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    $1.8 million to retire? Are you kidding?

    This time it’s in the latest Charles Schwab Retirement Survey. Among 1,000 people surveyed, the average respondent figured he or she needed to save $1.8 million to retire. (That figure is up from $1.7 million in the same survey a year earlier.) Touchingly, 86% also told Schwab they were either “somewhat” or “very” likely to…

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    Market volatility have you concerned?

       What has Market Navigator done for Jeff Williams this year alone? $2,700 average NET profit per month/77% Win Rate out of 280 trades… All with his revolutionary ONE STOCK TRADING SYSTEM When the market’s this volatile, it helps to have a professional in your corner. Subscribers get a COMPLETE trading plan in their inbox…

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    I was laid off after 23 years — how do I save my retirement? ‘I fight panic attacks watching my severance dwindle.’

    In February I got the news that my job was being eliminated as part of the mass IT layoffs this year. After 23 years in corporate I’m now unemployed and looking. I took time to hit reset, get my home together and check off my personal Honey Do list (I’m single)…and as I continue my…

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  • Suicide rates hit record, with biggest increase seen among older adults

    Suicide rates in the U.S. rose to their highest level ever last year, with the oldest adults having the high rates of suicide among any age group, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A record 49,449 Americans took their own lives in 2022, up 2.6% from the previous year,…

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    This is what the average retiree will lose if Social Security isn’t fixed

    This is what the average retiree will lose if Social Security isn’t fixed – MarketWatch Object.keys(e[t]||{}),executeQueue(e){try{t[e]&&t[e].forEach((e=>this.execute(…e))),delete t[e]}catch(e){console.error(e)}},execute(){var[t,i,r,n]=arguments,s=e[t][i],u=e=>e,c=[];return”function”!=typeof s?s:(r&&(“function”==typeof r?(u=r,n&&Array.isArray(n)&&(c=n)):Array.isArray(r)&&(c=r)),u(s.apply(null,c)))},__reset(){var i=e=>Object.keys(e).forEach((t=>delete e[t]));i(e),i(t)},hasSubscription(e){return this.getSubscribedElements().indexOf(e)>-1},hasSubscribedFunction(e,t){return this.getSubscribedFunctions(e).indexOf(t)>-1},uniqueFucntionsUnderSubscription(t,i){const{__ace:r=(()=>({}))}=window;let n={};return Object.keys(i).forEach((s=>{e[t][s]?r(“log”,”log”,[{type:”warning”,initiator:”page”,message:”You are trying to subscribe the function “+s+” under the “+t+” namespace again. Use another name.”}]):n[s]=i[s]})),n},addSubscription(t,i){if(this.hasSubscription(t)){const r=this.uniqueFucntionsUnderSubscription(t,i);e[t]={…e[t],…r}}else e[t]=i;return e},subscribe(t,i,r){if(r)return e[t]=i,e;if(!i||”object”!=typeof i)throw new Error(“Missing third parameter. You must provide an object.”);return this.addSubscription(t,i),this.executeQueue(t),e},globalMessaging(){var[e,t,…i]=arguments;if(!e&&!t)return…

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    You save; your partner spends. Don’t let money doom your relationship.

