Home equity is a powerful asset — and an essential component of homeownership. It represents the amount of your home you own free and clear instead of the amount you financed (and still owe).

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At The Economic Times Women's Forum, experts emphasized that financial independence empowers women to control their lives.

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At universities in California, Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas, students report changes to clubs, diminished research ...

By Steven Yoder, Felicia Mello, Alexandra Villareal and Miles MacClure This story about international students was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused ...

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Open an IRA. Put it in your 401(k). There's no one-size-fits-all answer to this question since we all have different financial situations. But a general rule is that you shouldn't invest any of ...