- S&P 5002,992.07-0.49%
- Dow 3026,935.07-0.59%
- Nasdaq8,117.67-0.80%
- Russell 20001,559.76-0.11%
- Crude Oil58.09-0.07%
- Gold1,524.40+1.21%
- Silver18.06+0.96%
- EUR/USD1.1030-0.0000%
- 10-Yr Bond1.7550-1.07%
- Vix15.32+9.04%
- GBP/USD1.2469-0.0000%
- USD/JPY107.51500.0000%
- BTC-USD10,153.38-1.24%
- FTSE 1007,344.92-0.16%
- Nikkei 22522,079.09+0.16%
- Investopedia
What Is the Size of the Average Retirement Nest Egg?
What is the size of the average retirement nest egg? A 2019 analysis of more than 30 million retirement accounts by Fidelity Investments found that the average balance in corporate-sponsored 401(k) plans at the end of 2018 was $95,600. As you might expect, young workers tend to have less money saved for retirement than older workers do, in part because their salaries are usually lower and they haven't had as many years to contribute to their retirement accounts.
- Fox Business
Bitcoin may not be traded on a major exchange for a while
Bitcoin has an uphill battle before it is traded on a major exchange, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton said Thursday. “If [investors] think there's the same rigor around that price discovery as there is on the Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange ... they are sorely mistaken,” Clayton said at the Delivering Alpha conference, presented by CNBC and Institutional Investor. The digital currency is currently traded on cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase, but has not yet been approved for trading at major exchanges like the Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange.
- FX Empire
Gold Weekly Price Forecast – Gold markets continue to look for support
Gold markets initially fell during the week after gapping higher due to the Saudi drone attacks, filling the gap and then turned around to end up forming a relatively supportive looking candle stick. However, there are long wicks to the upside that would have to be chewed through, so I think it's likely that we will see the market try to fight and form a consolidation area. That being said, even if we were to break down through the bottom of the week, the market will more than likely find significant support at the $1450 level which was the previous top of the ascending wedge that is on the chart.
- Barrons.com
The Dow Fell 160 Points Because an Interim Trump-China Trade Deal Isn’t Doable
President Donald Trump said there is no need for a trade deal with China before the 2020 election. Chinese officials canceled their visit to farms in Montana. NFLX) stock (ticker: NFLX) plunged after the streaming giant's CEO warned of tough competition coming from (AAPL) (APPL) and (DIS) (DIS) starting in November.
- MarketWatch
Billionaire investor on Elizabeth Warren as president: Market might not even open
The Democratic Party seems to be leaning towards the left on policies, which is very harmful for the economy. I don't like the shift to the left,” he explained to CNBC, adding that the market, of course, will open, but it won't be pretty. It would be a bear market and they go on for a year and go down 25%,” he said.
- Yahoo Finance
The Property Brothers say these are two of the best cities for real estate investment
In a new interview, Jonathan and Drew Scott — co-hosts of the HGTV series “Property Brothers” — explain where buyers should invest in real estate, and why Las Vegas and Nashville are at the top of their list. “Don't go and invest across the country somewhere that you don't know,” Drew Scott says. Political or economic conditions can determine whether it's worthwhile to build somewhere, said Jonathan Scott, Drew's twin.
- MarketWatch
Maria Bartiromo talks artificial intelligence, the dot-com crash and why she’ll never retire
Maria Bartiromo has been covering business news for 30 years, and she's got her eye on the next big wave: artificial intelligence. The Fox Business Network anchor, who recently re-signed with the network for a multiyear deal, is releasing an hour-long investigative documentary about artificial intelligence. The segment, which has been in the works for a year now, includes interviews with chief executive officers of major companies including IBM (IBM) and Ford.
