley’s “four or five thousand a year” meant, or why it excited Mrs Bennet. It was obvious. Mr Bingley […]

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How India escaped extreme poverty without an industrial miracle
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How India escaped extreme poverty without an industrial miracle

Thirty years ago Siddharth Dube, a writer, visited a small village in northern India near the site of a historic peasants’ revolt. He found plenty that remained enraging: mud huts, primitive ploughs, “barefoot old men” and “bone-thin children”. One older villager, Ram Dass, recalled the bitter deprivation of his younger years, when he would work […]

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