In VOL.35, we introduced figures showing that even if deposit interest rates rise, the rate of inflation is higher. In this article, we will organize the concept of the “real interest rate” used to calculate that difference, as well as the mechanisms you should look at when choosing a deposit (the difference between ordinary and time deposits,
Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano has pushed back against fears about the program’s future, saying that Social Security will remain in place for another nine decades even as the most recent projections warn that the trust fund could be depleted within six years.
“This is a long journey. It’s 90 years old.
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Worries over technology improvement’s with CXMT memory chips are dogging Micron this week.
CXMT is “two or three generations” behind Micron in DRAM — but may be catching up.
It’s happening again. Worries about competition from China in the computer memory space are roiling stock markets,
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Paul Tudor Jones is warning of the most challenging year the US stock market has seen in decades.
The billionaire hedge funder and the founder of Tudor Investment Corporation is sounding the alarm on the stock market outlook heading into 2027. He sees a variety of headwinds pushing against stock prices next year,
Higher profits at four of the biggest US banks offered fresh signs of economic resilience, as consumers continued repaying their debts and businesses kept investing heavily in AI.
But even as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs reported higher profits than a year ago,
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Tesla’s stock sits 30% below its December peak of $490, but record deliveries of 486,000 vehicles signal a strong path back.
EU sales surged 66% in 2026’s first eight months while US market share climbed back above 50%, reversing the Musk-Trump political backlash.
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BitMine has a hard ceiling on its Ethereum buying and a countdown clock ticking toward zero, while the funds investors expected to take over keep bleeding cash. Something has to give before that window closes.
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Lopp says ETFs are too new to have faced a catastrophe, and nearly all share one custodian. The question: thousands of amateurs or one pro?
Jameson Lopp has argued that no type of Bitcoin loss is solved by handing the asset to a third party.
It led to a spat with analyst Willy Woo and other X users over whether professional custodians are safer in practice than individuals holding their own keys.
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A projected 3.5% Social Security COLA for 2027 can push retirees over frozen 1984 tax thresholds, quietly converting part of an $840 raise into taxable income.
Congress froze Social Security benefit-taxation thresholds at $25,000 for singles and $32,000 for joint filers in 1983,
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Social Security is one of the most important sources of income for retirees. One reason these benefits can be so valuable to seniors is that the program includes inflation adjustments. These come in the form of cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, that happen most years.
Unfortunately, there is a very common misconception around COLAs that could end up hurting seniors.
