Analysts are looking into the economic impact of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Which sectors will be most affected? Liz Ann Sonders of Schwab offers an overview of the potential fallout. In the wake of credit reporting agency Equifax being hacked last week, you may wonder how to protect yourself. Alex Thomas Sadler of Clark Howard’s site, clark.com describes two things you should do now. If one of your goals is to have more money to invest, it helps to maximize your productivity. Here are nine ways productive people get the job done.

Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season: The Aftermath of “Harma”–  Harvey will sit on top of the costliest hurricanes, and now has Irma in its coattails.  Hurricanes’ impact on the economy tends to be felt most acutely in unemployment claims.  Liz Ann Sonders, Chief Investment Officer at Schwab, discusses the likely sectors of the economy to be impacted by the hurricanes and the effect on the markets. Read more…

Equifax Breach: How to Protect Yourself From What’s Coming Next–   Equifax, one of the nation’s three main credit reporting agencies, announced this week it was the victim of a major hack that exposed the personal information of 143 million U.S. consumers — or two-thirds of all Americans with credit reports.  Hackers were able to gain access to consumers’ names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some cases, driver’s license and credit card numbers.  Anyone impacted by the breach is now at risk of identity theft and fraud — as any piece of this personal information can be sold to criminals who could then use it to open credit cards, take out loans, make purchases or even drain your bank accounts.  So what can you do?  Clark Howard explains. Read more…

 9 Signs an Employee Is Exceptionally Productive (Which Never Appear on Performance Evaluations)–  Many people stay busy. After all, checking items off a to-do list isn’t hard.  What’s hard is checking the right things off your to-do list, completing the right projects, and getting the right stuff done. That’s when an employee goes from busy to productive — and in the process become indispensable to an organization’s success.  Here are some of the things highly productive people do — and why that makes them so valuable. Read more…

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