Howard Lindzon does something most venture capitalists would never do: he tells his limited partners, upfront, that most of his bets will fail. The StockTwits CEO and Social Capital founder describes his seed fund…
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is reshaping global oil flows in ways that would have seemed unusual just months ago. One of the clearest examples is that the US is now shipping crude to…
A listener named Suzanne from Austin wrote into the How to Money podcast with a question I think a lot of points-and-miles people quietly wrestle with: she earns “several thousand dollars every year” from…
A spousal IRA is a powerhouse move that lets a working partner fund a retirement account for a spouse with little or no earned income, effectively doubling the household’s annual contribution from a single…
A 58-year-old engineer in Palo Alto, married filing jointly, earns $750,000 a year, has already stuffed $4 million into 401(k)s and IRAs, and parks another $1.2 million in a brokerage account that holds a…
For Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) and Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP), ETF flows have replaced cycle hype as the main price driver. The conversation has moved on from endless tech debates, as traders are now focused on…
The amount of your monthly Social Security benefit is determined based on a few key factors. Your income over your working life is one of the biggest things that determines the size of your…
When the CEO of America’s largest appliance maker compares today’s demand to the 2008 financial crisis, it’s worth pausing before you swipe for that new fridge. On the latest earnings call, Whirlpool chief Marc…
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is trading at approximately $78,000 today, close enough to $90,000 that it feels within reach, but far enough that four separate forces are stacking up to stop it. Every time Bitcoin…
Historian and investor Joseph Moore has a way of reframing market history that makes long-time investors blink. On a recent Motley Fool Money appearance discussing his book How to Get Rich in American History:…
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has spent most of May trading around the $80,000 level as it kept stalling below the key resistance level near $82,000. The Bitcoin price keeps bouncing off the upper $70,000s, but…
Millions of older Americans rely on Social Security to cover their costs. And thankfully, Social Security benefits are eligible for an annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. Without COLAs, Social Security benefits would not be…
Cash is suddenly king again on Wall Street. With recession fears lingering, interest rates still elevated, and consumers showing signs of fatigue, corporate America has been preparing for rougher weather ahead. Few companies have…
A couple in their late 50s with a household income of around $300,000 gives roughly $8,000 a year to their church, alma mater, and even local food banks. They take the standard deduction since…
A married couple retiring at 62 with $1.6 million and no employer health coverage is stepping into one of the most expensive gaps in early retirement: the three years before Medicare begins at 65.…
