Hello, I have read a few of your HelpMeRetire inquiries, and I have a situation that I can’t seem to find much information about when I read retirement planning guides. I am 60 years old, and my spouse is 45. Currently, we both make over $ 300,000, and he is …
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Dear MarketWatch, I am finishing 50 years in the airline industry next year, and I am looking to relocate to anywhere north or west of Colorado (including Colorado) — but not California because of the taxes. I will have approximately $ 3,200 a month in Social Security and will hopefully …
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A shopper wearing PPE (personal protective equipment), of a face mask or covering as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, walks in an empty Covent Garden in London on June 15, 2020 as some nonessential retailers reopen from their coronavirus shutdown. tolga akmen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images U.K. retail sales logged a fourth …
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Dear Moneyist, A friend of mine is getting married next month with a handful of guests, mainly family and close friends. The wedding itself was put off because of the coronavirus pandemic, but they are having a large party next year. I was only invited to the party next year. …
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Dear Moneyist, My housekeeper would like to receive money while she’s not working. She works for me for 4 hours a month, and I pay her approximately $ 120 cash each month. We pay her well, although she is hardly a full-time worker. In fact, she is barely part time. …
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Even in normal times, being an economic forecaster requires a multi-disciplinary approach. Not only do you need to understand the economic relationships, but you have to take all sorts of other variables into account: politics, finance, meteorology, psychology, supply-chain management and more. Add epidemiology to the list, as award-winning forecaster …
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Gold futures headed lower Tuesday, as government bond yields and the US. dollar rose, putting pressure on the metal that has gained in the month and quarter against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Losses for gold came on the back of the latest U.S. consumer confidence data, which showed …
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The month of March has rolled in like a ferocious lion for bullish stock-market investors, leaving little but carnage in its aftermath, as uncertainties about the effects of the coronavirus outbreak abound. The decline for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -4.55% has been simply gut-wrenching for the average investor, …
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