Month: November 2020

U.S. equity futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Tuesday, amid this week’s rotation out of technology stocks into cyclical names. Dow futures rose 80 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.2% and 0.14%, respectively. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 262 points. Fueling the rally is the hopes of
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When it comes to Medicare, not all vaccines are the same. getty While we await the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s a good time to learn about Medicare’s coverage of vaccinations. For example: Sally lives in a small, rural community and sees the one doctor in town. She got her pneumonia vaccination during her first
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Loren Ponds Courtesy of Loren Ponds Shortly after Loren Ponds finished her LLM in tax at Georgetown University, she packed up her apartment in Washington and moved to Germany to research international tax under a prestigious, German-funded global fellowship. It would seem like a routine move for an international tax lawyer, especially one like Ponds, who was thinking about
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Allianz Global Investors’ Mona Mahajan won’t rule out market consolidation over the next several weeks. But she’s painting a bullish long-term picture that’s chiefly tied to a key advancement on the coronavirus front. “We’ve had tremendous vaccine news,” the firm’s senior U.S. investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Tuesday. Since yesterday’s encouraging vaccine announcement
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shapecharge | E+ | Getty Images Medicare beneficiaries who pay extra for coverage due to higher income should be aware that those monthly surcharges are creeping up for 2021. With the standard premium for Part B (which covers outpatient care) now set at $148.50 next year, those so-called income-related monthly adjustment amounts, or IRMAAs, will
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High-flying automotive executive turned international fugitive Carlos Ghosn believes the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate consolidation of the global automotive industry, including his former employer Nissan Motor. In a rare interview following his daring escape to Lebanon from Japan on Dec. 29, the former Nissan chairman said the industry will continue to struggle even after a
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about when a person can receive spousal benefits, whether it’s possible to receive widow’s benefits on the record of a spouse with substantial income who died 11 months after marriage and when divorced spousal benefits can be paid. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston
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