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SIPC coverage protects a brokerage account up to $500,000 if the firm fails
Five hundred thousand dollars is the number most investors associate with SIPC, but the Securities Investor Protection Corporation’s own guidance narrows that figure considerably: it...
A transfer-on-death registration passes a brokerage account to heirs without probate
A transfer-on-death registration is a one-line addition to a brokerage account that does something a will alone cannot: it moves the stocks, bonds, and funds...
Dividend stocks can supply retirement income, but the payout is never guaranteed
Dividend-paying stocks are a favorite source of retirement income because they can send cash to a shareholder several times a year without requiring the sale...
A short-term Treasury bill can pay a retiree more than a big-bank savings account, with no state tax
The savings account at a large national bank often pays a small fraction of prevailing short-term interest rates, quietly leaving yield on the table month...
Treasury inflation-protected bonds raise their payout as prices climb, guarding a fixed income
Inflation works as a quiet thief against a set retirement income: a monthly budget that stretches far enough today buys less each year as prices...
SIPC coverage protects up to $500,000 if your brokerage firm fails
Bank depositors know their money is insured by the FDIC, but investors are often unsure what stands behind the securities in a brokerage account. The...
Treasury inflation-protected securities raise their value with inflation, guarding a fixed income
Inflation is the quiet threat to anyone living on a fixed income, because a dollar that buys a full grocery cart today may cover only...
Series EE savings bonds are guaranteed by the Treasury to double in value after 20 years
Almost no financial product comes with a written promise from the U.S. government that a dollar invested will become two dollars by a set date....
Municipal bond interest is generally free from federal income tax
Interest paid on most municipal bonds escapes federal income tax entirely, a feature that makes them a fixture in the portfolios of higher-bracket retirees hunting...
Warren Buffett’s favorite market gauge is sitting far above the level he once called a warning sign
A valuation yardstick that Warren Buffett once singled out as one of the best single measures of where the stock market stands is flashing an...
$14 million allegedly flowed into an investment pool that hid losses with Ponzi-like payouts
A North Carolina investment manager and his firm allegedly raised more than $14 million for a commodity pool while reporting profits that did not exist...
Warren Buffett is holding record cash and warns it’s tough to find value, a caution flag for retirees near market highs.
Berkshire Hathaway closed the first quarter of 2026 with a record $397 billion in cash and short-term Treasury bills, a stockpile worth more than a...
Stocks bounced back the day after the Fed selloff, recovering part of the hit to 401(k)s
Millions of Americans with retirement savings tied to broad stock indexes saw part of their losses reverse on June 13, 2024, one day after the...
Nearly every 401(k) got a lift Monday as stocks jumped on the Iran deal, pushing the Dow to a record 51,671
Millions of Americans with retirement savings tied to broad stock indexes saw their account balances climb on Monday, June 15, 2026, after Wall Street rallied...
A coming change to S&P 500 rules could push large money-losing companies into the index funds inside millions of 401(k)s
Millions of Americans with retirement savings tied to S&P 500 index funds faced the prospect of their money flowing automatically into large, money-losing companies after...
The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,599.96 even as the Fed signals no rate cuts are coming
The S&P 500 hit a fresh record close of 7,599.96 on June 1, 2026, gaining 19.90 points in a session where rising oil prices and...
Kevin Warsh’s first FOMC meeting opens June 16 — and Wall Street is pricing in under a 3% chance of any rate cut for the rest of 2026
Kevin Warsh has been Federal Reserve chairman for less than a month, and the bond market has already rendered its verdict on what he will...
The S&P 500 closed at a fresh record 7,519 the first day back from Memorial Day — Wall Street brushed off Iran’s retaliation threats and a dip in consumer confidence
Stocks shrugged off airstrikes in Iran and a dip in consumer confidence on Tuesday, May 27, 2026, sending the S&P 500 to a fresh all-time...
Nvidia is now a bigger slice of your index fund than the entire energy sector — just five tech stocks drove nearly half the S&P 500’s gains this year
Open your 401(k) statement and look at the largest holding in your S&P 500 index fund. Odds are it is not a bank, not a...
Americans are now parked on a record $7 trillion in money-market funds — earning about 4% while the stock market keeps setting records without them
Americans are now parked on a record $7 trillion in money-market funds, earning about 4% while the stock market keeps setting records without them. Somewhere...