Investing Strategies

Cars line up to pick up food boxes at the Athens County Fairgrounds in Athens, Ohio, on Dec. 19, 2020. BRAD LEE | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. economy is on the mend. But the unequal — or K-shaped — nature of the recovery persists. Economic activity is on pace to return to pre-pandemic

Kelvin Murray | Getty Images It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic has hurt workers of all ages. Yet when it comes to older workers — those ages 50 to 62 and up — some may have fared worse than they did during the Great Recession, according to recent research from the Center for Retirement

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal. Matt Stone | Boston Herald | Getty Images The House Ways and Means Committee is poised to consider a bill on Wednesday that would make changes to how U.S. workers save for retirement. The measure, known as the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021, comes less

As part of a massive new spending package, President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to enact legislation to allow students to enroll in community college at no cost. The administration’s American Families Plan calls for $109 billion to make two years of community college free for all students in addition to a roughly $85-billion

Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Investors fearful of President Joe Biden’s proposal to raise taxes on capital gains might be thinking about making a knee-jerk stock sale. Doing so may inadvertently trigger another investment tax, according to financial advisors. And it’s one that kicks in at a low level of income

A Social Security Administration office in San Francisco. Getty Images It’s no secret the funds Social Security uses to pay benefits are running low. New proposals on Capitol Hill aim to fix the program’s solvency. Just how dramatic those changes will need to be depends on how soon changes are put through. Likewise, people who

kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images A sixth batch of $1,400 stimulus checks has gone out, bringing the total number of payments sent to date to about 161 million. More than $379 billion has been sent to Americans via direct payments since distribution began in March. The latest set includes around 2 million checks worth

Paige Santillo worries about not being able to pay for her medication without health insurance. Source: Paige Santillo The help from the government seemed to come just in time for Paige Santillo. Due to the pandemic, Santillo had been laid off from her job as a marketing manager at the publishing company Informa in October.

Image by Marie LaFauci | Moment | Getty Images Any possible tax changes for ultra-high-net-worth and high-net-worth investors could result in an increased tax burden.  That means there’s motivation to find ways to protect that wealth. Some solutions that reduce exposure to specific anticipated Biden tax increases involve making charitable donations — a plus for the charitably

Luis Alvarez | DigitalVision | Getty Images More than ever, young investors are engaging with the stock market. An E-Trade study found that 51% of millennial and Gen Z investors reported their risk tolerance had increased since the pandemic — 23 percentage points higher than the total population. The study also found that they are