Month: September 2019

Plenty of parents start their kids off with a piggy bank to underscore the importance of savings. Very few teach their children how to invest. “Investing is something a lot of parents struggle with,” said Roger Young, a senior financial planner at T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills, Maryland. Parents who don’t have best habits
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Lingnan Tiandi located in the historic southern China commercial city of Foshan boasts striking architectural details.  Urban Land Institute Two real estate development projects in China were among 11 from around the world feted as winners of the 2019 Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The annual awards by the are
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Lafayette, California, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Getty Images A sprawling and controversial new labor law signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom this week could have major tax consequences for gig workers in the state and eventually, perhaps, throughout the country. The measure, called Assembly Bill (AB) 5, makes it much harder
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The New York Federal Reserve will continue overnight repurchase operations through October as it seeks to quell market instability from earlier this week. Short-term rates in the “repo” market spiked overnight Monday amid a shortfall in funding stemming from a variety of factors. The Fed responded with a series of liquidity injections aimed at preventing
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Stock exchange collectibles. Old stock share certificates from 1950s-1970s (United States). Vintage scripophily objects (obsolete). Getty So, as it turns out, Elizabeth Warren’s Social Security expansion proposal is not the only one of her plans to affect Americans’ retirement well-being. But the proposal of hers which will affect Americans’ retirement savings, in their 401(k)s and
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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 when to file for spousal benefits, when spousal benefits become available, whether survivor benefits can be voluntarily stopped, maximizing benefits for a married couple and when the Social Security
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