The Couple, the Cliff, and the $200,000 Spend A married couple, both 65, sits on $2.4 million in a traditional 401(k), $750,000 in a Roth IRA, and $400,000 in a taxable brokerage. They plan…
The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) has rallied alongside Brazilian equities, lifting shares roughly 48% over the past year. EWZ pays a variable semi-annual distribution funded by dividends from the largest Brazilian companies. After…
Picture a 64-year-old who has been receiving $1,800 a month in Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) since age 56. The check has paid the mortgage, kept the lights on, and covered the Medicare premium…
The President wants rate cuts. His pick has taken the chair at the Federal Reserve. Futures markets spent weeks pricing in easing. Then the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the April Consumer Price Index…
I’ll say it plainly: I’m betting against Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) at these levels, and I think the next 12 months will validate that call. The business is excellent. The stock…
The April inflation report landed with a number the Federal Reserve hoped it would never have to explain again. Consumer prices rose 3.8% year over year, the highest reading since May 2023 and a…
A couple in their late sixties with $3.2 million in combined traditional 401(k) assets and a healthy spending plan can write a clean check to the IRS every April and still get hit with…
When the government reported Tuesday that housing costs jumped 0.6% in April, double the pace of March and a big chunk of the hottest inflation reading in nearly three years, the number caught Wall…
A 73-year-old single retiree sitting on $2.5 million in a traditional 401(k) is about to learn that the IRS does not care whether the income is needed. The first required minimum distribution lands at…
Investors hunting for a place to park cash between trades, between paychecks, or between rate cycles keep landing on the same two tickers: Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHO) and JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF…
It’s an unfortunate truth that getting divorced, no matter the age, can have a devastating impact on your finances. This is even more true as you get older, when it can significantly alter your…
On March 21, 2026, at the Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Elon Musk unveiled "the most epic chip-building exercise in history": Terafab, a joint venture between Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction), SpaceX, and…
The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) and the Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) hold the same 2,000 small-cap stocks in the same weights and track the identical benchmark. On paper they are interchangeable. In…
George Kamel watched a TikToker break down the startup costs for a vending machine side hustle and landed on a number: $3,330.22. His advice was direct: save it in cash, not borrowed or on…
A caller phoned The Clark Howard Podcast on May 11, 2026 with a marital bet on the line. He had an 810 credit score. His wife wanted to help his brother, sitting at 690,…
