Month: April 2022

Today’s financially savvy teens are thinking a lot about cryptocurrency, blockchain and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Many of these young investors are curious about how they should start putting money into the often-volatile asset class. Experts say that new investors don’t need to shy away from cryptocurrency, but warn that they should educate themselves on
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about whether income after 70 can increase benefit rates, taking retirement benefits before survivor’s benefits and how the earnings test is applied if your income ends in the middle of the year. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic
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The Midcentury Modern-inspired residence at the heart of Westwind Farm in Portland, Oregon, boasts a distinguished architectural pedigree. The home was created late in the career architect of Pietro Belluschi, who designed the Portland Art Museum in 1932 and downtown Portland’s glass-and-aluminum Equitable office building in 1947. Credited with designing more than 1,000 buildings, he
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Loading chart… OptimizeRx Corp: “There’s not enough there at that company. … Can’t go there.” Loading chart… American Airlines Group Inc: “Good quarter. … I thought United‘s quarter was even better. I like these guys.” Loading chart… ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd: “These stocks are one-way stocks. … When they go down, look out. And
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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Efforts to expand a federal program for disabled, elderly and blind Americans suffered a setback on Thursday when the Supreme Court ruled that Puerto Rico residents should be excluded from receiving those benefits. The program, called Supplemental Security Income, or SSI,
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Topline The stock market reversed gains and moved lower on Thursday following comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who signaled aggressive interest rate hikes ahead while all but confirming market expectations of a half-percentage point increase at the central bank’s next policy meeting in May. Key Facts Stocks rose earlier in the day thanks
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In the fourth quarter of 2021 the average sales price of a home in the US was up 18 percent from 2020; compare that to the 6 percent increases of previous years. At first blush this seems impossible during a recession. In 50 years and through seven recessions it’s never happened. But on second thought
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