The S&P 500 Index finished above 5,000 for the first time ever Friday as investors continue to bet on the resilient U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve's plans to start cutting interest rates later this year. "The big driver for the rally is the realization that the U.S. economy is unlikely to falter in the way that the average prognosticator had expected," Yung-Yu…
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A 2023 study by T. Rowe Price found that participation in an employer-sponsored retirement plan was highest for white people at 57.7% but lowest for Black people at 40.5% and Hispanic people at 31.9%. That auto-enrollment provision is well-intentioned, says Yemi Rose, but it needs to be part of a bigger solution. According to the Federal Reserve 2022 Survey of…
The broadest measure of U.S. blue-chip shares has risen more than 21% since bottoming out in late October, confirming a solid bull market heading into the start of the year, powered by the end of the Federal Reserve's rate-hiking cycle, stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, and a surprisingly resilient domestic economy. For example, the equal…
Rose, president and chief executive officer of SHE Beverage Co., has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has been released from custody on a $20,000 bond. According to a grand jury indictment unsealed this week, the 54- year-old Palmdale woman marketed SHE Beverage as a women-owned company that sold beer, wine, bottled water and other products primarily to…
A new research report found that other than more profits, no single reason will lead more small businesses to offer retirement plans.
More women say they have the primary responsibility for managing finances and making financial decisions for their household, according to an Allianz Life study.
Tax season is officially underway, but there’s still time to make a smart money move that’s often overlooked by taxpayers eager to file their tax returns and pocket any refunds they’re due: saving for retirement.
Legislation introduced today would expand retirement savings opportunities for millions of workers by requiring businesses with 10 or more employees to offer a workplace retirement plan.
Gradually raising the early retirement age, the full retirement age, and the late retirement age are all on the table as ways to save Social Security from insolvency with minimal harm while producing an increase in the payroll and income tax revenues coming from greater and longer work effort. Although there is some offsetting leakage into disability,…
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WASHINGTON D.C.— On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled accounting fraud charges against Cloopen Group Holding Limited, a China- based provider of cloud communications products and services whose American depositary shares formerly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The SEC determined not to impose civil penalties…
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Lifting communities by raising credit scores
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Dozens of students, teachers and activists gathered Sunday afternoon outside City Hall to launch the Green New Deal for Chicago Public Schools campaign, urging officials to increase investments in green schools and climate resiliency. Supporters clutched hand-painted signs listing demands as Chicago civic and educational leaders addressed the crowd.
WASHINGTON- Chair Jerome Powell said in an interview broadcast Sunday night that the Federal Reserve remains on track to cut interest rates three times this year, a move that's expected to begin as early as May. Powell, in an interview recorded Thursday for the CBS news program "60 Minutes," also said the nation's job market and economy are strong, with no sign of a…
—A South Korean court acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong who was accused of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud in relation to a contentious merger between two Samsung affiliates in 2015 that tightened his grip over South Korea’ s biggest company. The ruling by the Seoul Central District Court on Monday could ease the legal…
