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The Family Bank: Parents Are Lending Their Kids Mortgage Money at Rates the IRS Itself Publishes, and No One Owes Gift Tax on the Discount.
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If you own a home with equity, a taxable brokerage account, or a bond ladder that your adult kid cannot afford to touch, the IRS quietly publishes a mortgage rate every month that only your family can actually use.
Netflix Stock Is Down Big-Time. Is This Finally a Buying Opportunity?
Netflix (NFLX +2.67%) has a strange problem. Its stock was recently down roughly 40% from its 2025 peak, yet the underlying business continues to grow.
In the second quarter of 2026, Netflix generated $12.6 billion in revenue, up 13% year over year. Operating income reached $4.2 billion,
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Buffett Just Made a $37 Billion Bet on This Tech Giant. Should You Buy?
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Buffett’s $37 billion Alphabet (GOOG) stake validates our BUY rating and $437 price target, implying 28% upside with 90% confidence.
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Alphabet (GOOG) trades at a P/E of 17, which is well below Microsoft (MSFT) at 27 and Meta (META) at 20, while growing revenue at a comparable rate.
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The Great North American trade war
It’s official: the US and Canada are in a trade war, a remarkable rupture in one of the world’s closest alliances. After Canada withdrew from talks last Friday, the US applied a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, including wine, furniture, dairy products, cement, clothing, fishing rods and hockey equipment.
What are VA loan rates today, August 25, 2026 — and the best lenders
The 30-year fixed-rate for VA loans is 6.38% as of today, according to data released by Optimal Blue. That’s slightly higher than it was on Friday.
The Optimal Blue Mortgage Market Indices is an average of locked rates during the weekday prior across a third of all mortgage providers in the U.S.
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This group of Social Security recipients face losing $16,900 a year in benefits
Barring Congressional action, Social Security is only six years away from insolvency. At that point – late 2032, according to the latest estimates – benefits will be cut by an estimated 22% to ensure the program’s costs don’t exceed revenue.
To put it into perspective, that date is when today’s 61-year-olds will reach their full retirement age and when today’s youngest retirees turn 68.
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Can You Work and Collect Social Security? The Short Answer Is Yes
As simple words go, “retirement” carries a lot of weight and a lot of baggage.
Now that retirement is bouncing around in your mind, and you entertain the thought of giving up your day job, you ask yourself:
One response answers both questions.
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Trump’s new attempt to seize control of the Federal Reserve, explained
Less than two months after the Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors — a move that would have allowed him to seize control over the nation’s central bank if it had succeeded — Trump is once again trying to fire the very same member.
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Tesla: I Want To Buy Back In But The Valuation Won't Let Me
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I am focused on growth and dividend income. My personal strategy revolves around setting myself up for an easy retirement by creating a portfolio which focuses on compounding dividend income and growth.
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