Miniseries | E+ | Getty Images Leverage the 401(k) ‘super catch-up’ For 2025, investors can save more with higher 401(k) plan limits. Employees can defer $23,500 into 401(k) plans, up from $23,000 in 2024. The catch-up contribution limit is $7,500 for workers ages 50 and older. But thanks to Secure 2.0, there’s a “super catch-up”
Building a portfolio worth $1 million or more isn’t easy, but the right investments can get you there with enough time and consistency. Investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can help you make a lot of money with minimal effort. Each ETF contains dozens of stocks bundled together into a single fund, making it one of
Some of America’s biggest banks are terminating physical branches as the new year kicks off. Between Thanksgiving 2024 and January 11 – about six weeks – Wells Fargo, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, US Bank and PNC contributed to a total of 113 planned branch closures, the Daily Mail reports. UMB Bank, a regional institution
Advice Updated: Jan. 25, 2025, 5:21 a.m. Published: Jan. 25, 2025, 5:10 a.m. Providence has dropped Aetna from its insurer network.Dave Killen / The Oregonian By Oregon Health Authority Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and answers republished by permission. Q: Aetna will no
Juggling 15 credit cards might sound excessive, but Air Force officers Quinn and Brittney Sturgis use them strategically to earn perks and build credit — just one of the disciplined habits that helped them save nearly $500,000 in their 20s. “We never carry a balance,” says Quinn, a 30-year-old pilot. “Whatever the balance was for
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Trump Coin (TRUMP/USDT): The Rise and Fall of a Meme Coin In the unpredictable world of cryptocurrency, meme coins frequently make headlines with spectacular gains—followed by equally dramatic losses. Trump mentioned (see in video below) that the launch of his Meme coin celebrated winning. So far, it seems that he won, and buyers of this
The Illinois Legislature’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability recently released an eye-popping actuarial analysis of a union-backed pension reform plan. The analysis concluded that the proposal, House Bill 5909, would cost taxpayers almost $30 billion through the year 2045. And the annual state cost starting in fiscal year 2027, which begins in mid-2026, would
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