Retirement news and analysis
: How the latest crypto bankruptcy might affect bitcoin
Also, Social Security timing, and all-weather investment portfolio and how the Girl Scouts teach personal finance
: Retirement may be bad for your brain. Is working longer the solution?
In the first year of retirement, there’s a 30% reduction in short-term memory.
: More than 55,000 global tech-sector employees have lost jobs in 2023: layoff-data tracker
Tens of thousands of tech employees have already been laid off in the first few weeks of the new year, according to data compiled by Layoffs.fy.
Economic Report: A ‘zero’ economy? No growth and rising unemployment forecast for 2023
The U.S. is going to experience “zero” growth in 2023 and teeter on the verge of recession, economists predict.
Key Words: Debt-limit fight: Trump urges Republicans to stay away from Medicare, Social Security cuts
Former President Trump is urging Republican lawmakers to stay away from cuts to programs for senior citizens as an intense fight looms over the debt limit
The Margin: New postal rates go into effect Sunday: It will now cost 63 cents to mail a letter
This is the second time in the past six months that postal rates have gone up.
Earnings Outlook: What’s ahead for Verizon? After a dismal 2022, it’s time to hear the turnaround plan.
Verizon Communications Inc.’s fourth-quarter results aren’t a big mystery, but the company’s path forward comes with plenty of question marks.
The Fed: Fed’s George says too soon to say inflation is on right trend
Kansas City Fed President Esther George said Friday it is too soon to say that inflation is on the right trend back to the central bank’s 2% target
The Conversation: House Speaker McCarthy’s powers are still strong—but he’ll be fighting against new rules that could prevent anything from getting done
Raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government funded are only the beginning of McCarthy’s challenges.