Smart Investor: What’s Next for Bond Yields, 40 Newly Cheap Stocks, and Tech IPOs
With just a couple of days to go in 2024, the Morningstar US Market Index is on track for a second consecutive year of ...
'I worked hard for my savings': I'm 71 and a retired teacher. I want to give my kids money - but my daughter spends lavishly and my son is wealthy.
Give each child an equal amount and allow them to make their own mistakes. If you don't trust your daughter to spend the money wisely, have a separate conversation with each child about their needs, ...
'I'm nervous about the market': We're living off my pension as practice for retirement, but I'm afraid of a market correction
You might find, after careful analysis of your spending needs and savings goals, that it is OK to withdraw some of your investments to in order to delay claiming Social Security. Ultimately, it's a ...
The second-season curse: Why Round 2 of 'Squid Game' may not be a winner for Netflix
Netflix has certainly done its share to promote the second season: It not only gave it a prime holiday spot on the calendar - it debuted the day after Christmas - but it also has created a free mobile ...
Want to retire abroad? Read this instead of the usual 'best places to retire' lists.
Every year, various publications reveal new "best places to retire abroad" lists. Providing snapshot overviews and gorgeous photos of top expat countries, these articles are wildly popular whether ...
Cannabis sector limps into 2025 because 'the gold rush is over'
Investors owning cannabis stocks will no doubt hope for a reversal of fortunes in 2025 after a year of bruising losses in equity prices tied to the business of legalized marijuana in the U.S. With ...
A retirement expert's best advice? Don't retire.
Economist Alicia Munnell, one of the nation's leading experts on retirement, has some advice that may seem counterintuitive: The key to a successful retirement, she says, is not to retire.
'He's 70 and fairly wealthy': I met the love of my life three years ago. How do I politely ask that he include me in his will?
I'll get right to it. I met the love of my life and we are now in an almost three-year relationship. He's 70 and fairly wealthy. I'm 77 and independent, but not wealthy. I own my own home, as does he.
Lumps of coal for Wall Street money managers - again
The most and least popular asset classes among big investors emerge from the highly regarded monthly Bank of America Securities Global Fund Manager Survey, which typically talks to about 200 asset ...
Forget the 4% rule. Consider this new magic number for retirement withdrawals instead.
The time-honored - and sometimes controversial - 4% rule suggests that a retiree should be able to withdraw 4% of their savings and investments in their first year of retirement and then adjust the ...
'My stepmother makes me feel unwelcome': I bought a house for my father in 2008, but now he wants me to sign over a 50% share for his third wife
You are your stepmother's stepson - not her stepfather.
My Social Security benefit will be $4,500 a month. My wife's is now $615. Can she get more?
She stopped working about 15 years ago and started drawing her Social Security when she was 62' I am close to pulling the plug on working. I turn 70 next year and plan to work until I hit 70 before ...