Month: October 2020

By Christina Leimer, Next Avenue getty I turned 60 last year, and within months learned that the job I’d hoped would be my last before retirement was being cut. I was angry, afraid, sad, anxious and felt betrayed. My confidence was punctured. But I felt relief too, and an elated sense of freedom and lightness.
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Caterpillar Inc. excavators are displayed for sale at the Whayne Supply Co. dealership in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Industrial machinery manufacturer Caterpillar on Tuesday reported a 54% drop in earnings in the third quarter as equipment sales declined across all regions and segments. Caterpillar posted
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Americans are experiencing three pandemics right now, according to wellness expert and best-selling author Deepak Chopra. The first is the Covid-19 pandemic and loss of life associated with the virus, he said. The second is the concurrent financial crisis hitting people across the country. “The third pandemic is anxiety and stress and fear of death,”
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It’s smart to think ahead and plan for the time in your life when you might need care. getty Pre-retirees face several potential risks during retirement that require their focused attention and planning, such as outliving their money, stock market crashes, inflation, and the high cost of medical bills. Now the COVID pandemic has exposed
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Congressional ridlock over state and city budget aid may lead to new demands on Federal Reserve and … [+] muni market. –Getty Creative Images getty Failing to pass another Covid stimulus package because of Senate Republican resistance is increasing the budget squeeze on cities and states and raising cautions in the municipal bond market.  Although Joe Biden and
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Janhvi Bhojwani | CNBC We still have two months left in 2020, but the IRS has already released a breakdown of next year’s marginal income tax rates. Each year, the taxman updates its individual income tax brackets to reflect inflation. There are seven brackets: 10%, 12%,
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getty The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the tax year 2021, including tax rate schedules, tax tables and cost-of-living adjustments. These are the numbers for the tax year 2021 beginning January 1, 2021. They are not the numbers and tables that you’ll use to prepare your 202o tax returns in 2021 (you’ll find
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