Nearly Half of 40-Somethings Are Making a Huge Mistake With Their Retirement Plans
Retirement accounts give you some pretty awesome tax breaks, but they come with a catch. When you put the money in your account, you’re agreeing that you won’t take it out again until you’re at least 59 1/2. If you withdraw funds from your retirement accounts early, you usually pay a 10% early withdrawal penalty, […]
Here’s how to appeal higher Medicare premiums
The annual income of older Americans could drop significantly from one year to the next for a variety of reasons. It might be retirement or the death of a spouse, perhaps, or the sale of a business. Yet it might take Medicare — which charges higher earners more for premiums — a couple years to […]
4 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Finances
Many financial experts believe a recession is coming soon. While it’s impossible to predict when or if an economic downturn will hit, it’s certain that one will arrive eventually since every economy goes through boom and bust cycles. Since no one knows when the economy will go south, the best thing to do is to […]
Here’s how much millennials at every age need to have saved right now to retire at 67
You may have heard that you need to save $1 million over the course of your lifetime to retire comfortably. But it can be confusing to know how much that means you need to be saving right now. Financial analysts at Blacktower Financial Management Group did the math for you, and it turns out that you can probably squeak […]
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI says its full client list was stolen
Most of the company’s customers are law enforcement agencies. You might expect a high-profile (and controversial) facial recognition startup like Clearview AI would have its data locked down, but it turns out it’s just as vulnerable as almost any other company to malicious individuals. In a notification obtained by The Daily Beast, the company says […]
Logitech and Herman Miller team up to design ergonomic gaming furniture
Their first gaming chair could be ready as soon as this spring. Plenty of gaming chairs look cool, but whether or not they’re actually good for your back is another question. Furniture company Herman Miller and Logitech’s gaming hardware brand Logitech G want to change that. They’re teaming up to create a line of ergonomic […]
Surface Duo may let you ‘peek’ at notifications
It’s an alternative to adding an external screen. When it comes to the next generation of folding phones, Microsoft was right to choose dual displays over folding screens. But one thing some other foldable phones have that Microsoft lacks is a screen on the outside of the device. To make up for that, Microsoft appears […]
Google Translate adds languages for the first time in four years
This includes Uyghur. Believe it or not, Google hasn’t added languages to Translate since 2016 — it’s not clear why, but the company is making up for that apparent omission. It’s adding five languages, including Kinyarwanda (Rwanda), Odia (India), Tata, Turkmen and, notably, Uyghur. It may be difficult for Uyghurs to use this service when […]
Black Stone Minerals L.P. (BSM) and AMETEK Inc. (AME)
BMO ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP. bought a fresh place in Black Stone Minerals L.P. (NYSE:BSM). The institutional investor bought 456.4 thousand shares of the stock in a transaction took place on 12/31/2019. In another most recent transaction, which held on 12/31/2019, SPIRIT OF AMERICA MANAGEMENT COR bought approximately 415.5 thousand shares of Black Stone Minerals L.P. […]
Citizens Financial Group Inc. (CFG) and HDFC Bank Limited (HDB)
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC bought a fresh place in Citizens Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:CFG). The institutional investor bought 2.3 million shares of the stock in a transaction took place on 12/31/2019. In another most recent transaction, which held on 12/31/2019, BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LP bought approximately 1.5 million shares of Citizens Financial Group Inc. In a […]