Retiring at 60 Instead of 65 Can Raise Your Savings Target by Over $400,000
A single American needs about $898,000 on average to retire comfortably at 65, according to an Investopedia analysis of federal data across…
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The Treasury Just Doubled Its Bond Buybacks — Bitcoin Traders Think They Know Why
The US Treasury announced this week it would at least double the size of its long-bond buyback operations, from $2 billion to…
Anthropic Could Go Public at a $2 Trillion Valuation — Bigger Than SpaceX’s Record IPO
Anthropic investors reportedly expect the AI company to go public in October at around a $2 trillion valuation, according to the Financial…
The Best Big Cities for Retirement Aren’t the Cheapest Ones — Here’s the Actual Trade-off
Investopedia’s latest ranking of the best big US cities for retirees — Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, Nashville, and Miami — isn’t built…
Doug Casey Draws a Line Between Investing and Speculating — and Says Most People Are Doing the Latter
Doug Casey, the veteran contrarian investor behind International Man, argues that decades of government intervention — interest rate manipulation, currency debasement, subsidies…
Divorce Is the Biggest Predictor of Early 401(k) Withdrawals, New Research Shows
Marital status turns out to be one of the strongest predictors of early 401(k) withdrawals. According to the latest research from the…
Alphabet, Amazon and Meta Are Selling Bonds That Mature in 2075 — Here’s the Catch
Big Tech wants to borrow your money for the rest of the century. Alphabet has bonds outstanding running to 2075, Amazon’s stretch…
Why a $500,000 Mortgage Really Costs $1.17 Million — And What the Fed’s ‘2% Inflation’ Target Actually Means
Nick Giambruno, in the latest installment of International Man’s “myths of modern finance” series, walks through a mechanic most homeowners never see:…
Chris MacIntosh Says the Most Valuable Asset in a Crisis Isn’t Gold — It’s the Freedom to Leave
Chris MacIntosh, writing for Doug Casey’s International Man, frames the current moment through the lens of the “Fourth Turning” — a cycle…