Finance

Essential Financial To-Dos for 11 of Life's Biggest Milestones

When celebrating a major moment — a big birthday, graduation, marriage — no one wants to consider the financial implications. But it could be a costly mistake not ...

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Your Diversified ETF Isn't as Diversified as You Think — and Here's the $700 Billion Reason Why

Editor's note: This is the first article in a four-part series on AI concentration risk in growth portfolios. The next articles examine the supply chain behind tha...

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This Is the Portfolio Shift Every Pre-Retiree Should Make Before Retirement

Most of my clients spend three decades focused on one number: How much they've saved. As they approach retirement, the question shifts. How much can we spend and k...

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Discover’s New 5% Cash Back Categories Could Help With Holiday Costs

The holidays are right around the corner. And with gas prices remaining ulcer-inducing, getting a head start on your plans isn't a bad idea. On this note, Discover...

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Why Leaving an Equal Inheritance to Your Children Could Backfire

Leaving an equal inheritance sounds fair and like the right thing to do. Just split everything down the middle, avoid playing favorites, and do what you have to do...

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5 Times You Should Absolutely Not Do a Roth Conversion

Roth conversions get a lot of enthusiastic press, and most of it is deserved. Moving money from a traditional IRA into a Roth can reshape your tax picture for deca...

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My First $1 Million: Retired Media Project Manager, 68, Southern Maryland

Welcome to Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series, in which we hear from people who have made $1 million. They're sharing how they did it and what they're doing wi...

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35% of Workers Have Pushed Retirement Later. At 73, His Current 401(k) May Delay RMDs Even While His IRA Cannot.

The post 35% of Workers Have Pushed Retirement Later. At 73, His Current 401(k) May Delay RMDs Even While His IRA Cannot. appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Retirement keeps moving further away for ...

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Older Americans are sliding into poverty

The supplemental poverty rate for older Americans has increased.Willowpix/Getty ImagesAfter a surge of pandemic-era aid, older Americans have faced rising poverty.Healthcare costs drive older Ameri...

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Patience at the Plate: 5 Investing Lessons From Baseball

Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series about the intersection of baseball and investing. Part two will focus on the evolution of the game. Many of t...

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Stocks Rally for Mixed Close to Volatile Week: Stock Market Today

All the equity indexes were lower, and all the sectors were in the red around midday, almost as if they were dipping their caps to honor perhaps the greatest inves...

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The Inheritance Investment Quiz: Will You Grow or Blow Your Family Legacy?

The Great Wealth Transfer is underway in the United States, with an estimated $124 trillion in assets expected to pass from older generations to younger ones over ...

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As a dual Canada-U.S. citizen, how does Yvonne report income from RESPs for her U.S. taxes?

Q. I am a Canadian-U.S. dual citizen who lives in Canada. I wish to contribute to a registered education savings plan (RESP) for my two children who are also dual citizens who live in Canada. Alth...

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How Advisers Can Help Women Take the Reins of Their Retirement

Women are stepping into the retirement conversation with more power and purpose than ever. They control a growing share of household wealth, typically outlive thei...

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SBA Loan Rules Just Changed: Here's What Could Sink Your Application in 2026

If you're planning to apply for an SBA loan this year, don't assume the process works the way it did 18 months ago. The Small Business Administration has quietly r...

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Warren Buffett Steps as Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

Once more, there were no bells, no whistles, this time not even two cans of Coca-Cola and a box of See's Candies. Just a post on the company website and wide-blast...

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When Two Financial Lives Collide Later in Life

Finding love later in life can bring a renewed sense of possibility, but it can also come with homes, retirement accounts, trusts, business interests, adult childr...

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The 20 best airlines in the world, ranked by passengers

Singapore Airlines was named the best airline in the world in 2026.Kevin Carter/Getty ImagesThe aviation rating company Skytrax announced its 2026 World Airline Awards on Friday.Flyers evaluated ai...

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AI is fueling 'off-the-charts' anxiety among tech workers, says Menlo Ventures partner

A Menlo Ventures partner says AI is making tech workers anxious about their careers.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesGet a job in tech, they said. You'll be set for life, they said.Then came AI.Now workers ar...

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How televangelists actually work, according to a pastor

Costi Hinn is an American pastor and author known for publicly criticizing the "prosperity gospel" televangelism model popularized by his uncle, Benny Hinn.He spent years participating in internati...

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Uber employees say AI is doing everything from writing support chat responses to answering questions in Slack

Some Uber employees said that they felt AI was one reason behind the company's layoffs earlier this month.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesSome laid-off Uber employees say that AI was playing a bigger role in...

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