    Opinion: You save; your partner spends. Don’t let money doom your relationship. – MarketWatch Object.keys(e[t]||{}),executeQueue(e){try{t[e]&&t[e].forEach((e=>this.execute(…e))),delete t[e]}catch(e){console.error(e)}},execute(){var[t,i,r,n]=arguments,s=e[t][i],u=e=>e,c=[];return”function”!=typeof s?s:(r&&(“function”==typeof r?(u=r,n&&Array.isArray(n)&&(c=n)):Array.isArray(r)&&(c=r)),u(s.apply(null,c)))},__reset(){var i=e=>Object.keys(e).forEach((t=>delete e[t]));i(e),i(t)},hasSubscription(e){return this.getSubscribedElements().indexOf(e)>-1},hasSubscribedFunction(e,t){return this.getSubscribedFunctions(e).indexOf(t)>-1},uniqueFucntionsUnderSubscription(t,i){const{__ace:r=(()=>({}))}=window;let n={};return Object.keys(i).forEach((s=>{e[t][s]?r(“log”,”log”,[{type:”warning”,initiator:”page”,message:”You are trying to subscribe the function “+s+” under the “+t+” namespace again. Use another name.”}]):n[s]=i[s]})),n},addSubscription(t,i){if(this.hasSubscription(t)){const r=this.uniqueFucntionsUnderSubscription(t,i);e[t]={…e[t],…r}}else e[t]=i;return e},subscribe(t,i,r){if(r)return e[t]=i,e;if(!i||”object”!=typeof i)throw new Error(“Missing third parameter. You must provide an object.”);return this.addSubscription(t,i),this.executeQueue(t),e},globalMessaging(){var[e,t,…i]=arguments;if(!e&&!t)return this.getSubscribedElements();if(e&&”string”==typeof…

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    The rising cost of childcare is making life impossible for parents. Use our calculator to track the expense where you live.

    Diana Ramos works in the frozen meat locker of a local market in Stamford, Texas, where she’s on her feet moving around in the cold five days a week. A single mother, Ramos’s job, taking meat in and out of the freezer, allows her to feed her two children and put some savings in the…

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    About that U.S. credit downgrade: Fitch is on to something

    Opinion: About that U.S. credit downgrade: Fitch is on to something – MarketWatch Object.keys(e[t]||{}),executeQueue(e){try{t[e]&&t[e].forEach((e=>this.execute(…e))),delete t[e]}catch(e){console.error(e)}},execute(){var[t,i,r,n]=arguments,s=e[t][i],u=e=>e,c=[];return”function”!=typeof s?s:(r&&(“function”==typeof r?(u=r,n&&Array.isArray(n)&&(c=n)):Array.isArray(r)&&(c=r)),u(s.apply(null,c)))},__reset(){var i=e=>Object.keys(e).forEach((t=>delete e[t]));i(e),i(t)},hasSubscription(e){return this.getSubscribedElements().indexOf(e)>-1},hasSubscribedFunction(e,t){return this.getSubscribedFunctions(e).indexOf(t)>-1},uniqueFucntionsUnderSubscription(t,i){const{__ace:r=(()=>({}))}=window;let n={};return Object.keys(i).forEach((s=>{e[t][s]?r(“log”,”log”,[{type:”warning”,initiator:”page”,message:”You are trying to subscribe the function “+s+” under the “+t+” namespace again. Use another name.”}]):n[s]=i[s]})),n},addSubscription(t,i){if(this.hasSubscription(t)){const r=this.uniqueFucntionsUnderSubscription(t,i);e[t]={…e[t],…r}}else e[t]=i;return e},subscribe(t,i,r){if(r)return e[t]=i,e;if(!i||”object”!=typeof i)throw new Error(“Missing third parameter. You must provide an object.”);return this.addSubscription(t,i),this.executeQueue(t),e},globalMessaging(){var[e,t,…i]=arguments;if(!e&&!t)return this.getSubscribedElements();if(e&&”string”==typeof e&&!t)return…

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    Wage inflation is a myth — but to the Fed it’s real and productivity is at risk

    The U.S. economy has demonstrated amazing flexibility and resiliency since the pandemic recovery cycle began three years ago. In the second quarter of 2023, real growth expanded by 2.4%, while business output expanded by 2.7%. Meanwhile, business productivity jumped by 3.7% and unit-labor costs rose a subdued 1.6%. At the same time, overall prices increased…

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    This is what tech companies, from Amazon to Apple, just told investors about AI  

    Investors were laser-focused on AI for tech earnings in the second quarter on expectations that companies including Microsoft Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. might be benefiting as much as Nvidia Corp. has. Nvidia NVDA, -3.62%, which has a staggered fiscal-year in which it reports earnings one month after most other technology companies do, gave…

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