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Warning: Don’t Count on Retiring Late
If you’re planning to retire later in life, you’re not alone. An estimated 25% of Americans intend to keep working well into their 70s, and 70 itself is the second most popular target retirement....
2018 FSA Changes: Use a Flexible Spending Account to Cut Your Tax Bill
Millions of workers have access to flexible spending accounts, which are tax-saving vehicles that let you set money aside on a pre-tax basis from your paycheck to cover anticipated healthcare or....
Trump Vows to Leave 401(k)s Alone, but He's Broken a Retirement Promise Before
Ready or not, here comes tax reform.After being rebuffed at seemingly every turn by members within his own party with regard to healthcare reform, President Trump and lawmakers in Washington have....
Are Amazon's Brick-and-Mortar Plans in Trouble?
Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) takeover of Whole Foods stunned many brick-and-mortar retailers, which feared that merging Amazon's e-commerce ecosystem with hundreds of physical stores could render....
3 Stocks With Better Dividends Than General Electric
General Electric (NYSE: GE) investors breathed a sigh of relief when new CEO John Flannery opted not to cut the company's dividend -- at least for now. He did say, however, that the decision might....
10 Social Security Terms You Need to Understand
Social Security serves as a key source of income for countless retirees and disabled individuals. It's also an extremely complex program loaded with rules and terminology. If you're attempting to....
How I Got My Credit Score to an All-Time High
It's one thing to be able to write about how to improve your credit score. It's another to actually follow through and do it. And while I didn't follow my own advice exactly to the letter, as my....
7 Hidden Changes to Education Tax Breaks in the GOP Tax Bill
In the tax framework the GOP released in September, there was a passage that read, "The framework retains tax benefits that encourage work, higher education, and retirement security."Now that an....
3 Stocks That Put Microsoft's Returns to Shame
Few stocks have created the type of wealth Microsoft has. Since going public in 1986 -- and accounting for all of the stock splits and dividends that have come in between -- shareholders have....
Social Security Tax: 3 States With the Highest Income Exemptions
Social Security is already one of America's most vital social programs for seniors, and its importance only seems to be growing. According to data from the Social Security Administration, more....
Could Activision Blizzard Be a Value Stock?
Trading at roughly 42 times trailing earnings and 30 times this year's expected profits, Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) doesn't fit the typical value-stock profile. Those earnings multiples....
3 Things You Need to Know From Cypress Semiconductor’s Q3 2017 Report
Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CY) reported third-quarter results recently, letting investors know that it took in record revenue of $604.6 million in the three-month period. Revenues have been....
Here's How Americans Are Defining Success -- and Why They're Getting It Wrong
We all want to do well financially, and that's why many of us are willing to sacrifice our personal lives to keep plugging away at our jobs. But when it comes to achieving financial success, we....
4 Retirement Investments You Should Probably Avoid
The choices you make regarding your retirement investments will affect how the last (and hopefully best) decades of your life play out. Choose the wrong investments, and you'll face serious income....
3 High-Yield Growth Stocks
Getting paid a high rate to invest in a stock all the while enjoying exceptional growth opportunities is not to be taken lightly. Oftentimes, stocks with high dividend yields come with a lot of....
3 Stocks Disrupting Their Industries
Change is a common theme throughout history, but it seems it's coming at us faster than ever before. Some companies are not only comfortable with change, but they embrace it. Three companies not....
Why Nutanix Stock Gained 27.3% in October
Shares of Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) gained 27.3% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, as two analysts weighed in with favorable coverage of the enterprise....
PayPal Is the Obvious Winner of the Mobile Commerce Revolution
Investors in PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) had plenty of reason to cheer when the company reported its third-quarter results on Oct. 19. PayPal's net revenue came in at $3.24 billion, a 21%....
3 Biotech Stocks That Soared This Week: Are They Buys?
Halloween week produced treats instead of tricks for some biotech investors. Quite a few biotech stocks rose by double-digit percentages, with three in particular soaring close to 30% and higher....
3 Reasons to Retire As Early As You Can -- and How to Do It
Many, if not most, people are eager to retire -- yet a heck of a lot of us don't think we'll be able to do so anytime soon. Indeed, a 2016 Willis Towers Watson survey found that while about 30% of....
Near a 34-Year Low, Is Frontier Communications a Buy?
These days, it's hard to find a stock more beaten down than Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FTR). The regional telecom's shares have been absolutely hammered over the past few years -- to the....
2018 Retirement Plan Contribution Limits
The IRS recently announced updated retirement plan contribution limits for 2018, and there are several significant changes taking place. Here's how the new contribution limits will affect 401(k)....
Organic Growth and Acquisitions Drive a Strong Quarter for Moody's Corporation
As Moody's Corporation's (NYSE: MCO) third quarter 2017 earnings illuminated, both of its major divisions prospered during the last three months. Moody's Investors Service (MIS) booked record....
Disney World Rival Is Arming Itself Up For a Theme Park War
Real estate matters if you want to take on Disney (NYSE: DIS) in Florida, so it's fitting that Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is beefing up its turf portfolio. Comcast is buying 101 acres of land less....
The Mystery of Apple, Inc.'s One-Time Services Boost
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported fiscal fourth quarter earnings last week, and it was a blockbuster release both in terms of the September quarter as well as guidance for the December quarter.....