Presidents and Social Security: How Presidents Have Impacted America's First Social Insurance Policy
Since President Roosevelt signed the historic legislation that created the Social Security program in 1935, almost every president has left his mark on a program that over 68 million retirees benefit from monthly. Without Social Security benefits, 37.3% of older adults would have incomes below the poverty level, all else being equal;
Read MoreMutual fund industry unfazed as rattled investors rush to pause investments
The SIP stoppage ratio—discontinued or expired SIP accounts against new SIP registrations in a given month—spiked to 109% in January, the highest since it hit 52% in April last year, per a JM Financial Institutional Securities report dated 13 February.
In absolute terms, however, the number of outstanding SIP accounts declined from 103.2 million in December to 102.7 million in January—by about 0.5%.
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Read MoreDoes Warren Buffett Know Something Wall Street Doesn't? He Just Made a Shocking Move That Could Be a Warning for Investors.
Warren Buffett isn’t called “the Oracle of Omaha” for nothing. The billionaire has proven his knowledge of the stock market over time, and as a result, Berkshire Hathaway has delivered market-beating performance over 58 years. As chairman, Buffett has helped the holding company generate a compounded annual gain of more than 19% over that time period —
India is a new global powerhouse — should you invest?
Is investors’ love affair with India beginning to cool? Foreign investors have now sold more Indian shares than they have bought in each of the past four months, with net outflows of $8.3 billion in January alone. After a stellar run, India’s stockmarket has come off the boil since the autumn,
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Read More‘Mad as hell’ Canadians cancel US travel en masse as trade war escalates
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Dividend King Offers 24.1% Upside
Some stocks are just plain old boring. In bullish markets, you can gloss past them for better opportunities. But in bear markets, they can save your portfolio. One such company is Procter & Gamble.
Less than a year ago it was trading at over $160 per share. Since its 52-week high was reached,
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Market Commentary: Up 600% This Year, We Nailed It
On June 6, we featured IONQ. If you’re not familiar with it, IonQ is a quantum computing company that develops and operates trapped ion quantum computers.
The technology uses individual atoms as qubits, which are the basic units of information in a quantum computer. IonQ’s computers are designed to solve the world’s most complex problems,
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