The 2024 Social Security Survey from Nationwide Retirement Institute identified prevalent and problematic knowledge gaps on the topic of spousal benefits.
As the S&P 500 rallies from its depths in early April, technical analysts see reason for both caution and optimism.
The market benchmark was up 0.9% to about 5900 in Tuesday afternoon trading. The Nasdaq Composite was up 1.7%. The Dow was down 140 points, or 0.3%, but would be trading higher if not for a steep decline in UnitedHealth.
» Read more about: The Stock Market Keeps Rallying. The Cases for a Pullback or a Run to 7000. »
There is little evidence that the tariffs implemented by the Trump administration in February and March are feeding through to inflation just yet.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ metric for goods inflation—the index for commodities, excluding food and energy,—rose 0.1% in April after logging an outright decline of 0.1% in March.
» Read more about: Cost of Consumer Goods Holds Steady Despite Tariffs »
Copper and other industrial metals rose this morning, with easing trade tensions giving metals markets a boost. At a briefing following the talks, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said neither nation wanted their economies to decouple.
This marks a substantial cooling of trade tensions between the US and China; however, questions remain for markets as to what the end game will be,
» Read more about: The Commodities Feed: Risk on after US and China lower tariffs »
A struggling technology company that has ties to China and relies on TikTok made an unusual announcement this week. It had secured funding to buy as much as $300 million of $TRUMP, the so-called memecoin marketed by President Trump.
GD Culture Group, a publicly traded firm with a Chinese subsidiary,
» Read more about: Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency »
A masked gang have tried to abduct the daughter and young grandson of a cryptocurrency chief in Paris, but after a violent struggle, they drove off empty-handed.
The botched kidnap bid was captured on video by an onlooker in Paris’s 11th district, in the east of the French capital.
Police sources said the woman was the daughter of a cryptocurrency company boss.
» Read more about: Cryptocurrency boss’s daughter escapes kidnap gang in Paris street »
With April’s inflation report coming in below forecasts, the Trump economy appears to be defying analysts’ and politicians’ predictions of collapse in the wake of his “Liberation Day” tariffs and subsequent trade negotiations. As Trump adds more notches to his belt in deals with key trade partners, the stock market has rebounded to pre-tariff levels,
Yahoo Finance’s Josh Schafer reports:
April’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to show the first clear signs of inflationary impacts from President Trump’s tariffs.
The report, set for release at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, will greet investors less than 24 hours after markets soared on news the US and China have placed a 90-day pause on a wide swath of tariffs between the two countries.
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Recipients are receiving Social Security payments later than usual in May. Here’s why.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Some people may get their Social Security checks later this month.
Verify’s gotten a lot of questions as to why Social Security benefits are being delivered later in May.
