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What Should You Do With Your 401(k) When You Change Jobs?

The days of working for one company for your entire career and retiring with a pension are long gone. Today, the average worker will change workplaces more than 5 times during their career, and the advent of employer-sponsored retirement plans like 401(k) accounts may mean having to account for more than 5 different retirement accounts. […]

Visualized: How Does the Wealth of Millennials Compare to Previous Generations?

Much has been made of millennials’ finances. The cohort started their working careers during the Great Recession, and high housing costs and the burden of student loans have helped contribute to the impression that they are a “broke generation.” However, data shows that the wealth of Americans under the age of 40 has risen to […]

Fed’s Preferred Metric Shows Slowing Inflation in June, Clearing the Way for Rate Cuts

A key inflation gauge showed inflation easing slightly in June, adding further support for a widely anticipated interest rate cut in September. The personal consumption expenditures price index, which tracks the prices of a wide range of goods and services and is Fed policymakers’ preferred inflation measure, increased just 0.1% in June from the month […]

U.S. GDP Growth Blows Past Expectations in Q2

The U.S. economy was considerably stronger than expected during the second quarter of the year, boosted by a strong consumer, sizable inventory buildup, and government spending. Gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of all the goods and services produced by the economy, grew at a 2.8% annualized rate during the period between April and June, […]

Most Americans Are in the Dark About How Much Their Social Security Benefit Will Be

For most retirees, Social Security benefits will be a huge part of their retirement income. Unfortunately, few Americans know how much they stand to receive in retirement. According to a recent survey from the National Institute on Retirement Security, only 11% of Americans said they know exactly how much they will be receiving once retirement […]