Recent data from Newsweek paints a troubling picture of retirement in America: Two in five retired Americans (41%) say they can’t support their ideal retirement, and while 92% of them don’t currently have a side gig, 60% wish they did. Meanwhile, 63% of Americans aged 50 and up who haven’t yet retired say they’re considering
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Investor sentiment—not fundamentals—is what drives financial markets today. If you need evidence, just look at the past decade: we’ve seen stocks climb relentlessly despite sluggish earnings, geopolitical instability, and ballooning debt. But when sentiment shifts, even slightly, the air comes out of the balloon fast and hard. That’s precisely what we’re starting to witness right
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The April jobs report was just released, and on the surface, it looks like good news. Nonfarm payrolls came in higher than expected, which on the surface makes the job market look strong—especially considering we’re still dealing with inflation and elevated interest rates. It might seem like good news at first glance, but anyone who’s
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3 Things You Need to Know About Business Funding in 2025 As we head into 2025 with a clean slate and renewed optimism, it’s critical to ensure your business is running on all cylinders, and that means ensuring you have adequate funding in place. But at the same time, it’s also critical to understand the
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The U.S. national debt is rising by $1 trillion roughly every 100 days right now, which now stands at nearly $35.8 trillion as of 10/22/2024. To make matters worse, the Treasury has also drawn down its cash balance by $72 billion putting it over $275 billion in the red. The report spread like wildfire, especially
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I vividly remember being a teenager, and some of the things I believed back then, frankly, many more years ago than I like to admit. One of the things that stands out still today is that I thought I knew so much more than I really did. Part of this was just the normal process
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You probably remember hearing all about the Titanic in great detail during history class. You might remember how this ship was described as the epitome of luxury and had been deemed unsinkable by its creators. You know the latter very clearly turned out not to be the case. But even as the massive ship was
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Despite most TV pundits loudly proclaiming over the last few years that the US economy is strong, inflation is just transitory, and capital is plentiful, they’ve finally started to admit what the average American already knew years ago—our economy is in a disastrous position. The fact of the matter is that our economy is not
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