Alieza Durana joined Nerdwallet as an investing and taxes writer in 2022. She has a decade of journalism experience covering housing, gender and public policy issues for the Eviction Lab, The Fuller Project for International Reporting, New America and Slate. Her work has appeared in USA Today, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and Harvard Business Review. Alieza has degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
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Investment apps allow you to manage your portfolio and buy or sell investments via mobile app. Here are NerdWallet’s top picks for the best investing apps.
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It’s in the air: Americans feel they aren’t saving enough for retirement. And in the wake of a global pandemic, war, record-breaking inflation and stock market volatility, it can be…
