ASSOCIATED PRESS Those who have been peddling the idea that Model 3 demand has peaked saw some vindication in Tesla’s Q2 report. Deliveries hit a record high, but decreased margins seemed to support the argument that Tesla had to cut prices to move their cars. However, Gorden Lam, a Marketocracy manager who has given us the best guidance
Retirement
Our country is split down the middle on man-made climate change. Roughly half of us believe it’s real, and half of us believe it’s fake. Deep down, though, we all have our doubts. Take NASA’s assessment. “Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities.” While NASA’s pulling no punches, it’s
As most people at retirement age are looking at a few chronic health conditions, it isn’t surprising that most are taking medications. According to astonishing 87 year old Ann Kahl, a fitness guru in Florida, we’re using these drugs to do what we ought to be doing ourselves in many cases, just by being more
Business owners coming to terms with their retirement reality. Getty In many countries, retirement benefits are a privilege. But when that golden age arrives, not everyone is prepared to put down their tools and head off to the life of blissful relaxation enshrined in minds of many. This fact is becoming painfully apparent among Baby
Dire jeremiads about America’s looming retirement crisis are so common that it seems retirementcrisis is one word. The doom-and-gloom narrative goes something like this: Spendthrift Americans aren’t saving enough, so their living standards will plunge in retirement, and Social Security will buckle from the financial strain of too few workers supporting too many retirees. Dark
I have no idea why you’d mess around with dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) when you can “automatically” bag a 7%+ income stream and 82%+ upside with the strategy I’ll show you now. Better yet, this outsized cash flow drops into your account—and grows—every single month! It takes almost no work. (Just one small, but potent,
Searching for decent retirement income in a world of super-low to negative interest rates has become a real challenge. With central banks the world over – including the newly flip-flopping Fed – signaling renewed monetary softness and an extended period of surreally low rates, a good return is hard to find. Gosh, these days even
There are really only a few good financial reasons to start Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, the earliest possible age with the lowest monthly benefit, or soon thereafter. Here are a few situations that might call for starting these benefits early: If you’re truly financially strapped and have no reasonable alternative to make
My last post demonstrated that starting Social Security benefits as soon as possible at age 62 is most likely a bad bet, even if you believe that your Social Security benefits might be reduced in the future. I based this conclusion on a Social Security winners-and-losers analysis. I then checked with a few other experts
© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP China’s corporations are rising in the global economy, matching the US. According to this year’s list of Fortune Global 500 Companies, 119 companies made it the list, roughly on par with the US, which had 121 companies in the list; three companies made to the top ten, beating the US and