The divorce settlement left a 55-year-old woman with $920,000—mostly from a court-ordered split of her ex-husband’s 401(k) into her share via a QDRO.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Netflix stock closed at $81.72 on Aug. 28 and, using a cash-secured Oct. 2 put example, selling the $78 strike put with a $1.40 midpoint premium would earn $140 per contract on about $7,800 of collateral for an estimated one-month yield of 1.8%.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Moving $150,000 of a $600,000 traditional IRA into a QLAC scheduled to start paying at 85 is expected to reduce future RMDs by roughly 25% because the IRS excludes QLAC assets from the RMD calculation during the deferral period.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The article shows five practical ways the author uses ChatGPT Work to cut time on small-business tasks, including summarizing email conversations, turning data into slide-ready charts, deriving in-app purchasing features from source code, and assessing Fab Lab electrical infrastructure for UPS replacement.
Aug 31, 2026 ·
ZDNet
July CPI released Aug. 12 showed consumer prices rose 3.4% year over year, while the Fed’s preferred PCE price index rose 3.7% year over year—both still above the Fed’s 2% target.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A study estimated 31.9 million forgotten or left-behind 401(k) accounts hold about $2.1 trillion in assets, and old plans can keep charging fees you may be paying without realizing.
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The average HELOC rate is 7.16% and the average fixed-rate home equity loan rate is 7.35%, a 19-basis-point spread, per Curinos’ national data (for applicants with 780+ minimum credit score and under 70% CLTV).
Aug 31, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Caterpillar reported a record $72 billion backlog at the end of Q2 2026, up 92% year over year.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A divorce receiving spouse who is under 59½ can withdraw 401(k) money penalty-free (no extra 10% early-distribution tax) if they receive it as an alternate payee under a QDRO and take the distribution directly from the qualified plan.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Act 60 generally doesn’t exempt US-source retirement income—mainland pensions, Social Security, and 401(k) distributions remain fully subject to federal tax after you move to Puerto Rico.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) has a distributable cash flow coverage of distributions ratio of 1.9x, meaning it generated nearly twice the distributable cash flow as its quarterly distributions last quarter.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
An NFL+ plan costs $6.99/month (phone/tablet only) or $14.99/month (big screen) and the article pairs it with an OTA digital antenna to watch local games plus NFL RedZone (a seven-hour Sunday afternoon broadcast).
Aug 30, 2026 ·
Engadget
A Dec. 31 Roth conversion counts for the prior tax year, but the related tax is due via estimated-tax rules by Jan. 15 and can trigger underpayment penalties before you file if quarterly payments were short.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Over the past 100 years, the S&P 500 has averaged roughly a 10% annual return, which would turn a $100 investment into nearly $1.4 million and implies a $10,000 investment could grow to about $67,275 (more than 570% total return) over the next 20 years if a similar pace continued.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A simple 50/50 split between Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF (SPMO) and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF (SPHQ) has produced higher annual returns over multiple periods in the last 30 years than the S&P 500, with lower annualized volatility and smaller maximum drawdowns.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Veronica and her husband face foreclosure risk after he was notified he owes $10,000 in overdue HOA fees as cosigner, and the article says they lack enough cash on hand to pay it immediately.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A pilot study of 107 blood-cancer patients found comprehensive financial planning was linked to higher mental and physical quality of life for those experiencing financial toxicity and to a 56% lower likelihood of dying during treatment for patients facing high-risk disease with financial toxicity.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A one-time “13th check” supplemental pension payment can be treated as extra income and may push more of Social Security into taxable territory—even if no clawback occurs and the monthly pension amount stays the same next year.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The Buffett indicator has reached 237% (total stock market capitalization to GDP), an all-time high and a level Buffett says is “playing with fire.”
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A 2020 study of 2,117 couples found that, on average, life satisfaction rose after retirement, but experiences varied widely—suggesting retirement can affect couples differently even if overall satisfaction improves.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
