Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about maximum rates for retirement benefits, the WEP and substantial covered earnings after 62, restricted applications and the 1/2/1954 deadline, when spousal benefits can be available and how they’re calculated and protective filing dates. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder
Photo: Getty Lately, everyone has been asking the same question: Where is the housing market going? I decided to create my own index to help us think about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on real estate in a new manner. These are the criteria for my post-pandemic housing index. I assigned each criterion a
With multiple drugmakers in a push for a Covid-19 vaccine, countries are preparing for when it is finally available and putting deals in place with companies to prepare for the eventual distribution. AstraZeneca, which has a vaccine under development at Oxford and is expected to complete the experimental phase by the fall, agreed to deals with
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in lower Manhattan on the first day that traders are allowed back onto the historic floor of the exchange on May 26, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures fell in overnight trading on Sunday, pointing to more losses ahead, as investors grapple
©miket – stock.adobe.com As the “easy money” era runs its course, money management doesn’t have to be difficult. A look at what’s next. From low rates to where? There was a time when retirement planning was straightforward. It went something like this: invest some money in stocks for growth, and buy bonds with the rest.
Frontal image of Tyrannosaurus Rex walk . This is a 3d render illustration Getty Independent Baptist minister and Young Earth Creationist Kent Hovind (Doctor Dino) has been loudly and publicly promising to sue the United States for what he considers unjust imprisonment and theft of his property for many years. When he actually pulled the
Actress Michelle Williams purchased this Brooklyn home in 2015. Lisa Chamoff As the COVID-19 pandemic brought New York City to a near standstill three months ago, my world, like that of many of my neighbors in Brooklyn, shrank to the several walls of my apartment and about as many blocks. On the days when the
An Orange County Convention Center employee replaces a sanitizer station ahead of the center’s reopening in July 2020. Source: Orange County Convention Center Today it might be hard to imagine a mass, indoor gathering with thousands of attendees. Yet that is the bread and butter of the convention and events industry, which was brought a
Chewy CEO Sumit Singh (C) rings the opening bell to commence the day’s trading for the Chewy Inc. IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), June 14, 2019. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Which stocks are primed to outperform during this notably volatile period? Here are a few of the names the best-performing Wall Street
When the coronavirus crisis hit New York, many of the city’s wealthiest families went elsewhere. Without knowing what the fall will look like, some are debating if they will return to New York at all, which could open up an unprecedented number of spots at even the most elite institutions, according to Emily Glickman, president