Bulls in the stock market are giddy. What is there no to be happy: the stock market mostly goes up, and making money seems easy. While newly minted investors focus on accumulating small, speculative stocks, institutions hide in large-cap tech stocks. For prudent investors, now is the time to understand …
Read More »Elon Musk doesn’t want Tesla to be ‘super profitable’ as it skyrockets toward a $ 300 billion valuation
Tesla Inc. chief executive Elon Musk, who runs a company with a valuation of close to $ 300 billion, does not want the electric vehicle maker to be “super profitable.” He got away with it in the second quarter, when Tesla made a profit of $ 104 million thanks to …
Read More »When does it make sense to take Social Security at age 62?
It’s best to wait until you’re 70 to start receiving Social Security retirement benefits, even if it means tapping your retirement assets deep in a bear market. Why? Because the guaranteed and risk-free increase of 8% per year in the Social Security benefit is an unbeatable deal. And yet, in …
Read More »When does it make sense to take Social Security at age 62?
It’s best to wait until you’re 70 to start receiving Social Security retirement benefits, even if it means tapping your retirement assets deep in a bear market. Why? Because the guaranteed and risk-free increase of 8% per year in the Social Security benefit is an unbeatable deal. And yet, in …
Read More »‘Federal accounts’ for everyone: with automatic and recurring payments caused by economic crises
Rich interests have thrived during the pandemic. The CARES Act authorized billions in expenses to support wealthy individuals and corporations. Most of the money was used to guarantee the liquidity of banks and hedge funds, back corporate balance sheets, and buy debt to save commercial loan markets. Overall, 82% of …
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