- Bloomberg
How IBM Is Investing in Human Capital
Ginni Rometty, International Business Machines Corp. chair, president and chief executive officer, discusses investing in people and developing their skills amid the rise of new technologies that may replace many jobs. She speaks with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
- MarketWatch
GM can’t afford to give those striking workers what they want
In the not-quite-a-week that General Motors workers have been striking, seeking better wages for less-tenured workers and trying to hang on to their unusually sweet deal on health insurance, there has been the usual choosing of sides. On Twitter, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed GM (GM) as greedy during a time of what she called record profits, specifically after the auto maker said it would suspend payments for strikers' health insurance. In the New York Post, conservative economist Steve Malanga sided with the company, incongruously citing 10-year-old earnings reports that have little apparent connection to today's GM.
- Investopedia
Avoid Paying Taxes on Social Security Income
With no inflation adjustment having been made to these benchmarks since 1983, they're now exceeded by most taxpayers who receive Social Security benefits and have other sources of income, too. A number of strategies, both before and after you retire, can limit the amount of tax you pay on Social Security benefits. Reducing your taxable income during the years in which you're drawing Social Security can have other benefits, too, such as lowering your Medicare premiums, which vary by income.
- Associated Press
A FedEx pilot is detained before boarding a flight in China
FedEx says one of its pilots was detained in China after an item was found in his luggage before he boarded a commercial flight. The company said Thursday the pilot was later released, and it is working with Chinese authorities to understand what happened at the airport in Guangzhou, in southern China. The Wall Street Journal reported that former U.S. Air Force pilot Todd A. Hohn was detained on Sept. 12 after pellets used in replica air guns were found in his checked bag.
- InvestorPlace
5 Small Cap Stocks That Could Soar 200%
Because of this, you won't find many low-risk stocks with multi-bagger potential. Instead, all the stocks with multi-bagger potential are often also accompanied with big risks. Don't have the time to do all that analysis across hundreds of small cap stocks?
- Bloomberg
Saudi Arabia Reveals Damage to Giant Khurais Oil Field
Saudi Aramco revealed the significant damage caused by aerial strikes on its Khurais oil field and Abqaiq crude-processing plant last weekend, and insisted that the sites will be back to pre-attack output levels by the end of the month. Aramco took reporters for a first look inside the facilities, where equipment was scorched and ruptured by the assault on Saturday. In one area lay a pile of debris -- a mess of oil melted to asphalt, twisted and charred metal grates, and pieces of fire hose -- that stank of tar.
- Investopedia
9 Signs You Are Not Financially OK to Retire
What it really takes to retire is a solid grasp of your budget, a carefully considered investment and spending plan for your life savings, debt that's under control, and a plan you're excited about for how you'll spend your days. With that in mind, here are 10 signs you might not be ready to retire yet. Struggling to Pay Current Bills It goes without saying that if you're struggling to pay your bills with a paycheck from work, retiring won't make things easier.
- MarketWatch
The U.S. isn’t even in the top 10 for best countries for retirement
The United States could learn quite a bit from other countries around the world when it comes to retirement security, according to a new report. The annual Global Retirement Index, started by Paris-based investment bank Natixis Investment Managers, analyzes four key indexes: finances in retirement, including taxes and the old-age dependency ratio; health, such as life expectancy and expenses; “material well being,” which is income equality and unemployment; and quality of life, including happiness and water quality. Iceland topped the list this year, followed by Switzerland and Norway.
- Investor's Business Daily Video
MSFT Gaps Up On Share Buyback
The Dow stock backed off highs after topping a 141.78 buy point. Sentiment was bullish early after the company announced a $40 billion share buyback and raisied its quarterly dividend.
- InvestorPlace
AT&T Stock Is Doomed to Become the Next GE
For years, AT&T (NYSE:T) stock has been a “yield trap.” This is a stock who's dividend is too good to be true. DirecTv cost AT&T $49 billion in 2015 but has lost 2.5 million subscribers in the last year. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson's planned glorious retirement next year is beginning to look more like former General Electric (NYSE:GE) CEO Jeff Immelt's more ignominious exit.
