Month: August 2019

Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses filing early in anticipation of potential future benefit cuts, who can still file restricted applications, potential effects of pensions on Social Security benefits, the availability of survivor benefits and
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European stocks traded lower on Monday as investors reacted to the latest escalation in the U.S.-China trade war. European Markets: FTSE, GDAXI, FCHI, IBEX The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell about 0.4% during morning deals, with sectors and major bourses broadly in the red. European basic resources stocks, with their heavy exposure to China, fell 0.3%. 
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St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said Friday the central bank should continue to ease monetary policy because of the recession signal being flashed by the bond market.  “The yield curve is inverted here. We’ve got one of the higher rates on the yield curve here. That’s not a good place to be,” Bullard told CNBC’s
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The Ball Corporation logo. Getty Friday’s big down move really accelerated on news about China’s latest retaliatory tariffs. Many have asked if it makes sense to go to cash until the storm passes. But, there will always be another storm. A better question is what stocks should we buy now, at lower prices, if we have
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The table is set in live-in chef Bronwen Kinzler-Britton’s Brooklyn apartment. Resident A Brooklyn rental building is bringing together residents by offering a unique amenity — a live-in chef. RXR Realty developer of 475 Clermont in Fort Greene partnered with supper club startup Resident to offer a communal dining experience to residents. As part of
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James Bullard David Orrell | CNBC This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard spoke with CNBC’s Steve Liesman on Friday from the Federal Reserve’s economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “You take out the insurance, if nothing happens you take it back,” said Bullard. 
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Purdue University Michael Hickey/Getty Images Venture capitalists, colleges and politicians are working to make income sharing agreements the norm on campuses. Consumer advocates are sounding the alarm. Under these types of agreements, students forfeit a slice of their future income in exchange for money to pay for college. The contracts are often framed as a
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Insider buying can be a great indicator for us income investors to buy alongside management. After all, when the big bosses reach into their own pockets to purchase their own payout streams, it’s a signal that they are confident in more than just the next dividend. They believe their stock has upside, too. Often this
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An experimental patch designed to deliver cancer medications through the skin Source: M.I.T. An experimental patch designed to deliver cancer medications through the skin showed promise in mice and human skin samples, according to new research presented Sunday at the American Chemical Society conference in California, San Diego. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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