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Carteret County homeowners need to prepare for sticker shock as they assess the anticipated rising cost of insurance and taxes that will begin in March with the arrival of new property valuations and again in June as new insurance rates become effective. Last week Carteret County homeowners received a warning for yet another financial hit with the…
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Regulators are warning about artificial intelligence in finance.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a private corporation also known as FINRA, goes further: You need to protect your investment accounts from "generative artificial intelligence" or Gen AI. FINRA oversees member broker-dealers who do business in the U.S.. "Gen AI is making it easier for bad actors to fraudulently open new accounts using investors'…
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Gen Beta babies will face a different retirement than their parents, a new study finds.

Generation Beta is the proposed name for the demographic beginning with 2025 and ending in 2039. This generation should start saving for retirement now, Prudential finds in a new study.

Registered investment advisors have an improved outlook and increased optimism following the U.S. election, according to the latest RIA Economic Outlook Index from Security Benefit in partnership with Greenwald Research.

WASHINGTON- The Senate Finance Committee grilled President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Treasury Secretary Thursday. Scott Bessent, a South Carolina billionaire hedge fund manager, wasted no time getting to the crux of his confirmation hearing: the expiring Trump tax cuts. Democrats also questioned Bessent about Trump's tariff threats against Canada,…

A new report from the 2024 Workplace Wellness Survey published today by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald Research finds U.S. military veterans reporting higher levels of financial, social, emotional and workplace well-being than their non-veteran counterparts.
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Controlling inflation remains a difficult goal.

Wednesday’ s report from the Labor Department showed that the consumer price index rose 2.9% in December from a year ago, the highest since July, up from 2.7% in November. The slowdown in core price increases was greeted with relief on Wall Street, with Dow Jones futures pricing surging nearly 700 points on the report's release. Such concerns have sent interest…