Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column examines whether it’s necessary to file and suspend to earn delayed retirement credits (DRCs), spousal benefit availability, effects of remarriage on benefits already being received, reductions for filing early and
The Castle, asking $75 million Unvarnished “I’m not a big fan of walking through the front door and giving up the water right away,” says designer Scott Gillen. He’s referring to the design intent behind his latest project, The Malibu Series—a collection of 12 homes throughout Malibu which total over $500 million in combined asking
U.S. stock index futures were slightly lower Monday morning, as market participants braced for a likely cut in interest rates for the first time in more than a decade. At around 03:15 a.m. ET, Dow futures dipped 28 points, indicating a negative open of more than 43 points. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were
Giant Panda statues at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) — held from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10, 2018 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, China. Fu Tian | China News Service | Visual China Group via Getty Images BEIJING — American companies remain keen on tapping business opportunities in China, despite
You can’t listen to music, go to the movies, rent a car, stay in a hotel — or of course buy a plane ticket — without encountering some sort of extra fee. About 85% percent of Americans have come up against an unexpected or hidden fee over the past two years for a service they
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
Villa Montana, Joe and Jennifer Montana’s secluded compound, just listed for $28.9 million. Paul Rollins Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Montana threw for 40,551 yards in his legendary football career. But that pales in comparison to the 500-acre Napa Valley equestrian estate he’s tossing onto the market (after all, 40,551 yards only amounts to
A man walks past Pfizer’s world headquarters in New York. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, plans to divest its off-patent drug business and combine it with generic-drug maker Mylan, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal, expected to be announced Monday, will result in Pfizer shareholders owning most
Oppenheimer Asset Management’s John Stoltzfus suggests investors may want to fasten their seat belts. The long-time bull expects a wave of near-term volatility to pressure stocks. He’s blaming uncertainty surrounding this week’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, another big batch of second quarter earnings results and a fresh round of U.S.-China trade talks. “Any
Webb Institute Source: Webb Institute Even as college becomes increasingly unaffordable for many students and their families, it is still possible to graduate owing next to nothing. “There are so many college-bound students and their families that are nervous about assuming too much debt,” said Robert Franek, editor in chief at The Princeton Review. However,