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To: sylvester80 who wrote (1362908)6/16/2022 3:05:49 PM
From: Broken_Clock  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1579765
 
"The link is from a phaking POS tRumptard website if they show one and not the other... get it yet???"

thebalance.com

Sylvia says these folks are Trumptards....

Who We Are The Balance makes personal finance easy to understand. It is home to experts who provide clear, practical advice on managing your money. Every day, we publish news, how-to guides, and product reviews to help you make sense of every aspect of your financial life.

Whether you’re looking to invest, buy a home, save for retirement, or achieve another financial goal, The Balance’s 20-year-strong library of more than 10,000 pieces of content will answer your questions with straightforward personal financial advice. Our more than 50 expert writers have extensive qualifications and expertise in their topics, including MBAs, PhDs, CFPs, other advanced degrees and professional certifications.

Editorial Team


Kristin Myers
Editor-in-Chief



Kristin Myers is an award-winning journalist, producer, and Editor-in-Chief of The Balance. Before joining The Balance, Kristin was a senior writer at Yahoo Finance and anchor of Yahoo Finance Live. She hosted Yahoo Finance Live daily, and was one of the creators and hosts of “A Time for Change,” a weekly program that explores race, diversity, and inclusion in the world of business, finance, and politics. As the Editor-in-Chief of The Balance, Kristin plays a key role in leading and shaping the publication's high-quality service journalism for The Balance's millions of readers.

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Hilarey Gould
Editorial Director



Hilarey Gould is the editorial director of The Balance. During her 10+ years in the digital media space, she's developed a passion for economics, saving, investing, credit card perks, mortgage rates, and more. Hilarey began her career at TripAdvisor, and has since held full-time and freelance roles at a variety of media companies including realtor.com, Bankrate, and SmartAsset. Hilarey has a master's in journalism from the University of Missouri, and a bachelor's in journalism and professional writing from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). She also works as an adjunct professor at TCNJ, teaching social media strategies to journalism students.

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Yasmin Ghahremani
Associate Editorial Director, Financial Products & Services



Yasmin Ghahremani is an Associate Editorial Director at The Balance, where she oversees educational content about consumer financial products, ranging from credit cards to life insurance. She joined the team in April 2019, bringing seven years of experience educating consumers about personal finance. She was previously a managing editor at CreditCards.com and Wise Bread, and a contract editor at LendingTree.

Yasmin has also had an extensive international career covering business, technology, and the environment for broadcast and print outlets, including CNN, CNBC, and Asiaweek magazine. She has a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University.

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Mrinalini Krishna
Senior Investing Editor



Mrinalini is the senior investing editor at The Balance, with 10+ years of financial journalism experience across two continents and different media. She is passionate about creating comprehensible and usable financial content. She has previously worked with organizations such as Financial Times, Investopedia, Forbes and CNBC TV18. Mrinalini holds a master’s in business and economic reporting from New York University and a bachelor’s with honors in economics from the University of Delhi, India.

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Lars Peterson
Senior Editor



Lars Peterson joined The Balance in 2019. Lars's primary areas of focus are credit cards, banking, mortgages, and other financial products and services, with the goal of helping consumers make the most of these offerings, while avoiding pitfalls or catches. With more than 10 years experience as a writer and editor in personal finance and small business, Lars has written and edited for Wise Bread, US News, and Amex OPENForum, among others. His 20+ years as an editor and writer have included roles in book publishing, marketing, technical writing, and travel.

Lars earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in English, both from California State University, Long Beach.

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Helen Reis
Senior News Editor



Helen Reis joined The Balance in June 2019 and became senior news editor in May 2020 to lead the expansion of the website's news coverage. She has more than 17 years of journalism experience, mostly in business and finance news. She has worked at American Banker and Bloomberg News, covering banking and insurance and taking on reporting and editing roles with ever increasing responsibility. She is passionate about making complicated topics easy for the layperson to understand and compulsive about accuracy and transparency.

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J.R. Duren
Terms Editor



J.R. Duren is a terms editor at The Balance. For more than 10 years, he has worked in print and digital media, serving in roles as a marketing writer, reporter, and freelance editor. J.R. has held full-time and freelance roles as an editor at LendingTree and HighYa.com, and his writing and reporting has been featured on Glassdoor.com, Homes.com, and H&R Block.

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Taylor Tompkins
Economics Editor



Taylor Tompkins has worked for more than a decade as a journalist covering business, finance, and the economy. She has logged thousands of hours interviewing experts, analyzing data, and writing articles to help readers understand economic forces. She joined The Balance in 2022 as its Economics Editor. Her work has appeared online and in print at outlets such as American City Business Journals, Yahoo Finance, CreditCards.com, and the San Antonio Express-News. She has a B.S. in Journalism from Texas State University.

