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Take the Celebrity Estate Planning Quiz: Are You Sting, Shaq or Elton?

When it comes to passing down a lifetime of hard-earned wealth, no two legacies look the same. Some high-profile stars, such as Sting, plan to spend down their for...

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The Pros and Cons of Investing in an IPO (Plus, How to Do It)

There's something especially appealing about being first to the table. That's a big part of why initial public offerings (IPOs) attract so much attention. Instead ...

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4 charts show how unrest in France has ripped through financial markets

Markets in Europe have been shaken as protests spread beyond France.Veronique de Viguerie/Getty ImagesFrance's protests are spreading into financial markets as investors dump stocks, bonds, and the...

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The Costs of Job-Hopping: Why Staying Put Pays Off

Have you ever wondered whether job-hopping is a good strategy for career advancement? Or what it does to your personal relationships? There is a psychological conn...

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How Have Prices Changed Since the Iran War Began?

The most recent CPI report shows inflation reached 3.7% year over year in September. That's up from 2.4% in February, when the war in Iran began. While consumers h...

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The return of extra wealth tax propositions isn't a good encore for anyone

I’ve been debating whether I should take one last trip to see the Eagles at the Sphere in Las Vegas before they finally call it a career. Earlier this year, drummer Don Henley said 2026 was probab...

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Big Tech's earnings gauntlet starts today. Here’s what investors need to see.

Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWelcome to tech's earnings gauntlet. Netflix, SpaceX, Meta, and Tesla report over the next two days.Wall Street has heard the big promises. Now it wants actua...

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Revolut and other banking apps go down as Google Cloud suffers UK outage

Google's cloud division competes with Amazon and Microsoft for enterprise customers.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesMultiple banking apps in the UK, including Revolut, faced disruptions on Tuesday morning.Go...

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Why a Strong Mental Core Improves Total Financial Strength

When people think about improving their financial lives, they frequently focus on strategies, portfolios, budgets or tax planning. Those things matter. But after y...

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Why a $5 Million+ Portfolio Changes Your Entire Estate Plan

The late hip-hop artist the Notorious B.I.G. likely didn’t have estate planning in mind when he recorded his chart-topping hit, "Mo Money Mo Problems." But the sen...

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How Do Medicaid LTC Policies Impact Jobs and Wages of Nurses and Aides?

The brief’s key findings are: With growing demand for long-term care at home, states have used Medicaid waivers to allow more home-and-community-based services for older adults. T...

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How Do Medicaid Policies for Home- and Community-Based Services Impact the Jobs and Wages of the Formal Care Workforce?

Abstract Over the past few decades, long-term care delivery has shifted from institutions to home-and-community-based services (HCBS). Medicaid plays a major role in determining how and wher...

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The Hidden Costs of Covered-Call ETFs

The exchange-traded fund (ETF) universe has exploded in both size and variety. According to ETF Central, a research, portfolio-building, and screening platform, ne...

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5 Little-Known Retirement Tax 'Gotchas'

Retirement should simplify your life, but managing post-career income streams often adds unexpected tax complexity. Once you retire, you lose the safety net of rou...

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4 Risks Threatening the AI Boom — and Your Portfolio

Editor's note: This is the third article in a four-part series on AI concentration risk in growth portfolios. The first two are: Your Diversified ETF Isn't as Dive...

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What To Do If, Like Kelly Clarkson, You Have a Bad Time At a Store

Kelly Clarkson might be known as the first American Idol, but when shopping in New York this month, she felt more like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. "Just drove a...

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An AI bust could come from places investors aren't watching, an economist says

Wall Street is grappling with growing concerns about an AI bubble as investors question whether massive spending on the technology will deliver sufficient returns.Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesCo...

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The 3-and-10 Rule: How Social Security Replacement Card Limits Work

If you misplace your Social Security card, getting a replacement may seem like a simple, routine task. But before you apply, you need to know about the "3-and-10" ...

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Nasdaq Bounces Back as AI Trade Freshens Up: Stock Market Today

Chip stocks caught bids for the first time in 10 trading sessions on Monday, though the main equity indexes were mixed as Treasury yields resumed their climb. It's...

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5 Questions to Stop News Feeds From Managing Your Money

This is the third in a series of five articles bringing you ideas from Feroz Ansari's national bestseller, The Wisdom and Wealth Solution. Feroz, CFP®, is a portfo...

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His Advantage Plan’s Drug Coverage Will Cost $0 a Month. Social Security Will Still Deduct a $91 Part D Surcharge, and His Plan Will Never See a Dollar of It

The post His Advantage Plan’s Drug Coverage Will Cost $0 a Month. Social Security Will Still Deduct a $91 Part D Surcharge, and His Plan Will Never See a Dollar of It appeared first on 24/7 Wall St...

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