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They Moved to Florida for Zero Income Tax. Property Insurance and Assessments Took the Whole Savings and Then Some
Retirees chasing Florida’s zero income tax are getting blindsided by a category of housing expense that never showed up in the spreadsheet. The numbers work beautifully until the mail arrives.
'I Don't Predict Good Things for Your Marriage': Ramsey to Wife Fighting Monthly Over the Tithe
Dave Ramsey took two calls about marriage money fights in a single episode and reached opposite verdicts. The difference between the two situations is one variable that most couples never think to check.
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Asia
- 🇭🇰 Hang Seng-0.35%
- 🇨🇳 SSE Composite—
Hong Kong starts the Asian session 0.35% below its previous close, setting a soft tone for anyone with China exposure before Europe and the US wake up. Mainland shares open flat at 3,956.57 on the SSE Composite.
Why Wealthy Couples Are Spending the 401(k) at 63 and Letting Social Security Grow to $5,100 a Month at 70
Spending down a seven-figure retirement account before touching Social Security sounds like financial malpractice, but fee-only planners are quietly steering high-net-worth couples toward exactly that move for one very specific reason buried in the tax code.
DAILY MOVE
SOLSolana
$109.18
+6.94%
Solana's 6.94% jump to $109.18 puts it back above $100 for the first time since February, its second straight leg higher off the June lows. Anyone who wrote this one off in the spring is now looking at a different setup.
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Nikkei 225🇯🇵 JPX
66,132
Tokyo opens with the Nikkei 225 at 66,131.98, holding right at its prior close as traders wait on the Bank of Japan's next rate move. Any yen swing today lands straight on Japan exporters.
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The "Medicaid Annuity": The At-Home Spouse Can Turn $300,000 of Countable Savings Into Income the State Can't Touch, Legally, Before the Application Is Even Filed
Most couples entering the Medicaid process assume the state gets to dictate exactly how their savings disappear, but a federal rule buried in the Deficit Reduction Act gives the at-home spouse a legal way to reposition assets before the application clock even starts.
$250,000 in SGOV Earned $9,600 Last Year While the Same Money in VOO Earned $55,000
SGOV’s expense ratio barely registers, but that 9-basis-point bargain hides a cost most investors never calculate until it is far too late to matter.
Five years ago $10,000 split between these two enterprise software rivals: Microsoft turned it into $17,527, while Salesforce handed back $9,598, still under water. A near $8,000 gap from the same starting line.
Dividend raised$0.48ex-date 2026-08-27 · 0.70% yield · 16 yrs paying · +20% YoY
A 20% bump to $0.48 a quarter signals management sees travel cash flow holding up. The 0.7% yield stays thin, so the payout growth rate is the part income investors should track.
New 52-week high$107.02+1.8% vs prior high · 2026-08-13
Rubrik closed at a 52-week high of $107.02, hours after filing its Q2 2027 earnings report. Buyers are setting the price with the results now public.
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New 52-week low$0.92-3.9% vs prior low · 2026-06-25
iQIYI just set a fresh 52-week low at $0.92, deep into sub-$1 territory. The whole company is now worth $488 million.