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Social Security Can't Finance Your Retirement, Boomers -- Take Action Now

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Article by John Mauldin | Article Featured on Forbes By 2035, the number of Americans 65 and older will climb from about 48 million today to over 79 million. That’s the Baby Boomer impact. There are now 2.8 active workers for each Social…

Good News For Savers With Cash To Invest

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Article by John Taft | Featured on Inc.com Individual and corporate savers: It's time to pay more attention to where you invest your cash. The Federal Reserve Bank's decision yesterday to raise interest rates this week, for the third…

What's Driving the Global Entrepreneurship Wave?

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Article Featured on INC.COM People who have an entrepreneurial spirit simply think and act differently. They aspire to rethink traditional business means and models to create unique, enhanced, and futuristic forms of commerce. In this mindset,…

1 Bitcoin Is Now Worth More Than An Ounce Of Gold

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Article by Laura Shin | Found on Forbes Fueled by speculation that a bitcoin ETF could be approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the next week or so, the price of bitcoin has risen steadily, finally surpassing the cost of…

Millennials Are Worth Half as Much as Their Parents Were at the Same Age

Article by Lucinda Shen | Found on Fortune Are millennials better off than their parents were at the same age? A new analysis suggests they aren't. Advocacy group the Young Invincibles looked at the income, assets, net wealth, home ownership,…

25 Inspiring Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2017

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Article by Drew Hendricks | Found on INC.COM Every year I like to look for those amazing stories of entrepreneurs and companies that everyone should be watching. These are entrepreneurs that are changing the world for the better. Keep…
The Evolving Independent Economy

The Evolving Independent Economy

Article By Laura Tyson & Jacques Bughin | Featured on Project Syndicate Working full-time for a single employer is no longer the norm in advanced economies. Instead, millions of “independent workers” – self-employed, freelance, or…
US home price gains lift household wealth to $90.2 trillion

US home price gains lift household wealth to $90.2 trillion

Article By Christopher S. Rugaber | Featured on CNBC A healthy increase in home values and higher stock prices drove up U.S. household wealth in the July-September quarter, though the gains are largely concentrated among wealthier Americans. The…
4 ways the new overtime rules may affect your paycheck

U.S. Added 151,000 New Jobs In August; Unemployment Rate Steady

Article Featured on NPR | By CAMILA DOMONOSKE Twitter The U.S. added 151,000 new jobs in August and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 percent, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both those…
Student Debt Decreases Wealth & Homeownership

Wealth, Homeownership Lag for Americans With Student Debt

Americans who take on debt to fund their university studies tend to have less wealth and lower homeownership rates over long periods than those who don’t rely on loans, research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston finds. U.S. student…