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When you turn 62, you become eligible to claim your Social Security benefits. Most financial experts strongly advise that you wait to start your checks, despite the fact you could file for benefits to begin ASAP. However, finance expert Dave Ramsey has taken a different stance.
Firms will soon get the opportunity to list in both the U.S.
New data reveals surging IRA and 401(k) balances powering historic growth in US retirement wealth.
US retirement assets climbed to a historic peak of $48.1 trillion in the third quarter, marking another milestone in Americans’ long-term savings progress and reinforcing the central role retirement planning plays in household wealth.
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You may not be familiar with all of these, even if you’ve been on benefits for a while.
Whether Social Security only forms a small chunk of your monthly retirement budget or the whole thing, it’s a pretty safe bet that you want that money to go as far as possible.
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Ready for a break? You’re getting one: The 2026 trading holiday schedule starts in earnest next week.
Stock and bond markets will close for the first time since New Year’s Day on Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which commemorates the birth of the civil rights rights leader.
Do you want to park your money for a year or more? Are you looking for the best after-tax returns? Consider investing in arbitrage mutual funds.
Arbitrage funds look for arbitrage opportunities available between the cash and derivatives markets. In other words, the fund managers in these schemes look for the price difference that they can exploit between the cash and derivatives markets.
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With Nvidia, Doug, what what do you make of the price action there? I mean, I’m just looking at it’s been basically in this kind of rough trading range here, going sideways for about six months. What what what is going on there?
00:20 Doug
You know,
According to one estimate, artificial intelligence (AI) is a $15.7 trillion global addressable market by the turn of the decade.
Quarterly Form 13F filings show that billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller completely exited his fund’s position in Nvidia — and profit-taking might explain only part of the story.
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has been steadily accumulating shares of Roblox (RBLX), adding to positions across multiple funds, including ARKF (ARKF), ARKK (ARKK), and ARKW (ARKW), as part of a broader portfolio shift toward long-term innovation themes.
The buying activity comes as Wood reduces exposure to mature tech names such as Meta Platforms (META),
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Most AI investors plan to hold or add to their positions this year, according to The Motley Fool’s 2026 AI Investor Outlook.
