The decade leading up to your retirement is one of the most critical periods for retirement planning. There are a number of financial planning issues to consider during this time period to help ensure...
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I’ll be 65 soon, have $320,000 in retirement savings and a paid-off home but I’m $46,000 in debt – should I take more money out of my investments?
I’ll be 65 in a couple months. I retired at 63 and am currently receiving survivor Social Security payments (from my late husband). I plan on switching over to my Social Security at 70. I receive abou...
EquiLend Taps Blockchain Technology for Securities Reconciliation Solution – crypto.news
EquiLend has announced that it’s developing 1Source, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based system that will eliminate all the pain points in the securities finance industry, according to an anno...
75 or 100 basis points? Lost in market debate over Fed’s next rate hike is ‘how long inflation stays at these levels’
Debate has been simmering over whether Federal Reserve policy makers will raise the fed-funds rate by three-quarters of a percentage point later this month, as they did in June, or step up their infla...
The U.S. dollar hasn’t been this strong against the euro in 20 years. Here’s what happened next.
A gutsy contrarian bet right now is that the strong U.S. dollar will weaken, particularly versus the euro. A secondary bold bet is that U.S. stocks will lag international equities. Dollar weakness wou...
SEC Considers Exempting Crypto Companies From Certain Securities Laws
United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, in an interview, said that the agency might consider exempting crypto companies from certain securities laws. The United States Sec...
SEC Excempts Some Organizations From Some Securities Laws
The commission is in a dilemma of deciding ways to regulate the crypto industry. One of the ways is to waive some rules for some organizations. The crypto market must follow the rules and ...
Twitter shares have upside to $52: Rosenblatt Securities
Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares have upside to $52 that translates to about a 45% increase in the stock price, says Barton Crockett. He’s a Senior Research Analyst at Rosenblatt Securities. Twitter ha...
‘I just wake up and cry’: Voyager and Celsius bankruptcies have destroyed some crypto investors’ confidence in centralized platforms
Yotsy Ruiz recently bought his first ever crypto hardware wallet — a Nano X from Ledger. He is transferring all his crypto holdings that he can still move to the small physical device which looks like...
Celsius Engaged in an Unregistered Securities Offering, Alleged Vermont’s Financial Regulator
Another US state just launched an investigation into the firm. The US state of Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has leveled serious allegations against the troubled crypto lender. Ve...
Class action law firm starts investigating Solana Labs over potential securities violations
While the cryptocurrency market is still trying to reel from the bearish crisis affecting it in recent weeks, another blow is on the horizon in the form of legal proceedings against one of its major p...
We have 25 years until retirement and are saving 25% of our income — are we doing it right? And are we saving too much?
My wife, 33, and I, 40, have our own 403(b)s, Roth accounts (maxing their contributions this year for the first time) and pensions as part of our retirement plan. My wife contributes 14% of her pay t...
Will Coinbase go bankrupt? Crypto CEO says there is ‘no risk of bankruptcy’
““We have no risk of bankruptcy.”” That’s a quote from Brian Armstrong, chief executive and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase COIN, -10.63%. In a series of tweets on May 10, Arms...
Big Banks Report Earnings This Week. Here’s What Wall Street is Watching.
Text size CEO Brian Moynihan says Bank of America is always prepared for a recession because it has no choice but to be ready, Davis Turner/Getty Images The big banks start to report their earnings th...
International Organization of Securities Commissions publishes crypto roadmap for 2023
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its framework to govern the sector in the next few years by addressing the lack of cryptocurrency regulations. The framew...
Crypto Rout Deflates Some Web3 Startups Buoyed by Push Into Digital Tokens
The cryptocurrency rout has spread to startups that offer users digital tokens, pushing down digital asset prices and driving away hordes of users. The startups—part of what has been called Web3—allow...
These money and investing tips can help you hit the market’s curveballs
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS These dividend stocks are reco...
Will earnings season trigger another leg lower for the Dow? Investors hunt for recession clues
Stock-market investors just can’t get off the merry-go-round this summer. A stronger-than-expected U.S. June jobs report on Friday calmed fears that the economy might have already slipped into recessi...
UK FCA Appoints Hong Kong’s Securities Boss to Lead
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced Ashley Alder as its new Chair, with the scheduled projection for his term to commence in January 2023. Alder will take over from in...
A psychologist’s 5 steps to stop panicking about your 401(k)
In the fall of 2008, when global stock markets were imploding, I happened to be in New York. I switched on the TV in my hotel room and saw financial commentator Suze Orman on Larry King Live. She took...