When it comes to a comfortable retirement, women in the US have the cards stacked against them. New efforts to start changing this are laudable, and yet they’re still missing the mark because they’re being shaped by decades of misperceptions. The inequities a woman faces throughout her working life — from earning less to shouldering the lion’s share of childcare … [Read more...] about Is Wall Street Failing Women in Retirement?
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Eviction Ban: What it Means for Tennessee Landlords
The Supreme Court of the United States has struck down the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) ban on residential evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The eviction ban (sometimes called a “moratorium”) started back in March of 2020 when Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Congress voted to extend the moratorium once in January of 2021, but … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Strikes Down Eviction Ban: What it Means for Tennessee Landlords
Another Look at the Monthly Jobs Report
By Jim Hoft Guest post by Ed Butowsky The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly Employment Situation Summary on Friday, Sept 3 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Here’s the first paragraph, with a bit of editing on my part: “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 235,000 in August, and the unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 5.2 percent, the U.S. … [Read more...] about Another Look at the Monthly Jobs Report
How is inflation privately stealing your money? | Making Good Sense with Ed Butowsky
Welcome to Making Good Sense. Every week we take the leading 3 headlines, or at least headlines we think you might have missed, discuss them and then speak about what you need to finish with your investment portfolio as an outcome, so let's go. The omicron variation has peaked, and COVID is starting to end up being less fatal. A growing number of businesses that have been … [Read more...] about How is inflation privately stealing your money? | Making Good Sense with Ed Butowsky
Buying a car or truck in 2022?
One thing that comes with being in the military is almost constant change — new cities, new homes, new friends — and new cars. As part of Military Consumer Month, if you’re thinking about buying a new car or truck, know that servicemembers and their families are often targets of fraudulent car dealers. Some unscrupulous dealers will advertise for a particular vehicle or as … [Read more...] about Buying a car or truck in 2022?