Social Security benefits can be taxable, depending on income. Choosing the right retirement account could get you off the hook, even with steady withdrawals.
Social Security is one of the most heavily relied-upon benefits for
seniors today. Many older Americans would not be able to pay their bills
without those monthly checks.
Investors often equate owning multiple mutual funds with diversification. But a portfolio of eight or 10 schemes can still be heavily concentrated in the same stocks, sectors or investment styles. Similarly, selecting funds based on past returns and star ratings does not necessarily create a portfolio aligned with an investor’s risk appetite,
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Crude oil rose 3.6% while US long-term interest rates turned downward, and the dollar-yen was pushed back to the mid-157 yen range.
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Soaring interest rates put the brakes on the stock market rally and accelerated the sell-off in bond funds in a volatile third quarter. The July-through-September period was a mixed bag for fund investors. The average U.S. diversified stock fund slid 2.9% in the third quarter. That trimmed its year-to-date return to 9.6%,
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Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,159.70 per troy ounce on Friday, October 9, 2026, up 0.1% from Thursday’s closing price. Gold is up modestly this morning to $4,207.30 per troy ounce as of 6:45 a.m. ET.
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1. Why did Bitcoin ETFs record USD 487 million in outflows?
US spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced USD 487.07 million in net withdrawals on October 7 amid weakening market sentiment. The outflows may reflect portfolio rebalancing, hedging, or reduced institutional exposure.
2. Which Bitcoin ETFs recorded the largest withdrawals?
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Crypto exchange-traded funds lost $311.9 million in net outflows in a single trading session, according to data from CoinGlass. Research tied to the CoinGlass figures places that day at October 6, 2026.
The $311.9 million figure covers net flows across crypto ETFs. That means withdrawals beat new deposits by that amount once everything was netted out.
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