Big changes are just a few weeks away.
The 401(k) is a go-to account for workers to build their retirement savings, and the IRS has just announced updates that could shake things up in 2025.
On Nov. 1, the 2025 contribution limits were unveiled — and they are bigger than ever.
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US stocks sank on Friday, recording steep weekly losses as investors absorbed Chair Jerome Powell’s signal that the Federal Reserve won’t hurry to make interest-rate cuts.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 1.3%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) slid 0.7%.
A new rule puts near-retirees in a strong position to boost their savings.
There’s a benefit to saving for retirement in a 401(k) over an IRA. With a 401(k), you get the ability to contribute a much larger sum each year. And if you’re lucky, a workplace match could put more money into your retirement plan.
Debt-oriented mutual funds saw a robust recovery in October as inflows touched Rs 1.57 lakh crore. This infusion was driven by investments in liquid schemes. The positive inflow enhanced the asset base of debt mutual funds by 11 per cent to touch Rs 16.64 lakh crore in October end, in comparison to Rs 14.97 lakh crore clocked during the same period a year earlier.
Any eruption of trade tensions between the US and China could pierce the sharemarket’s enthusiasm for the second Trump administration given the elevated stakes for Australia’s key trading partner and iron ore customer.
The price of the steelmaking commodity quickly came under pressure as investors assessed what president-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda means for China’s already faltering growth prospects.
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SHANGHAI – Mr Manuel Garibay travelled from the American north-west to Shanghai in early November, hoping to sell dried cherries to Chinese consumers.
But even in an exhibition hall filled with prospective buyers at China’s largest import expo, he worried that the lucrative market – which makes up a fifth of his company’s profits – might soon grow harder to reach.
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Right now, we’re in the midst of a powerful technology revolution. Driven by exciting technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and robotics, this revolution is creating some incredible investment opportunities for long-term stock market investors like myself.
Are British investors missing out on this revolution though? I fear a lot might be,
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A recent Sebi report highlighted the significant losses individual traders incurred in the equity futures and options (F&O) segment between FY22 and FY24. A whopping 91.1% of these traders lost money …
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