Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

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Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. An ordinary annuity is a series of equal payments made at the end of a time period for a ...