- Investopedia
The Average Retirement Savings by Age
An Oct. 2017 Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis found that the median retirement savings for Americans between age 55 and 64 was $107,000. Household savings in all retirement accounts have dramatically increased since their pre-recession levels, including among millennials ($9,000 in 2007 to $36,000 in 2017), Generation X ($32,000 to $71,000), and baby boomers ($75,000 to $157,000), according to a Sept. 2018 report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. Let's look at what people in various age groups have saved for retirement and how it stacks up to what the experts recommend.
- Investopedia
Retirement: What Happens If a Spouse Dies?
When thinking about retirement funds, you're probably most worried about having enough money to live comfortably. "Retirement accounts with ill-conceived beneficiary designations could potentially cost your family tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars if done wrong," said Dan Stewart, CFA®, president, Revere Asset Management, Inc., Dallas, Texas. "Correct beneficiary designations are crucial for retirement plans, and there are a lot of pitfalls and mines to avoid when naming both the primary(s) and contingent beneficiary(s).
- Barrons.com
Oracle Founder Larry Ellison Calls Uber and WeWork ‘Almost Worthless’
Uber (ticker: UBER) sports a market valuation of more than $57 billion, while WeWork has raised more than $12 billion in venture capital. At an event Wednesday at his house in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood, Ellison met with a small group of entrepreneurs, and spent more than an hour answering their questions on a variety of topics. Ellison asserted that while he is close friends with Softbank's Masayoshi Son, he doesn't see the investment case for either WeWork or Uber, both large holdings in Softbank's Vision Fund.
- Quartz
Storing energy in compressed air could finally become cheap enough for the big time
Solar and wind power provide carbon-free electricity. While lithium-ion batteries have started to meet some of the need for storage, the metals needed to make them are not plentiful enough for large-scale energy hoarding. At Quartz, we've written about companies working on reversible sulfur power-plants, injecting water underground, running “refrigerators on steroids,” and using stacked concrete blocks—all with the purpose of storing excess renewable energy.
- MarketWatch
‘Tight quarters of the Persian Gulf’ help raise spare oil capacity concerns
The attacks on Saudi oil facilities last Saturday may have only briefly sliced daily crude oil output from the kingdom by more than half, but the risk remains to supplies from one of the world's biggest exporters and to the oil-rich Middle East. The U.S. has blamed Iran for the attacks on Sept. 14, which disrupted 5.7 million barrels of daily Saudi oil production, or about 5% of world output. The event lifted global benchmark Brent crude (UK:BRNX19) on Sept. 16 by 14.6%, the biggest percentage gain on record dating to June 1988, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
- Investor's Business Daily
Apple Stock Gets Price-Target Hike As iPhone 11 Goes On Sale
A Wall Street analyst on Friday raised his price target on Apple stock amid indications of better-than-expected initial sales of iPhone 11 series handsets. Apple started selling its 13th-generation smartphones on Friday. Cascend Securities reiterated its buy rating on Apple stock and raised its price target to 270 from 260.
- InvestorPlace
Which 5G Stocks will Be the Biggest Winners?
But as 5G takes the world by storm and ushers in a new technological revolution, there's about to be a WAY bigger opportunity than we could capture by simply buying Nokia stock. The infographic below shows how 5G compares to 4G… how that compared to 3G… and so on. Those Nokia flip-phones had their heyday back at 1G and 2G. Then 3G was what allowed Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) to take the world by storm with the iPhone.
- American City Business Journals
Kratos lands $35 million Air Force contract for drones
The Sacramento operation of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. won another military contract to build $35 million in parts for jet-powered aerial target drones. San Diego-based Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) said these parts were being ordered by the U.S. Air Force, to be delivered by March 30, 2024. In June, Kratos received new orders from the U.S. Navy and Air Force that combined for $57 million for its jet-powered unmanned aircraft.
