A new set of reforms to America’s retirement tax and savings plans passed a key hurdle in Congress last week. Variously known as the SECURE Act 2.0, the EARN Act and the RISE & SHINE Act, the measures will make changes to rules around IRAs, 401 (k) s and other tax-privileged retirement plans. The bills…
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I’ve been doing this — writing about the stock market and investments — for a quarter of a century. It’s been a heck of a turbulent ride, including Russian defaults, emerging market crises, dot-com disasters, terrorist atrocities, global financial meltdowns, a US housing collapse that rivaled the Great Depression, inflation panics, deflation panics, energy crises,…
Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh financial decisions. Our columnist will give her verdict. Tell us whether you think she’s right in the comments. And please share your suggestions for future Financial Face-off columns. Markets have been tanking, with the S&P 500 SPX, -3.07% recently dipping into…
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