JANUARY 21, 2024
A retired couple looking at a basket of flowers. - Getty Images
If you're nervous about saving for retirement, you're not alone.
According to a recent survey from Bankrate, 56% of Americans said they feel behind on saving for retirement. In another survey, a third of Americans said they would need at least $1 million to retire comfortably, but...
Business
‘I don’t have a lot of cash’: Billionaire Ron Baron says the US pays for wars, pandemics by ‘making your money worth less’ — and he’s never owned a...
JANUARY 21, 2024
Billionaire Ron Baron says he's never owned a bond.
Markets are sensitive to geopolitical conflicts. With crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, investors are grappling with increased uncertainty. This may lead some to question whether it’s time to take a different approach to asset allocation.
For billionaire investor Ron Baron, stocks remain a staple.
In a November interview with...
Business
Net Worth for Baby Boomers: How To Tell Whether You’re Poor, Middle Class, Upper Middle Class or Rich
JANUARY 21, 2024
Worst investing mistakes baby boomers can make.
Baby boomers may have had the best financial start of all the generations — coming of age when salaries kept up with the cost of living and goods and services were affordable — but that doesn’t mean they’ve stayed in the same financial class they started out in.
Everyone spends money differently,...
Business
The average retiree spends $4,818 on monthly expenses — and burns 75% of that on these 4 things. How does your own spending stack up?
JANUARY 21, 2024
Retirees burn 75% of expenses on 4 categories. - Robert Kneschke / Shutterstock
The average American 65 years of age and up earns an annual pre-tax income of $60,359, and that same group spends $57,818 yearly, or $4,818 a month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
That income doesn’t leave a lot of extra cash for unexpected...
JANUARY 19, 2024
heard it so many times in the weeks and months after I lost my son: “I don’t know what to say.” “I don’t want to say the wrong thing.” “Nobody knows what to say.” “There are no words.”
I know so much now that I didn’t know a year ago, before the night my healthy, growing, wiggling baby...
Community
Montana Supreme Court upholds landmark climate ruling that said emissions can’t be ignored
JANUARY 17, 2024
Youth Climate Lawsuit-Montana.
HELENA, MONTANA — Montana's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the state's Republican governor to block a landmark climate ruling that said regulators must consider the effects of greenhouse gas emissions when issuing permits for fossil fuel development.
Justices, in a 5-2 Tuesday decision, declined the request from Gov. Greg Gianforte and three state agencies...
JANUARY 17, 2024
Next week's temperature outlook shows that warmer-than-average temperatures are forecast for the entire nation, except for Alaska. The area where above-average temperatures are most likely is around the Great Lakes (dark red on the map). - Climate Prediction Center
If you're sick of the bitter cold, there is some good news on the horizon: Next week looks to...
JANUARY 17, 2024
Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Bill Gates spoke on a Davos panel called "Addressing the North-South Schism."
He said the richest countries, companies, and people, "should be pushed to be more generous."
Gates also called for focusing on the highest-impact areas and more innovation for the Global South's needs.
Bill Gates called on the richest countries...
Agriculture
Girl melodiously sings during Pongal celebrations; Indian PM Modi’s gesture steals hearts
JANUARY 14, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended the Pongal celebrations at the residence of Union Minister of State (MoS) L Murugan in the national capital. He also enjoyed a cultural program at the residence of Murgan on the pious occasion of Pongal. The girl sang the song 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' melodiously and PM Modi was seen enjoying the...
JANUARY 14, 2024
It is not right to do pran-pratishtha when there is no head, eyes, Uttarakhand Shankaracharya said.
Uttarakhand Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand on Sunday explained why he said the Ayodhya Ram Temple is incomplete and hence he won't be able to join the inauguration event as it will go against the religious scriptures.
He said a temple is the body...