Scientists the world over are scrambling to cure Alzheimer’s. And information abounds about how we might treat or even prevent the disease to begin with. But in the interim, finding new ways to help the some 43 million Americans who are caring for sufferers is gaining steam. And in this regard, Americans might do well to
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European banks pay almost no interest on fixed-income investments for retail holders. The same is about to come true for Americans. BlackRock says investors need to go further south. Angel Navarrete/BLOOMBERG NEWS If you’re retired or a conservative investor who cannot afford to lose money, your bank certificate of deposits are about to become worthless.
Families are getting crushed by debt again. After the mortgage crisis ended, families desperate to pay their bills, move to a new job and pay for their and their kids’ education took on ever more consumer loans. Consumer credit – student loans, auto loans and credit card debt have soared to ever new highs. This
Henry Fernandez, chairman and chief executive officer of MSCI Inc. MSCI provides investment decision support tools to investment institutions worldwide. © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP With the market hitting new all-time highs, it’s difficult to be anything other than bullish. But stocks are not as cheap as they were at the start of the year
Best Performance Trophy Award Top Performer 3d Illustration Getty Passive always beats active, right? There aren’t any good actively managed funds to invest in — that’s what everyone says. Take a look at this report showing that nine of the top 10 performing funds this year through June 30, 2019, were actively managed. In fact,
Hopefully, when and how you take your Social Security benefits is not driven solely on emotion. I often hear people say they are taking benefits as early as they can because they earned them, and Social Security is going broke. While those statements may be true, it should not be the sole input into your
What’s better than a portfolio that will pay you a $117,000 salary every year in retirement? How about one that delivers a consistent paycheck each and every month that you can plan all of your regular expenses around? I’ll show you how, via with three already-diversified high-yield monthly dividend stocks. But first, let me show
Water Pepsi Getty PepsiCo, Inc. is beating the Coca-Cola Company on Wall Street. PepsiCo’s shares have gained 19.45% for the last twelve months and 49.20% for the last five years, compared to 15.75% and 22.13% for Coca-Cola. But both companies have underperformed the overall market—see table 1. Table 1 Pepsi’s Shares Outperform Coke’s On Wall
Once again, stories are circulating on the Internet that working longer can cause you to die sooner, while retiring early might enable you to extend your lifespan by many years. This post quotes an urban legend study that just won’t die: Supposedly Boeing and Lockheed Martin employees who retired at age 65 only lived for
French President Emmanuel Macron. France is imposing a new digital tax targeting Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP France just imposed a 3% tax on the French revenues of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. But these companies are not going to be any less profitable because of the tax. If Google, Apple, Facebook or Amazon