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Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E), Explained Simply
P/E tells you what you pay per dollar of profit. Here's how to read it in plain English.
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Dividend Yield, Explained Simply
What dividend yield means, why a high one is not always good, and a real-dollar example.
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Severance Pay, Explained Simply
Severance is money from an employer when they let you go, to bridge the gap.
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Employee Benefits, Explained Simply
Benefits are the extras beyond your paycheck: insurance, retirement match, paid time off.
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Commission (Pay), Explained Simply
Commission is pay based on what you sell, usually a percentage of each sale.
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Overtime Pay, Explained Simply
Overtime is extra pay, often time-and-a-half, for hours past 40 in a week.
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Salary vs Hourly Pay, Explained Simply
Salary pays a fixed yearly amount; hourly pays per hour worked. Here's the real difference.
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Roth vs Traditional (Accounts), Explained Simply
Two retirement accounts: pay tax now with Roth, or later with traditional.
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Cost Basis, Explained Simply
What you originally paid for an investment, used to figure your taxable gain.
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Target-Date Fund, Explained Simply
A single fund that automatically gets safer as retirement nears.
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Tax-Loss Harvesting, Explained Simply
Selling a losing investment on purpose to shrink your tax bill.
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Capital Gains Tax, Explained Simply
The tax on your profit when you sell an investment for more than you paid.