15 Hottest Up-and-Coming U.S. Housing Markets: 2024
Start Slideshow In November, the high mortgage rates that had been weighing on the housing market started to trend downward...
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Super Bowl 2024 Highlights NFL's Aging Billionaire Problem
What You Need to Know The NFL was responsible for 93 of the 100 most-watched TV broadcasts last year, and...
Social Security Claiming: The Case of the High-Earning Husband
This is the second in a series of biweekly articles featuring Social Security claiming case studies drawn from the ALM publication “2024...
Here's What's Wrong With Ending 401(k) Tax Breaks to Fund Social Security: ICI Economist
An American Enterprise Institute paper published in January by the prominent policy researchers Alicia Munnell and Andrew Biggs immediately sparked...
Advice for NFL Players, From a Financial Advisor Who's Been There
Walter Stith, a former NFL offensive tackle-turned-financial advisor, is rooting for the San Francisco 49ers in their Super Bowl matchup...
Fixed vs. Variable Annuities: The Tables Have Turned
What You Need to Know A decade ago, fixed annuities made up less than a third of the market. As...
Why the New DOL Fiduciary Rule Is Scarier Than Ever
It’s back! Just when we thought the never-ending saga of market conduct standards might be coming to resolution, the federal...
Long-Awaited Secure 2.0 RMD Guidance, and More, Expected This Year
Should we expect to see more Secure 2.0 guidance from Labor? Yes. First, note that Labor also has recently issued...
Bond Ladders Gain Traction in Direct Indexing
What You Need to Know Direct indexing isn't just for stocks, Jonathan Rocafort of Parametric says. Tax-loss harvesting may have...
8 Pros and Cons of Investing in REITs 2024
8 Pros and Cons of Investing in REITs 2024Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) function similarly to stocks but involve direct...
