Nearly every retirement-age American is in debt. How it happened, and how to cut costs.
That old adage, ‘Retire without debt,’ may be going the way of the electric typewriter. Nearly every retirement-age American has debt.
Trump Social Security Tax Plan: Which Millennials Benefit Most
A new report found high-earning, older millennials would benefit from Trump's Social Security tax proposal—but not all groups ...
Medicare Part B Premium and Deductible Rates Decrease In 2025
On Sept. 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2023 standard monthly premium and ...
Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?
The Fed’s short-term rates matter, but the main action now is in the 10-year Treasury market, which influences mortgages, ...
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The Average Balance in 3 Types of Retirement Accounts in 2024 (so Far)
New research of a Martian meteorite suggests that water - an essential ingredient for life - arose in hot springs on Mars 4.4 billion years ago, at the same time as it did on Earth. Seven Taiwanese ...
This is Money15d
Cheapest mortgage rates on the market are now three-year fixes
They may be less common than two or five-year deals, but three-year fixed rate mortgages are now the cheapest on the market. It is thought lenders are seeking to attract borrowers who don't want ...
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Yen set for best January in seven years as rates path diverge
The yen was on track for its best monthly start to the year since 2018 on Friday, helped by the view that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is likely to keep raising rates ... stood at 20.6849 per dollar ...
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30-Year Refinance Rates Come Close to Dipping Back Under 7%
Rate movement showed declines across several other refi loan types as well Thursday. The 15-year refi average subtracted 4 basis points, while the 20-year average dipped 3 points. Jumbo 30-year ...
The New York Times15d
The Retirement Maneuver More People Should Be Making
I wrote about it last year. Rothification is the conversion of an ordinary individual retirement account or 401(k) into a Roth I.R.A. For simplicity I’ll stick with the case of converting an ...
Sydney Morning Herald15d
Retirees reap the rewards after another year of sky-high super returns
Balanced funds for the year performed above the long-term average, with the overall median coming in the retirement phase at 9.8 per cent. Loading The three best performers in the retirement phase ...
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PSC approves retirement of police officers aged over 60 or 35 years in service
Abuja — The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the immediate retirement of senior police officers who have either spent over 35 years in service or are above 60 years of age.
The Bookseller15d
Review of the Year, Non-Fiction – Nonplussed: market charts leanest period in almost a decade
The throughline of our Reviews of the Year has been that 2024 was unsurpassed for Fiction and a slog in Non-Fiction. How much of a slog depends on which part of the market. For Nielsen BookScan ...