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North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

Personal finance. (Photo by Jacob Wackerhausen, iStock Getty Images via StatePoint)

How to build a healthy money mindset for a stable financial future

StatePoint January 27, 2024
Building and managing your wealth is a lifelong process that can have major implications for you, your children and other beneficiaries. While your path to building wealth should be tailored to your circumstances, this three-pronged approach from Freddie Mac can help you plan for a stable financial future.
Downtown Carlsbad. (Photo by Steve Marcotte, OsideNews)

Carlsbad budget surplus gives boost to programs, pension payments

North Coast Current October 5, 2023
Carlsbad pension payments and community programs are among the items getting an extra financial boost thanks to funds from a budget surplus, the city recently announced.
Lawn sprinkler. (OsideNews file photo)

Vallecitos Water District earns bond rating upgrade, certification

North Coast Current September 14, 2023
The Vallecitos Water District appears to be on a positive financial footing after receiving a credit rating upgrade and certificate of excellence for its financial reporting this past week.
Finances. (OsideNews file photo)

Local household bills pricier than U.S. average, doxo research finds

North Coast Current August 3, 2023
California is the second most expensive state for average household bills, with Encinitas, Carlsbad, Solana Beach and Del Mar cracking the top 100 for most expensive in the state, according to statistics released Aug. 3 by consumer financial management company doxo.
Business news. (James Abbott via Freeimages)

Irvine-based Beach Cities Commercial Bank launches with branch in Encinitas

North Coast Current June 27, 2023
Beach Cities Commercial Bank of Irvine announced its launch on June 12 with an Encinitas office located at 171 Saxony Road, Suite 105.
Computer code. (Photo by Markus Spiske, Unsplash)

Feds, local authorities warn of latest Paypal and MetaMask phishing scam

J.W. August May 25, 2023
The art of the scam keeps getting more sophisticated as con artists probe for profits by altering the come-ons they use to hook the unsuspecting. Check your recent emails for communications that appear to be legitimate messages from PayPal and MetaMask.
A Sears catalog cover from the early 1960s. (Goodwill image)

Historically Speaking: The nation’s first mail order general stores

Tom Morrow May 10, 2023
Before there were roads connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific and Mexico to Alaska, you could buy goods delivered via railroad freight and/or the U.S. mail. This was more than a century before the Internet, all courtesy of the mail-order catalogs of the Montgomery Ward and Sears & Roebuck companies. It was the Amazon of yesteryear.
Whether you’re a small investor or a company CEO, or neither, monitoring the daily Dow Jones Industrial Average is a way of keeping tabs on the pulse of the nation’s business health. (Photo by Markus Spiske via Unsplash)

Historically Speaking: When Mr. Dow met Mr. Jones

Tom Morrow September 29, 2022
Whether you’re a small investor or a company CEO, or neither, monitoring the daily Dow Jones Industrial Average is your way of keeping tabs on the pulse of the nation’s business health, and that’s certainly everyone’s business.
Financial challenges. (Image by Gerd Altmann, Pixabay)

Survey: Americans lose 200 hours of sleep over debt stress

OsideNews March 3, 2022

StatePoint: A new research study looking at how debt affects daily lives reveals that the true cost of debt is more than making the minimum payments. Having debt can also be detrimental to mental and physical...

Financial challenges. (Image by Gerd Altmann, Pixabay)

Survey: Americans lose 200 hours of sleep over debt stress

StatePoint February 11, 2022
A new research study looking at how debt affects daily lives reveals that the true cost of debt is more than making the minimum payments. Having debt can also be detrimental to mental and physical health, and impact life decisions.
Ideas. (Diego PH via Unsplash)

Why vocational education is critical for many young people

StatePoint February 11, 2019

In this high-tech era where a college degree is positioned as a necessity for success, vocational education is often overlooked. But experts say that a vocational education provides the right experience...

Mother and daughter. (VadimGuzhva/Adobe via StatePoint)

How to find and apply for scholarships

StatePoint February 10, 2019

Savvy students and families know that scholarships can play an integral role in meeting college costs. To help students and families find and apply for scholarships, Sallie Mae, the nation’s saving,...

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