Month: December 2023

GlobalStock | Getty Images Workers who turn 62 years old might be tempted to increase their income by claiming Social Security retirement benefits. But those claimants should understand that their Social Security benefits may be temporarily reduced due to the income they earn. That Social Security rule — the retirement earnings test — is “poorly
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You aren’t alone if you are missing some retirement account assets. Sadly, many have forgotten old 401(k)s or other retirement plan assets. According to Capitalize, a company specializing in 401(k) rollovers, a shocking 20% of all 401(k) assets in the US were in forgotten accounts at the end of 2021. The days of working for
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In this article CMCSA PARA DIS WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Grinch Source: Universal Studios  It’s human nature for a new year to bring optimism and hope. For executives, investors and employees in the entertainment and telecommunications industries, 2024 is set to disappoint. Maybe that’s too grinchy. Some things will get better.
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In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Southwest Airlines ranked as the second best domestic airline, according to Bounce’s 2023 Airline Index. Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images Southwest Airlines and its pilots’ union have reached a new preliminary labor agreement, ending months of tense negotiations. Southwest is the last of
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Axel Lehmann, chairman of Credit Suisse Group AG, Colm Kelleher, chairman of UBS Group AG, Karin Keller-Sutter, Switzerland’s finance minister, Alain Berset, Switzerland’s president, Thomas Jordan, president of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), Marlene Amstad, chairperson of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), left to right, during a news conference in Bern, Switzerland, on
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In this article TGT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Target’s shuttered small-format store on Folsom Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, November 2023. Gabrielle Fonrouge On Sept. 26, Target set off a national firestorm when it said it would close nine stores in four states because theft and organized retail crime had made them
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Patronus AI cofounders Anand Kannappan and Rebecca Qian Patronus AI Large language models, similar to the one at the heart of ChatGPT, frequently fail to answer questions derived from Securities and Exchange Commission filings, researchers from a startup called Patronus AI found. Even the best-performing AI model configuration they tested, OpenAI’s GPT-4-Turbo, when armed with
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Morsa Images | Getty Images Inflation has given millions of people new access to certain investments earmarked for the wealthy — and consumer advocates argue that’s not a good thing. Americans must generally be “accredited” to invest in private companies and investments such as private equity and hedge funds. That accredited status is a consumer
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It’s been a stellar year for the travel industry, according to Morning Consult. The market research company, in a new report entitled “2023 Holiday Travel Trends,” summarized the year by stating: “leisure volume soared, airplanes were packed, and hotel bookings were high.” But heading into the year-end peak travel season, consumers are showing increased price
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Let’s say you just had your 50th birthday party. Can you still retire a millionaire? Retiring a millionaire is quite simple, but it’s not easy. Otherwise, we’d see millions more people reaching financial freedom. Here is the basic math to achieve millionaire status – to help you see what you need to do daily, monthly,
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