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The investment in higher education represents not only substantial costs but also a complex decision about future career prospects, quality of life, and financial independence.
The dollar has weakened in recent months amid trade and economic uncertainty, declining against a basket of major currencies to its lowest level in three years.
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Please join our Chief Investment Officer, Mike Minter, for our quarterly webinar where we discuss ten relevant market and economic themes heading into the 2nd quarter of 2025.
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This new development is a welcome surprise, as the agency has decided to fast-track benefit payments much sooner than originally expected.

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