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Kara Greenberg
Newsletter Editor


Kara Greenberg is the newsletter editor for The Balance. She joined the team in 2021 as a finance editor and now owns the production and strategy of The Balance's weekday and weekend newsletters. Kara has also written and edited for Investopedia, and she was previously a researcher and editor at The Wire. Earlier in her career, she worked in financial compliance and due diligence at Loomis, Sayles & Company and The Bank of New York Mellon. She has

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Sienna Wrenn
Special Projects Editor



Sienna is a self-proclaimed credit card nerd who has been creating personal finance content for more than seven years. She joined The Balance as a staff writer in May 2019, and is now managing special projects to further engage readers in important topics. Sienna previously worked for CreditCards.com and her work has been cited by major news outlets and government agencies, including the CFPB and NBCNews.com. She's committed to helping readers make informed decisions about their credit and brewing the perfect cup of french-pressed coffee.

Sienna earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, and completed a media studies program with The Fund For American Studies at George Mason University in Washington, D.C.

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Jess Feldman
Associate Editor, Special Projects



Jess Feldman is an associate editor for The Balance. She has been writing and editing for over five years, covering a variety of subjects across the digital media landscape. Since joining the financial space, she has developed an interest in budgeting and investing, and has also found the joys of embracing a financially smart lifestyle.

Jess has a degree journalism from the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, one of the top-10 journalism schools in the country.


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Daniel Rathburn
Associate Editor



Daniel Rathburn is an associate editor at The Balance. He has over three years of experience working in print and digital media as a fact-checker and editor. Daniel holds a bachelor's degree in English and political science from Michigan State University.

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Hiranmayi Srinivasan
Associate Editor



Hiranmayi Srinivasan is a writer and editor who specializes in explaining the key concepts of personal finance. As an associate editor for The Balance, she writes, edits, and fact checks articles every day, ensuring readers get the clearest, most accurate answers to their questions about money. She joined Dotdash Meredith in March 2021 as a staff writer for the centralized finance desk, and wrote daily personal finance articles for publications such as Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Parents, and Health.

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Diccon Hyatt
News Reporter



Diccon Hyatt is a staff reporter for The Balance. He has written hundreds of articles about how public policy and the economy intersect with personal finance, tracking all the latest dynamics affecting your money. Before joining The Balance, he covered business and community news for 17 years, including Princeton, New Jersey's high-tech Route 1 Corridor.

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Product Reviews Team


Jana Lynch
Senior Finance Editor, Product Reviews



Jana has been a personal finance writer and editor for over 10 years, working on a variety of topics including debt, budgeting, and more. She’s also an advocate for those recovering from financial abuse, having written and spoken extensively on the topic. As a senior editor for The Balance, she helps shape the brand's approach to reviewing financial products and services, as well as edits and fact checks those reviews.

After a decade-long career in social services, Jana started working as a freelance writer and editor for a variety of finance and non-finance sites. Prior to joining Dotdash Meredith, Jana worked as a full-time editor at DollarSprout, a personal finance site focusing on side hustles and money management.

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Meredith Mangan
Senior Editor, Insurance Reviews



Meredith Mangan is a senior editor for The Balance, focusing on insurance product reviews. She brings to the job 15 years of experience in finance, media, and financial markets. Meredith spent five years as the managing editor for Money Crashers; prior to that, she was a licensed insurance agent and financial advisor.

Meredith enjoys unravelling complex topics and conveying them in meaningful ways for readers. She holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from New College of Florida.

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Michael Sacchitello
Senior Editor, Investing and Trading Platforms Reviews



Michael is the Senior Investing and Trading Platforms Editor at The Balance, where he is in charge of covering and building the company’s reviews of online brokers, robo advisors, cryptocurrency wallets, and forex exchanges. He has 20 years’ mutual fund, macro market research, institutional trading desk, and trading education experience. Michael is also a chartered member and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the industry-leading Chartered Market Technicians (CMT) Association.

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Marisa Figat
Content Integrity and Compliance Manager



Marisa is the Content Integrity and Compliance Manager at The Balance. In addition to making sure all The Balance documents are in compliance, another key function of Marisa’s role is running all articles through a routine and rigorous fact-checking process, so we can feel confident we’re publishing the most accurate content.

Marisa kickstarted her compliance career at CreditCards.com after moving over from the oil and gas contract management industry. While at CreditCards.com, she used her expertise to bring its network of over 100 financial bloggers into compliance by keeping a pulse on the quickly changing industry regulations, attending industry-specific training programs and unifying each blogger's editorial goals with compliance requirements. She also helped oversee the Chase, Wells Fargo, and internal affiliate programs monitoring their network of hundreds of publishers.

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Brendan Harkness
Associate Finance Editor, Product Reviews



Brendan has been writing and editing content for nearly a decade, with a recent focus on finance, credit cards, and banking. As an associate editor for The Balance, he edits and fact checks reviews of financial products and services. Previously, Brendan was an editor at Credit Card Insider, where he wrote and managed content about credit cards, credit advice, and related topics.

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Hannah Kang
Research Associate, Product Reviews



Hannah has been conducting research for over a decade, with a recent focus on providing data-driven recommendations from synthesizing quantitative data with qualitative data on financial services and products.

Prior to joining The Balance team as a Research Associate, Hannah conducted research for Fortune 500 companies and multinational biotech companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Takeda. Her experience leading rigorous studies for FDA reviews shaped her standard of research integrity which guides her work at Performance Marketing.

In her spare time, she enjoys playing the keyboard and reading nonfiction.

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