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If you’re putting off investing because the idea of picking individual shares feels like guesswork, ETFs (exchange-traded funds) are usually the easiest place for a first-time investor to start.

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A website can only send your tax extension to the IRS if the IRS has approved it. The approval is public. Look up any site in an IRS database and you can see if it is cleared to send returns. All five ...