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The past few months have been a wild ride for precious metals investors. Gold has shattered record after record,
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From 2023 to early 2025, retail investing flows rose by about 50%, reaching levels that rivaled those during the peak of the pandemic. As more traders become active, many are realizing that a single …
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The age you file for Social Security can have a massive impact on your retirement.
Choosing an age to begin claiming Social Security is one of the most important retirement decisions you’ll make, as it will affect your monthly income for the rest of your life.
You’ll receive 100% of your earned benefit by filing at your full retirement age —
In comments on Tuesday night, President Trump said he is hoping to make a deal with Iran, but only if the Iranians are willing to pledge to never develop nuclear weapons.
“We want to make a deal but we haven’t heard those secret words: ‘We will never have a nuclear weapon,’”
From a purely data-based standpoint, the stock market has been practically unstoppable with Donald Trump in the White House. Although there have been periods of historic volatility, such as the five-week COVID-19 crash in February-March 2020, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC),
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Mortgage rates have changed a lot in recent years. At one of their highest points, in October 2023,
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US stock markets opened higher on Wednesday,
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History shows that midterm election years aren’t always great years for the S&P 500. Are you properly protected against the full blow of a 2026 market crash?
Probably not, but there are action steps you can take today to brace for the impact of a potential market collapse.
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President Trump said during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night that he wants to fix a “gross disparity” in America’s retirement system by creating new accounts for the roughly 56 million Americans who lack an employer-sponsored savings plan.
“[H]alf of all of working Americans still do not have access to a retirement plan with matching contributions from an employer,”
President Trump announced a new public retirement plan with federal contributions to ensure all Americans profit from stock market gains.
Starting next year, the federal government will match up to $1,000 in contributions annually in new public retirement accounts available to all American workers, Trump said during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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