Waiting to claim Social Security can mean a bigger monthly check, but nearly half of working Americans say they plan to claim benefits before reaching their full retirement age (FRA).According to the Schroders 2025 U.S. Retirement Survey, 44% of non-retirees expect to file for Social Security benefits before reaching age 67, the FRA for workers born in or after 1960.
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If you’re receiving Social Security benefits (or expect to someday), you’ve probably heard some people discuss the program’s cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, with the same excitement as the first moon landing.But that’s also understandable.Social Security plays a big role in many people’s retirement finances. So a larger COLA versus a smaller one could spell the difference between being able to cover retirement expenses and struggling.
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Despite signing a $3.7 billion aircraft purchase agreement and agreeing to buy higher-priced American wheat as part of its commitments under the US Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, Bangladesh has so far gained little except fresh tariffs imposed unilaterally by Washington, raising questions about the deal’s effectiveness.
Bangladesh now faces an additional 10% tariff over alleged forced labour,
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The hottest tech trades of 2026 just got slammed – smart investors are buying anyway
Chip stocks have taken a beating – but there’s reason to stay bullish.
A bull market supported by several sectors is much sturdier than one balanced on a tower of parabolic semiconductor stocks.
Palantir Technologies (PLTR -0.30%) is scheduled to release its second quarter earnings on Aug. 3. Throughout 2026, Palantir stock has endured a difficult stretch — falling about 30% as investors rotate out of enterprise SaaS names amid new model features from Anthropic and OpenAI.While the decline in Palantir stock has already reset some of the optimism that supported shares in prior years,
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Micron Technology has been on a tear on the stock market in 2026, with its shares almost tripling this year, as of this writing. However, the memory specialist’s gains have been eclipsed by a 242% surge in shares of Dell Technologies (DELL -0.42%).Dell stock has benefited from a significant acceleration in revenue and earnings growth this year,
Micron Technology has been on a tear on the stock market in 2026, with its shares almost tripling this year, as of this writing. However, the memory specialist’s gains have been eclipsed by a 242% surge in shares of Dell Technologies (DELL -0.42%).
Warren Buffett stands as one of the most celebrated investors in history. Under his leadership at Berkshire Hathaway beginning in 1965, the investment conglomerate delivered a compound annual gain of 19.7% through 2025, almost double the S&P 500‘s (^GSPC +0.05%) 10.5% average annual return over the same period.
A man looks over the plunging stock market indices at the Nasdaq MarketSite, December 20, 2000, in New York City’s Times Square.
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While baby boomers hog most of the attention in conversations about retirement,