This is BIG! Just in this afternoon...IRS provided private ruling allowing company to contribute to employee's 401k based on their student loan payments (HR Dive)

Think you know investing? Take this quiz! (Visual Capitalist)

• I'm not a big fan of quizzes like this because literacy doesn't equate to behavioral change ("now what are you going to do with this info now that you know it")

How student loans are transforming the American Dream (Quartz); vivid descriptions of how student loans affect adult decisions. 

Insight from the Economist: when considering how to split your portfolio between stocks and bonds, be sure to take your occupation in mind too. 

Children and chores; the eternal struggle! (NY Times)

is online shopping making us all hoarders? (The Atlantic)

Vanguard to stop charging commission for ETF trades…good or bad thing? (RIA Biz)

Social Security explained (Pete the Planner)

Why you should fill out the FAFSA...(Morningstar)

These are habits you want to break: habits that make you more likely a victim of ID theft (NBC)

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It's a double chart day:

How dominant is Amazon? Visual Capitalist's chart tells it all!

Apple crossed a trillion dollars in market cap recently. How does it stack up against (from Information is Beautiful)...?

About the Authors

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

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