Month: July 2021

Today’s column addresses questions about whether Social Security reps normally try to convince people to take their retirement benefit before they turn 70, whether to file for retirement benefits after taking survivor benefits and when spousal benefits could be paid along with public pensions. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and
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A customer makes a payment using China’s digital currency, or e-CNY, at Wangfujing Department Store on February 11, 2021 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s central bank is “quite worried” about risks to the global financial system from privately developed digital currencies, particularly so-called global stablecoins. These
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An IRS office building in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. Timothy Fadek/Bloomberg via Getty Images Last December, two Atlanta tax professionals pled guilty to a scheme that defrauded the IRS of more than $250 million in taxes. The scam claimed more than $1.2 billion in fraudulent charitable deductions through so-called syndicated conservation easements,
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Millions of Americans have switched jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. Beyond that, some 12,000 baby boomers have been entering retirement every day, which has led to a flood of 401(k) rollovers. Along the way, many workers will make one or more of the following seven 401(k) rollover mistakes. The result of a 401(k)-rollover mistake can be
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One of Wall Street’s biggest bulls isn’t jumping on the growth stock bandwagon. Despite the tech-heavy Nasdaq‘s run to record highs, Credit Suisse’s Jonathan Golub prefers value trades right now. “The second quarter of this year will be the fastest GDP quarter that we had since 1952. So basically since the Marshall Plan and the
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Olena Ruban | Moment | Getty Images Cannabis industry investors have been treated to a series of legislative catalysts over the last three years that have moved equity valuations.  Notable moments include Canada’s federal adult-use implementation, the election of President Joe Biden, and the Georgia Senate run-off in January. Additionally, the state-by-state legalization movement is
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