Getty The Medicare Plan Finder website, aimed to help seniors comparing Medicare coverage option, is difficult to navigate and understand, charges the Government Accountability Office in a new report. MPF is also faulty because the information it provides is insufficient, contends the study from GAO, the investigative arm of Congress. The user unfriendliness of the
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They call it an alligator pear in some parts of the United States. And while it’s referred to as a palta in Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina, there are at least 10 other names for it in Spanish-speaking countries. And I don’t even know how I’d inquire about one in the northern Spain community of Basque
Retirees taking withdrawals from 401(k) plans can make costly mistakes if they are not familiar with the mechanics of their plan. Getty In my last articles, I spoke about how regulatory pushes are interfering with common sense advice to transfer a 401(k)-to-IRA after a separation from employment despite the many benefits for doing so. For
Does this sound familiar? You’re on either side of your tenth-year reunion, yet you’re still hounded by onerous college debt. Your kids are tugging at whatever passes for apron strings these days. You want to buy a house but the money’s too tight. You see all your friends jetting off to “bucket-list” vacations while you
For decades, computer programmers have been trying to beat multiplayer games by finding reliable patterns in data. Researchers at Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University published a whitepaper in Science Journal in July that flips this switch. Their software embraces randomness, and it is reliably beating humans at games. Smart bearded person in a classic gray suit is playing poker at casino
Starbucks President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson. Getty Starbucks (SBUX) turned in a solid Q3 report sending the stock up almost 9% on Friday. Wayne Himelsein, one of my best managers, bought and recommended Starbucks to us on March 9th at $69 and June 30th at $84. He is buying more at $99 and says
Last time we had a July like this, REITs (real estate investment trusts) ran wild. The top plays delivered dividends plus price gains between 40% and 114%! Tell me if this sounds familiar: It was July, The stock market was hitting all-time highs, And the Fed was about to cut rates for the first time
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Photocredit: Getty Getty The weekly price cycle of Mattel tops now. Eight of the last ten sell signals have been successful. August has been a weak month for this stock, rising only 41% of the time. From late July to August 18th, the stock is likely
Costco has been beating Amazon and Walmart on Wall Street — and Main Street — recently. On Wall Street, Costco shares have gained 38.94% YTD, compared to 30.80% of Amazon and 23.59% of Walmart; and the gap with Amazon is even bigger when dividends are factored in. On Main Street, Costco is ranking 83 in
Those of you still seeking the magic recipe to spectacular stock market success, boy have you (not!) come to the right place. Well, come to think of it, maybe you have, if the past is any guide. As Jimmy Buffett – may I dub him the Oracle of Cayo Hueso? - once said, “indecision may or