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February 26, 2025
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The Admiral Staff
Unexpected vet bills can be costly, making pet insurance a worthwhile investment for many. The article highlights six top pet insurance companies for 2025, ranked based on coverage, flexibility, benefits, and reviews. **Trupanion** stands out with lifetime, per-condition deductibles and direct vet payments, while **Lemonade** offers affordability and a user-friendly app. **Healthy Paws** provides comprehensive coverage with no payout limits, and **Embrace** includes exam fee coverage. **
February 14, 2025
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The Admiral Staff
This article suggests six lower-risk investment options for retirement to help protect against financial setbacks. These include: **bonds** (debt obligations offering interest payments), **publicly traded REIT index funds** (offering high dividends), **high-interest savings accounts** (for easy access and FDIC insurance), **Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS)** (protecting against inflation), **preferred stocks** (providing prioritized dividend payments), and **Certificates of Deposit (CDs)** (off
February 13, 2025
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The Admiral Staff
Acorns is an automated investing app ideal for beginners seeking a simple, hands-off approach to saving and investing. It rounds up everyday purchases to invest spare change and offers recurring investment options. Accounts include investing, retirement (IRAs), custodial accounts for kids, and a cash management checking account. While offering features like “Found Money” cashback and diversified portfolios, Acorns charges monthly fees that can be high for small balances, resulting in a significant percentage of the invested amount. It utilizes ETFs and Modern
February 11, 2025
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The Admiral Staff
The article discusses the likelihood of a stock market crash in 2025 and provides advice on how to prepare. While crashes are inevitable and historically followed by recovery, the current economic climate makes predicting market behavior difficult. The article recommends building an emergency fund, practicing dollar-cost averaging, limiting individual stock investments, reevaluating risky investments, and potentially planning to invest more during a crash. Ultimately, it advises against panic-selling and encourages a long-term, patient approach to investing. It
February 9, 2025
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The Admiral Staff
Self-employed individuals, freelancers, and gig workers often lack traditional employee benefits and retirement plans, leaving them responsible for their own retirement savings. The article outlines two main types of retirement accounts: defined benefit plans (like pensions) and defined contribution plans (like 401(k)s). For the self-employed, viable options include the Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA), Roth IRA, Solo 401(k), SEP-IRA, and SIMPLE IRA, each with different contribution limits
