Month: March 2023

Since the Roth IRA was created in 1997, a portion of the financial services community warned the Roth IRA was a trap. Congress would wait until Roth accounts held trillions of dollars, then repeal all or some of the tax benefits. From the start, I’ve been skeptical of the arguments that Roth IRAs are a
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In this article DG WMT KR SNAP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A worker carries bananas inside the Walmart SuperCenter in North Bergen, New Jersey. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | AP For some shoppers who already struggle to cover grocery bills, the budget is getting tighter. This month, pandemic-related emergency funding from the Supplemental Nutrition
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It is “unlikely” that European banks will undergo anything as serious as in 2008, according to economists. Peter Macdiarmid / Staff / Getty Images LONDON — Turbulence across the banking sector has prompted the question of whether we are teetering on the edge of another financial crash, 2008-style. But a banking crisis today would look
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Illustration by Gene Kim As weed becomes legal in more states, how and if travelers can bring their stash on board remains up in the air. Twenty-one states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational use for adults 21 years and older, and 37 states and Washington, D.C., have medical marijuana programs. But marijuana is still
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Aging solo is about those individuals who are widowed or not married, live alone, and have no family or none they can count on. They are going through the last years of their lives on their own. It can be just fine until one’s health declines and the usual activities and access to friends get
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Vanita Johnson Courtesy: Vanita Johnson After 13 years in teaching and education administration, Vanita Johnson switched to a position she always wanted — behind the wheel of a big rig. Johnson took a three-week course in trucking, got her commercial driver’s license and became an independent owner-operator. She eventually joined a larger company and has
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