Month: April 2023

These days, most Americans are stressed about money. And yet, when it comes to budgeting, saving and managing debt, many get some simple fundamentals wrong. For example, according to one LendingTree survey, 65% of Americans think carrying a small balance on their credit card each month will improve their credit score. That’s incorrect. Not only can
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In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testifies about the company’s labor and union practices during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 29, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Starbucks fired Alexis Rizzo, the
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A Social Security Administration office in San Francisco. Getty Images The Social Security trust funds that about 67 million Americans rely on for benefits are scheduled to be depleted in 2034, one year earlier than was projected last year, according to the annual trustees’ report released by the Treasury Department on Friday. Unless Congress takes
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One Canada Square, at the heart of Canary Wharf financial district seen standing between the Citibank building and HSBC building on 14th October 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images The prolonged period of loose monetary policy after the global financial crisis equated to central banks “nationalizing bond markets,”
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about whether filing dates can affect the application of COLAs to benefits, how public pensions can affect spousal benefits and submitting applications before benefits begin. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. Should My Husband Have
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The U.S. is more of a mortgage-ownership society than a home-ownership society. A 2022 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) study of 28 countries found the U.S. had the third lowest percentage of households that owned their homes “free and clear” with no mortgages, as “outright owners.” Free-and-Clear Homeownership Rate of Households Lithuania =
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