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Roughly 55 million Americans freelance, and 25% report doing so full time, according to a 2016 survey by Upwork and the Freelancers Union. Irregular paychecks make budgeting difficult, but they also make it essential.

3 keys to budgeting as a freelancer

Alysse Dalessandro doesn't have a conventional budget, in part, because she doesn't have a steady income.

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Personal Finance

According to their Project on Student Debt, 68% of 2015 bachelor's degree recipients graduated with student loan debt. The average was $30,100 per borrower.

The average student loan debt in every state
The average was $30,100 per borrower.

Personal Finance

How to invest in gold the right way
Figure out the best way you can profit from the yellow metal.

Personal Finance

Create an emergency fund now for potential unemployment. A recent NerdWallet study found that Americans don't save enough to weather several common emergencies, the most expensive being unemployment.

Get to work on building your unemployment fund
Create an emergency fund now for potential unemployment.

Personal Finance

How I became a rocket scientist and Girl Scouts CEO: Sylvia Acevedo
"Girl Scouts taught me to take action, and to do something more."

Personal Finance

The average cost of retirement is $738,400: Will you have enough?
Your retirement is likely the biggest purchase you'll make in your lifetime. Shouldn't you prepare for it?

Personal Finance

the national average cost for one IVF cycle, including drugs and the procedure, is $19,857. Some doctors offer packages or bundles at a discount, but the costs are still significant.

IVF: How to pay for an expensive and emotional process
The national average cost for one IVF cycle, including drugs and the procedure, is $19,857.

college

Many prospective Harvard students touch the left shoe of the John Harvard statue for luck. But you need way more than luck to get in.

Here's what it really takes to get into the Ivy League these days
You'll need more than luck for an Ivy to say yes.

money

File photo taken in 2014 shows House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Tex., right, and California Rep. Maxine Waters, the panel's ranking Democrat.

House aims to rewrite consumer safeguards
A new plan could dramatically alter consumer protections enacted after the financial crisis.

Personal Finance

Moving is a real pain — which is why it usually takes some amount of enticement for your friends and family to schlep your worldly possessions from one place to another.

Save when moving without a little help from your friends
Moving is a real pain — which is why it usually takes some amount of enticement for your friends and family to schlep your worldly possessions from one place to another.