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Financial Capability">Financial Capability
- Financial Capability">Financial Capability
Financial capability is the ability to make informed decisions about the use and management of money.
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Bankruptcy">Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy">Bankruptcy
Personal bankruptcy is a legal process for people who cannot pay off their debts.
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Home Mortgage Lending">Home Mortgage Lending
- Home Mortgage Lending">Home Mortgage Lending
Homeownership is a key to building wealth. Rates of homeownership increased during the 1990s and into the early 2000s.
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Housing Finance System Reform">Housing Finance System Reform
- Housing Finance System Reform">Housing Finance System Reform
The housing finance system is essential to creating a robust and competitive consumer mortgage market.
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Reverse Mortgages">Reverse Mortgages
- Reverse Mortgages">Reverse Mortgages
A reverse mortgage is a loan secured by the value of a home and does not require payments as long as the borrower lives in the home.
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Investment and Securities Industry">Investment and Securities Industry
- Investment and Securities Industry">Investment and Securities Industry
Traditional pensions largely have been replaced with 401(k)s and other retirement plans in which employees contribute to individual accounts.
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Public Trust in Investment Markets">Public Trust in Investment Markets
- Public Trust in Investment Markets">Public Trust in Investment Markets
Safeguards and vigilant enforcement against conflicts of interest are needed to protect investors, particularly small investors, and the financial markets.
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Investment Product Disclosure">Investment Product Disclosure
- Investment Product Disclosure">Investment Product Disclosure
In 2019, net assets of U.S. mutual funds totaled $21.3 trillion. Roughly 45.5 percent of all U.S.
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Investment Advice">Investment Advice
- Investment Advice">Investment Advice
Nearly half of U.S. households have invested in stocks or mutual funds.
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Investment Fraud and Abuse">Investment Fraud and Abuse
- Investment Fraud and Abuse">Investment Fraud and Abuse
Consumers lose billions of dollars each year to financial fraud, including investment fraud. Older adults are targets because they often have sizable assets.