Trump signs order expanding access to retirement accounts
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that would make it easier for the tens of millions of workers without access to workplace retirement plans to find and open an individual retirement account through a federal platform. It is the latest attempt to address a problem that has hampered American savers for generations.
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Trump signs executive order expanding access to retirement accounts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for a new government website where people in the United States can find and compare private-sector retirement savings accounts, aiming to help millions of workers whose employers do not offer such plans.
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President Donald Trump Vowed Not to Touch Social Security — but He May Have Indirectly Broken That Promise
Since the first retired-worker benefit was mailed in January 1940, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for aging workers who could no longer do so for themselves. However, this long-standing social program isn’t on the best financial footing.
While several factors have been chipping away at Social Security’s foundation for decades,
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Why 1 Insider Just Bet Big on Palantir Near Its All-Time High
In a world flooded with hype about artificial intelligence, few companies have the real-world track record to back it up but Palantir Technologies certainly does. Yet skeptics keep pointing to valuation as overhyped so why is one insider still buying?
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Palantir’s 20-year lead in data analytics puts it in a good spot to dominate enterprise AI.
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Apple shares climbed late last week on Wall Street’s growing belief that the company may have defused one of its biggest political risks, the ongoing tariff standoff with the Trump administration.
The breakthrough comes after Apple announced an eye-popping $600 billion investment in the United States, a figure that instantly turned heads in Washington and on Wall Street.
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If You Could Only Buy 1 High-Income Fund, What Would It Be?
Options trading is sometimes viewed as risky and that reputation is well-earned, especially when selling calls and puts naked. But when combined with stock ownership in the form of a covered call, it can be quite a conservative strategy.
Similar to the popular ETFs that track indexes like the S&P 500, a covered call ETF can be bought and sold like a stock,
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