Summers in retirement can feel very different than they did in your working years. For many people, they can finally enjoy their leisure time, perhaps visiting with family or taking trips. But for retirees living largely on Social Security, it can also be one of the most expensive times of year.
Fortunately,
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Social Security is a critical source of income for millions of retired Americans. But the program is facing a key funding shortfall that could soon result in benefit cuts.
Social Security’s Trustees say that benefits could be reduced by 22% by 2032 if Congress doesn’t come up with a fix.
In a bull market, everyone looks like a genius. Warren Buffett, having just booked what he believed was the largest one-year gain any American business had ever made, refused to take the bow. He told his shareholders a big part of it was pure luck.
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold about $4.4 million worth of crypto-related stocks on Wednesday, trimming positions in Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Robinhood, Block, and Bullish after the companies’ shares fell.
The firm’s largest sale was 120,665 shares of Bitmine, valued at about $2 million.
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A new bipartisan push to fix Social Security is drawing fresh attention to who pays into the system and how much.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Moreno have outlined a plan to lift the cap on Social Security payroll taxes, a move that could strengthen the program’s finances while affecting higher earners who are planning around Social Security benefits.
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US stocks staged a major comeback on Thursday morning after a Fed-fueled sell-off, as Microsoft (MSFT) stock led tech gains and more earnings were on deck. But fresh US attacks on Iran, a bond rout, and worries about AI spending kept investors on guard.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) advanced 0.8%,
As of 12.13 PM ET, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +2.42%) is up 2.61% to 25,0810 as technology stocks rally, and the S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.32%) has gained 1.29% to 7,422.
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