This is No. 1 financial regret of older Americans

Most Americans are filled with regrets — financial regrets. Fully three in four, in fact, admit they harbor financial regrets, according to a survey of more than 1,000 adults by Bankrate.com. Their biggest regret: not saving for retirement early enough (nearly one in five Americans put this in the No. 1 spot). What’s more, among those 65 and up, 27% said this was the biggest regret, compared with 17% of those aged 30 to 49. Indeed, it is costly to wait. A person who starts saving $300 a month for retirement at age 25 (assuming a 5% return on investment) will have about $450,000 saved by age 65, despite only contributing $144,000 into his retirement account. Meanwhile, if that person waits until

Here’s the safest place for your money with stocks at record highs

U.S. stocks are in uncharted territory. For the first time since 1999, all three stock indexes are making record highs simultaneously. Plus, the major indexes have not lost more than 1% in the past seven weeks. On a technical level, the Bollinger Band squeeze on the S&P 500 is the tightest it’s been on a 20-day moving average in more than 10 years. Let’s first take a look at the most recent indicators for additional clues: Technical Indicators S&P 500 SPX, -0.14%  is above its moving averages = Bullish MACD (S&P 500; 19,39,9) is above the zero line = Bullish MACD (S&P 500; 19,39,9) is even with its signal line = Neutral S&P 500 is above support @ 2,150 = Bullish Sentiment Indicators II survey:

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