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For anyone born after 1960, the Social Security Administration (SSA) determines that your normal retirement age, which is when you would be entitled to your full benefit, is 67.

But deciding whether

Rising interest rates have caused what some are calling a housing market recession. Mortgage origination has collapsed from 2021's rates, and housing starts and home sales are well below last year's

Think of the biggest, richest corporations on the planet. They all started out much smaller but grew enormously over time. Investors who spotted their potential early on made fortunes.

We asked

Mutual funds can be great -- especially the index fund variety. They are professionally managed and generally hold a variety of securities, and once you plunk your money into them, it's quickly

This story might sound familiar: Inflation is high. In response, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates multiple times. The stock market sinks. Ultimately, the U.S. economy enters a recession.

Imagine a banker in 2013, trying to see into the future.

Visionary banker: "I see the future. There is no money in the future. It is electronic payments."

Customer: "You're freaking me out, man."

Whether you've been investing for decades or just getting started, 2022 has been an extremely difficult year to pick winning stocks. The benchmark S&P 500 index has lost more than 20% of its value

If you don't fancy yourself a stock picker, ETFs offer an accessible investing alternative. But you may wonder about the downside. Does an ETF strategy have the same long-term wealth potential as

Long-term investors need to think about both the good times and the bad times when selecting investments. That's particularly true when it comes to highly volatile areas like energy. The pandemic's

Over the last decade, the cryptocurrency market has become increasingly diversified and gained more legitimacy, as some of the world's most renowned billionaires view them as valuable assets to hold

Millions of seniors rely on Medicare to cover their health-related needs. But Medicare offers different types of coverage, and choosing the right plan could spell the difference between reasonably

By now, almost everyone has heard of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), but unless you are deep in the weeds in the world of crypto, or perhaps a fan of some of Europe's top soccer

Investors in 2022 have suffered through one of the worst starts to the year in the market's history. The S&P 500 index is currently down 18% year to date. While it's very difficult to predict

Many people recommend delaying Social Security retirement benefits until age 70, because you earn delayed retirement credits for every month you delay past your full retirement age. Someone claiming

It's been an ugly year for Wall Street. Since hitting an all-time closing high during the first week of January, the widely followed S&P 500 has tumbled as much as 24%. In fact, it produced its

In August, more than 48.1 million aged Americans collected a Social Security check.  For the vast majority of these recipients -- 89%, according to an April survey from national pollster Gallup --

Considering that Friday was a bad day for the stock market overall, particularly for tech titles, it probably wasn't the ideal time for a major executive transition. That was the case with DocuSign

Rising interest rates and corporate retrenchment were the twins bedeviling Compass (NYSE: COMP) stock these past few trading days. They helped push the big real estate company's share price down by

Consumer discretionary stocks have been getting the side-eye from investors lately, as rising interest rates and concerns about the macroeconomy heighten worries about consumer spending. There are

Shares of Carnival (NYSE: CCL), the world's biggest cruise line operator, were sliding today, in line with a broad market sell-off on fears of rising interest rates and a recession.

Though there was

Bearish sentiment has overtaken Wall Street, and just about the only good news that came from Friday's trading session was that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) tumbled on Friday, falling as much as 2.4%. By the time the market closed, the stock was still down 0.4%.

The tailwinds from the semiconductor specialist's recent