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Why does Yahoo Finance and Google Finance not match historical prices?
Was working on a different question to ask on here, and realized I might be completely wrong when I realized the historical data on Yahoo and Google are completely different. Therefore I have no idea which is true.
And to confirm I understood…
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What happens if a bank loses your safe deposit box?
My bank cannot find my safe deposit box! Luckily I still have the original contract and the keys. They are currently researching what happened, but it doesn't look good.
I don't know when the box disappeared but I have a bank account with the…
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What happens to my credit history if I pay before my credit card bill is generated?
I've read that keeping one's credit card utilization below 20% improves your credit score.
If for some reason I have an expense that is greater than 50% of the credit limit and I pay by credit card, and then transfer the money to the credit card…
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Why do consultants or contractors make more money than employees?
Why do consultants or contractors make more money than employees?
user454
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Should I pay off my mortgage if the cash is available?
I have been making minimum payments for 14 years on a 30 year fixed mortgage with an interest rate of just under 5% and no prepayment penalty. I have about $105,000 principal balance, and stand to gain enough to pay this off and have around $20,000…
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We don't own the land so is our house nearly worthless?
We live in Japan in an urban environment- lots of big apartment building around. The house is post-war house that extended and has an antiquated arrangement whereby a rich person owns the land and we have an informal agreement so we don't pay…
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Are there any risks from using mint.com?
Having more accounts and more passwords probably increases the chances that someone could hack into at least one account.
But even if someone did hack into my Mint account, would there be any reason to worry?
What about other risks with mint.com?…
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Is "bank.gov.ua" the official website of the central bank of Ukraine?
Numerous websites have been encouraging people to donate to Ukraine, to their official government, via this website. (Note: ctrl+f "en" to find the English switcher.)
Is this website legit (ie, controlled by the official government of…
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Will the Government come after my daughter's assets if I can't pay my student loans?
I’m 60 years old. Got my masters degree finally. Now i cannot find a job. No one would hire me. I applied 1000 applications. Still no luck. I have $10,000 student loan. How to handle this? I live with my daughter in her house and she provides for…
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Can someone make money by cycling through currencies and exchanges?
I am not a finance expert at all, but I recently got this idea from a conversation with a friend on whether it is possible to make money by starting with a fixed amount of dollars and then try and keep exchanging it for other currencies and finally…
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I'm giving my car to my sister. Should I gift it or sell it?
I have a car registered in Connecticut. I want to give the car to my sister in Oregon. The blue book value of the car is approximately $5000. (It will be a very generous gift - but the car was a gift to me from our dad anyway, so I suffer no real…
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Email asking for CVV, two days after I make a purchase?
Two nights ago I made a purchase from a website, and it didn’t ask for my CVV. Now, I woke up to an email asking for it. It hasn’t gone through my account yet. Is this as shady as I’m making it out to be?
Here is the text of the e-mail message I…
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Could I make money off of the negative oil price?
The price of oil went negative around 1 PM Eastern time. You could get paid to take oil off the field. Is there a way to flare oil offsite without safety risks? Could we drive nonstop on the highway just to burn gasoline in order to get paid at the…
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Made a down payment for a vehicle in cash for $10,000 and a Form 8300 was sent to IRS
What does the IRS do with forms 8300 they receive? I have never bought in cash, but made a car down payment for $10,000. A notice was sent to me that said a Form 8300 was filed with The IRS. Do they receive it and make a memo on my return, or does…
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Should I wait for a recession to buy a home?
I am currently renting, but am considering buying a house in the future (1-3 years). I want to know if I should even consider waiting for a future recession to buy a home at a better price. Some would argue that we are due for a recession (seems…
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