The rule of thumb holds that Americans need to maintain 70% of their pre-retirement income after they stop working. If that’s true, then the retirement crisis is even worse than we thought—and it’s worst in the Northeast, the most populous area in the country.
A recent study from Interest.com found...
Reports from late 2019 and early 2020 have identified numerous restaurant and food chains that either closed or plan on closing stores across the country. Although each brand has specific reasoning for closing particular stores, the status of the economy certainly has an impact. In a strong...
A new year signals a new course for retirees and their retirement saving plans. As part of the 2020 government appropriations bill, the SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act) was signed into law. While the bill does include breakthroughs for some businesses and...
Last week, stocks closed at all-time highs after the Bank of Japan announced surprising stimulus measures. This week, the fallout from that decision continued.
On Monday, the Japanese yen fell to a seven-year low of 114.2 against the U.S. dollar. In other words, $1 dollar U.S. is worth 113 Japanese...
It’s been nearly a month since President Obama made a strong push for fiduciary responsibility on Wall Street, explaining that biased financial advice robs everyday Americans of billions of dollars each year.
Since that time, politicians and financial advisors alike have weighed in on the issue. But on Tuesday, perhaps...
This week’s approval of H.R. 83, the $1.1 trillion ‘Cromnibus’ spending bill that will fund the federal government for 2015, did serious damage to the Dodd-Frank Act.
Language in the bill re-permits trading in swaps and derivatives by FDIC-insured banks—a practice the Dodd-Frank Act eliminated when it was signed back...
