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November 28, 2020
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Retirement in Brief: A Memory-Loss Trap to Avoid, a Call for National Savings Dashboard, and an Idea to Lessen Longevity Risk
Dreamstime Americans should have access to a free website that tracks all of their retirement benefits, including Social Security, employer-sponsored savings plans, and individual retirement accounts, according to a new paper from the Brookings Institution. In a separate paper, the nonprofit public-policy organization says that
November 28, 2020
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Polish city becomes first to adopt Ethereum blockchain for emergency services
Olsztyn, Poland is reportedly the first city in the world to leverage Ethereum’s blockchain to aid the provision of emergency services, offering yet another tangible use case for distributed ledger technology. Olsztyn has completed a successful trial run of SmartKey, a bridging technology that connects
November 27, 2020
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Market Extra: Is the stock market open on Thanksgiving and Black Friday?
U.S. financial markets are closed on Thursday this week for the Thanksgiving holiday and will shutter early on Black Friday but despite a pandemic and huge volatility this year in markets, investors and traders may not need to search too hard for reasons to be
November 25, 2020
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: Shopping for a new car on Black Friday? Beware of this clever car-dealership trick
Consumers might have a better shot at scoring a good deal on a new or used car if they wait until the very end of the month or year than on Black Friday. Getty Images/iStockphoto Planning to visit a car showroom on Black Friday? Car
November 25, 2020
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Bloomberg: Biden election would be good for Bitcoin, bad for DeFi
The latest Bloomberg crypto newsletter contends that the election of Joe Biden would bring greater mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), including a potential ETF approval. Further, it referred to the Trump administration’s policies with regard to crypto as “hands-off”: “A potential Joe Biden presidency should
October 9, 2020
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Column: What would private equity funds in 401(k)s mean for retirement savers?
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Employer retirement plans are not known for their flashy investments – a majority of 401(k) investors these days use target date funds that invest in broad, diversified equity and fixed income mutual funds that automatically rebalance to minimize risk as retirement approaches.
June 12, 2020
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U.S. money market assets decreased in latest week: iMoneyNet
NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) – U.S. money market fund assets decreased by $24.84 billion to $4.668 trillion in the week ended June 9, the Money Fund Report said on Wednesday. Taxable money market fund assets decreased by $24.31 billion to $4.534 trillion, while tax-free
June 10, 2020
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Column: Spend or hoard? Fate of forced savings could define pandemic recovery – Mike Dolan
(The author is editor-at-large for finance and markets at Reuters News. Any views expressed here are his own) FILE PHOTO: George Washington is seen with printed medical mask on the one Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Mike
June 3, 2020
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Column: What COVID-19 is teaching us about how to reform Medicare
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic has put a bright spotlight on weaknesses in many of the systems designed to protect Americans from risks. But with older people more susceptible to serious illness and death from the virus, the problems in our Medicare system that
May 28, 2020
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