Online brokerages represent a powerful medium where you can manage your investments. Indeed, for the average investor who has some time to put into researching and handling his or her investments, an online brokerage may be all that’s required.

“If someone needs their hand held, a traditional broker or bank can be helpful,” says Mick Heyman, a financial adviser in San Diego who uses online brokerages for himself and his clients. “But for the average person, I think an online broker is great. Online brokers have caught up to and maybe even exceeded what a traditional broker or bank can offer.”

The trading services offered by an online brokerage are comprehensive.

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Distractions abound at the office: The phone is ringing off the hook, your inbox pings whenever a message arrives, and Skype messages are pouring in.

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Savings Accounts and Money Market Rates provided by 16 December 2011

Only a fraction of people prepare as much as they should for tax season. I was burned last year by not saving enough money to pay in April. Jackson Hewitt has decided to give us a few tips so that we are all better prepared.

• Save more for retirement – By increasing retirement plan contributions, you can reduce your income for tax purposes. T

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Have you ever struggled to manage your credit card use? Have you been frustrated to be charged interest on your every day items while you try to pay down your balance?

A new set of software by Chase Bank called Blueprint aims to help you manage your credit card use and pay off your debt with a plan. This is an exclusive benefit to having certain Chase credit cards. Your other credit card companies cant offer you access to Blueprint, and not every Chase card qualifies.

What is Chase Blueprint?

Blueprint is an online program that Chase credit cardholders get access to.

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NASHUA, NH – Social media pundit and Nashua, N.H.-based primary care physician Kevin Pho, MD, regularly shares his views on healthcare issues from the provider perspective. In this Q&A, he takes a look at how healthcare will factor into the presidential election. 

Leading up to Tuesday’s primary in the Granite State, Pho spoke with Government Health IT Editor Tom Sullivan about the healthcare issues important to his state, how politics influence Americans’ perception of health reform, and whether a Republican president could really repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Q: What aspects of healthcare are unique to New Hampshire? And wh

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