When It Comes to Managing Personal Finances, 36% of Millennials Just Wing It
Most of us probably know that we ought to be on top of our finances. In an ideal world, we’d all have a clear understanding of our expenses, how close we are to meeting our goals, and how we’re doing savings-wise. But in the actual world, a large chunk of younger adults are somewhat clueless […]
The retirement crisis is bad for everyone — especially these people
The country is facing a retirement crisis, but some Americans are worse off than others. Workers in the top 20% of earnings distributions have half of all retirement wealth in both 1992 and 2010, compared with the bottom group, which saw its share fall from 3% to 1% between those years, a recent analysis at […]
How To Exempt Your Retirement Account From Taxes
With the growing number of proposals to increase taxes, its time to rethink how we save for retirement. Proposals to increase the top income tax rate, impose a new annual estate/wealth tax, and to tax unrealized capital gains, are not likely to pass this year. However, the odds are rising that by the time you retire, taxes will […]
Savings tanked, didn’t plan, expenses too high. Here’s how people are saving their retirement
Retirement may mean different things to different people, but most agree on one thing. It should be stress-free. However, lack of stress usually comes from years of planning and decades of saving — which not everyone can do. The average savings balance in the U.S. is less than $60,000. Few people can depend on pensions. Baby boomers […]
This four-inch antenna could let you text from deep underground
The compact device might be used in military rescue and defense missions. There’s a reason that scuba divers use sign language and that caves and tunnels create radio dead zones. The laws of physics prevent radio signals from penetrating materials like water, soil and stone, and that’s been a frustrating limitation of modern wireless communication. […]
BrainCorp brings its autonomous robot tech to your local supermarket
That’s a good thing. We often frame new automation technology as a grave and immediate threat to the jobs and livelihoods of the humans whose tasks the machines take over. Tell that to the custodians at Sea-Tac airport who no longer have to spend their nights scrubbing floors, or sales associates at your local supermarket […]
Skype adds screen sharing to its iOS and Android apps
It’s available now in beta. Having spruced up its web service, Skype is turning its attention to mobile. Its latest beta feature adds screen sharing to its iOS and Android apps. It may not seem as significant as Skype’s other recent iterations, including group calls for 50 people (up from 25) and background blur in […]
SpaceX will assist NASA’s first-ever mission to redirect an asteroid
Lift off is set for 2021. NASA has chosen SpaceX to help out on its first-ever attempt to deflect an asteroid. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will blast off on a Falcon 9 rocket in June 2021 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Its mission: To smash a satellite into the Didymos […]
Stocks to Watch: Keyera Corp. (TSX:KEY) Up +2.54%
At close of market on Thursday, Keyera Corp. (TSX:KEY) stock finished trading at +2.54%, bringing the stock price to $32.70 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $32.42 and a high of $32.85. The company’s stock was traded 4,065 times with a total of 643,019 shares traded. Keyera Corp. has […]
Stocks to Watch: Canadian Utilities Limited Class A Non-Voting Shares (TSX:CU) Down -1.26%
At close of market on Thursday, Canadian Utilities Limited Class A Non-Voting Shares (TSX:CU) stock finished trading at -1.26%, bringing the stock price to $36.82 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $36.80 and a high of $37.00. The company’s stock was traded 1,705 times with a total of 247,609 […]