Trump Accounts Open July 4. What to Know Before You Contribute
Contributions to Trump Accounts open July 4 — but the eligibility rules, the perjury risk for grandparents, and the 529 comparison are worth understanding before you act.
Contributions to Trump Accounts open July 4 — but the eligibility rules, the perjury risk for grandparents, and the 529 comparison are worth understanding before you act.
The S&P 500 fell nearly 2% last week. But the more important move wasn't in equities at all — it was in the bond market, where yields fell at the same time stocks did. Here's what that signal means, and what Thursday's jobs report will tell us about whether it was right.
There's a rule that may let you skip RMDs past age 73 — but it only applies to one specific account, and most people apply it too broadly.
Oil dropped sharply and the market tried to broaden — but the Fed's tone this week changed the conversation in a way that matters more for retirement portfolios than the index numbers do.
The S&P 500 was up last week. So were the Dow and Nasdaq. But the more interesting move happened underneath the headline numbers — and it has real implications for anyone approaching or in retirement. Here's what actually shifted, and what it means for your plan.
The SpaceX IPO is here — and if your inner voice is asking "should I get in?", that feeling has a name. Behavioral finance expert Dr. Daniel Crosby calls it FOMO, and brain scans show it hits the same neural pathways as being left out of a social group. Before you act, there are three questions every investor should be able to answer. We break them down — and embed the full conversation.
A SpaceX liquidity event doesn't automatically produce financial security — it produces a large pool of capital that needs to be converted into something sustainable. Here's what the gap between "liquid" and "planned" actually looks like, and how to close it before it quietly costs you.
The SpaceX IPO isn't just a financial milestone — for many equity holders, it's the largest income event of their lives. Here's what the tax math actually looks like, and why the lockup window is the most important planning window you're going to get.
Most financial advice sounds the same until the stakes get high enough to matter. For SpaceX equity holders approaching a liquidity event, the structural differences between a wirehouse and an independent RIA stop being abstract — and start being the difference between one set of options and several.
The May jobs report beat expectations — and markets sold off. That's not a contradiction. It's the "higher-for-longer" trade repricing in real time. Wednesday's CPI release is what this week is actually about, and what it shows will shape the rate environment heading into the second half of the year.
Most people assume a Roth IRA is tax-free. Federally, they're right. But California has its own rules — and for retirees living here, the differences can affect your conversion strategy, your withdrawal timing, and your tax bill.
U.S. equity markets gained last week behind a resurgent tech sector, with the NASDAQ advancing 2.39% and the S&P 500 rising 1.44%. But a mixed PCE report, a softer-than-expected Q1 GDP revision, and a sharp drop in energy stocks complicate the story. Here's what the data shows — and what Friday's jobs report means for the rate environment income-focused retirees are navigating.