Relying solely on a certificate of deposit (CD) strategy is unlikely to meet retirees’ needs because retirees still face risks such as outliving their assets, unexpected expenses, and rapidly increasing healthcare costs.
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Selling a long-held inherited rental home can create a large taxable gain because the inheritance step-up resets the basis, but years of depreciation reduce the adjusted basis further and Section 121 generally won’t apply when it wasn’t used as a principal residence.
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Congressman Ro Khanna’s latest filings show continued buying of Uber (multiple purchases between June 15 and July 29, with no sales in that stretch) and Chewy (nine purchases between July 13 and July 30).
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Borrowers who don’t compare mortgage loan estimates typically pay $3,343 more per year ($278 per month), and 87% of 2025 borrowers paid above the most competitive rate available to them for that reason.
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) is trading at a low-teens multiple of forward earnings, and the FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund says it is comfortable holding a mid-sized position after SFM’s growth slowed in the second half of 2025 and its share price collapsed.
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
December lean hog (HEZ26) futures rebounded from the August low, negating the prior downtrend and generating a bullish MACD crossover signal.
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
VIX has fallen significantly in recent weeks, dropping the market’s near-term implied volatility (measured by the CBOE Volatility Index for the S&P 500) amid lower expected volatility and risk/stress.
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Bobbi Althoff asked Mark Cuban for $5 million to buy a house, but Cuban said California homeownership still wouldn’t be within reach even with that money, citing high overall costs and taxes.
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
You’re likely upper-middle class (per Pew Research) if your household income falls between about $56,600 and $169,800 and you’re closer to the $169,800 upper end of that range.
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A Bank of America survey found 21- to 43-year-olds with at least $3 million in assets hold 28% of their portfolio in stocks versus 55% for wealthy investors over 43, and 93% plan to increase allocations to alternatives in the next few years.
Sep 1, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Procter & Gamble raised its dividend by 3% in 2026, continuing 70 consecutive years of dividend increases and paying $1.0885 per share each quarter (about $4.35 annualized) while generating $19.6B in operating cash flow and achieving 100% adjusted free-cash-flow productivity.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Genuine Parts (GPC) raised its annual dividend by 3.2% for 2026 to $4.25 per share ($1.0625 quarterly), extending its 70 consecutive years of dividend increases.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Personal loans may be available with credit scores below 580, but APRs can run from 12.43% on average to as high as 35.99% for bad-credit borrowers.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Betterment’s 2026 Retail Investor Survey found 26% of Gen Z investors include sports betting as a deliberate part of their long-term financial strategy, versus 12% of all retail investors and 1% of Baby Boomers.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The author says their biggest hedge is a bond ladder built around nearly a 5% yield, which they expect to be a competitive return over the next many years even if interest rates rise again.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) is structured as a C-corporation, so it pays corporate tax at the fund level before distributions reach investors—creating a “tax drag” that can erode returns even as underlying MLPs appreciate.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Super Micro Computer’s FY26 revenue rose to $39.1 billion (up 78% from FY25) and adjusted EPS increased 76% YoY from $2.06 to $3.63, with management expecting AI-related solutions to contribute more than 80% of revenue in coming quarters.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Warren Buffett said the U.S. could end its deficit crisis “in five minutes” by passing a law making all members of Congress ineligible for reelection whenever the deficit exceeds 3% of GDP—an idea that would target lawmakers under the stated threshold.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Taking a full required minimum distribution from only the largest of three separate 401(k) accounts does not satisfy the RMD obligations for the other 401(k)s, because 401(k) plans cannot be aggregated for RMD purposes.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Only 64% of Americans say they feel confident they’ll have enough money to live comfortably throughout retirement, and fewer than seven in 10 retirees say they have enough savings to cover an emergency.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
