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When Windows 10 launched in 2015, the default settings shipped a startling amount of personal data back to Microsoft: ad…

Aug 4, 2015· 5 min read

The rental counter agent will spend 90 seconds trying to sell you a $25-a-day collision damage waiver. For most renters…

Jul 24, 2015· 6 min read

This is part two of the make-more-money series, updated for the 2026 economy. High-yield savings now pays around 4 perce…

Jul 19, 2015· 7 min read

Product Reviews

Most people working a full-time job leave hundreds or thousands of dollars on the table each month because they have nev…

Jul 9, 2015· 8 min read

Credit card APRs sit near 22-29 percent in 2026, so why use plastic for everything? Because the issuer pays you to. With…

Jun 15, 2015· 6 min read

Data breaches keep getting worse, and your name, Social Security number, and date of birth are almost certainly already…

Jun 13, 2015· 5 min read

LendingClub ended retail notes in December 2020, and Prosper followed. The original peer-to-peer dream of lending $25 to…

May 14, 2015· 4 min read

An honest numbers-first look back at two years on LendingClub, May 2013 through May 2015. Deposits grew from $2,000 to r…

May 13, 2015· 4 min read

A 2015 retrospective: I tracked my LendingClub p2p account every month for over two years, with deposits scaling from $2…

May 13, 2015· 4 min read

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