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Smart Investor: 60/40 Portfolios, Nvidia at $4 Trillion, Will Tariffs Bite Q2 Earnings
If there was any excitement to be had, it was in crowning Nvidia with a new title: the first public company to be worth $4 ...
I have $2,000 left at the end of the month. Should I claim Social Security early at 62?
I'll be 62 in early 2026. I'm in relatively good physical shape. I collect 100% VA Disability for mental health at $4,000 per month. I have $40,000 in cryptocurrency that I play around with. I have $2 ...
Gen Z and millennials are leaving tons of retirement money on the table. 5 tips to boost your nest egg.
The whole trick to retirement savings is to put money away steadily and consistently. But one lesson that Generation X and boomers missed out on when the U.S. retirement system switched over to favor ...
Should you trust AI for Medicare, Social Security or long-term-care advice?
However, ChatGPT, Copilot, Deepseek and Meta AI failed to mention that if you enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan and later want to switch to original Medicare, you can be rejected for a Medigap plan ...
Nursing homes may start sedating your elderly parents - and, eventually, you - because they don't have enough workers
The chances of your parent or grandparent being subject to so-called "chemical restraint" by nursing-home staff is about 10% higher than it would have been if the staffing mandate had survived, ...
Should you trust AI for Medicare, Social -2-
Avoid sharing your personal health and financial data. That's because you can't always be sure where the information you give AI will end up. Keep yourself out of prompts; for help picking a Medicare ...
How Trump's big bill makes it easier for all Americans to claim the tax break for charitable donations - not just rich people
Around 10% of people itemize their deductions now, and they are typically wealthier. The other 90% take the standard deduction, which expanded in the 2017 Trump tax cuts and will get bigger under the ...
How the passage of Trump's megabill could benefit you at tax time
A long-term investor in Apple (AAPL) might be perfectly thrilled at the stock's performance. It has returned 663% over the past 10 years, compared with a return of 261% for the S&P 500 SPX. And ...
Trump's letters to E.U. and Mexico threaten 30% tariffs starting Aug. 1
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced 30% tariffs on the European Union and on Mexico, cementing a new high level of levies with key trading partners ahead of an Aug. 1 implementation.
Trump rounds out key tariff threats with letters to EU and Mexico
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced 30% tariffs on the European Union and on Mexico, cementing a new high level of levies with key trading partners ahead of an Aug. 1 implementation.
I put my $500K inheritance into a joint account with my husband. Can I leave half of it to my son from a previous marriage?
By Quentin Fottrell 'If I predecease my husband, my will states that my son will receive half of this account' Dear Quentin, My husband and I have a joint investment account with ...
When my friend was on her deathbed, her parents took $25,000 in cash and won't give it to her son. Do we tell him?
'They are a very religious family. These are the same people who hug the altar every week.' ...