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On this episode of The Long View, Nick Murray, author and advisor to financial advisors, breaks down how investors can get in ...
When prices go up, the store is one of the most obvious places where consumers feel it. When the nation's biggest retailer, Walmart Inc., reports results on Thursday, the results will offer the ...
Once tax-filing season kicks off in January, the federal tax and spending package that became law last month will give teachers like Fulmer a broader write-off for school supplies they purchase out of ...
A super-duper first-world problem incoming. My spouse and I ( 51 and 59) have a household net worth of around $11 million, which includes oversized college funds for our two teenagers. We have retired ...
'I am asking for my mom, who is on a fixed income. It would be a nice boon.' "Mind you, we have no idea which bank it's even at." (Photo subject is a model.) ...
Here's a letter from a weary Moneyist reader in the aftermath of the latest inflation data: "I'm confused! Inflation numbers are up and the stock market is also up, supposedly because Wall Street ...
Later, President Trump talked about purging the system of Social Security accounts supposedly aged over 120 years, or even over 160. But this issue has already been beaten to death. Technologies have ...
"Safe-deposit boxes often have restricted access after the owner's death," says the AARP. "When the person passes away, the box is typically sealed until the probate process begins. That can result in ...
Too many families treat wealth disclosure like a surprise party: grand reveal, stunned heirs - then silence. Thiegs argues for the opposite: start early, keep it simple and maintain transparency. -- ...
It is a big deal - opening part of America's $12.4 trillion defined-contribution market to private-asset managers. The largest private-equity firms and other asset managers are salivating at the ...
Other financial regrets held up as the "worst ever" include lending money to family and friends (always operate on the basis that you'll never see it again), taking out a student loan and going to ...
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