It could take away tens of thousands of dollars for some couples over the course of their retirement. The new rule change goes into effect for new retirees starting in just six months. The new rule eliminates a claiming strategy known as “file and suspend.” In a nut shell, it takes…
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to implement Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act on Friday. Translation? It’s now legal for any American to invest in startups and small businesses. Unlike Kickstarter or GoFundMe, which allow you to invest in a product or idea and then in return…
Are you looking to take the plunge into investing? There are some great new tools out right now to help you start off and get your feet wet. Although most basic investment accounts today have minimum requirements that are generally at least $500 that doesn’t have to stop you. There is a…
Shares of three technology giants soared Friday after earnings, but one analyst believes Apple lacks what it needs for a similar spike when it reports next week. Amazon, Google (parent Alphabet) and Microsoft all beat quarterly expectations after the bell Thursday. This was in part on strength with growth segments like…
It appears that Americans are sending record amounts of cash to Uncle Sam in the form of taxes. The scary thing is Uncle Sam apparently still needs more money. It has been reported that taxpayers have paid a grand total of $3.25 trillion (that’s right) in taxes for the fiscal…
Have you gotten one of the new EMV-Chip cards? There have been a recent slew of scammer driven programs that are trying to get information from innocent people just trying to update their cards. Thieves are sending out emails pretending they are your bank or a service hired by your…
This Monday morning, U.S. stocks were little changed as investors braced for a very busy week of quarterly results from the major U.S. banks and several Dow 30 companies. Recap Health stocks were down after Eli Lilly (LLY.N) said it was not persuing an experimental heart drug. Shares of Lilly fell…
If you haven’t heard, Michael Dell has sealed the biggest deal in tech history. After his privately run PC maker agreed to acquire data storage maker EMC in a transaction. This Monday, Dell announced with MSD Partners and Silver Lake to buy cloud computing company EMC for roughly $67 billion…