Retirees report lower levels of well-being than they did four years ago, according to a recent survey from the Employee Benefits Research Institute. Under half of retired Americans, 48%, between the ages of 62 and 75 report being very satisfied with life in retirement, down from 62% in 2020 and 53% in 2022. Digging into […]

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are excellent passive investment vehicles. They hold baskets of stocks or other investments, which helps provide diversification and reduce risk. Because of that, you don’t have to spend any time managing these investments. Many ETFs are designed to generate income, making them ideal investments for those who want a portfolio that will

Key Takeaways Federal Reserve officials said that while Friday’s jobs data looked promising, they were still looking at larger labor market trends. Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Beth Hammack said strong economic conditions mean that interest rate cuts may need to come more slowly. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee didn’t lay out an exact timetable

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) investors may want to forget 2024. Shares of the cybersecurity specialist have dropped more than 10% so far this year due to concerns about its slowing growth, and the company seems set to enter 2025 on the back foot. The stock fell by nearly 5% on Tuesday after Zscaler released its fiscal

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  Igor Golovnov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson led Centene, another big health insurer, to switch to a virtual investor day next week instead of a planned in-person event in New York. Thompson’s slaying also has spurred some major health companies, including UnitedHealthcare’s parent company,

Like most decisions in personal finance, December distributions have pluses and minuses. Retirement accounts like an IRA and 401(k) offer some tremendous advantages when it comes to saving money for retirement. The primary benefit is that contributions are tax deductible, and you won’t pay any taxes on your investments in those accounts until you withdraw

US stocks mostly rose on Friday as investors digested the last monthly jobs report of the year, a crucial test of the prospects for interest rate cuts in December and beyond. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) lost about 0.3%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose roughly 0.3%. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) increased

After a strong run for some energy stocks in the fall, the rally fell flat this week with many nuclear and renewable energy stocks dropping. According to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) fell as much as 22.3% this week, Sunnova Energy (NYSE: NOVA) was down 21.5%, and FuelCell Energy

Mithrl is among a wave of startups coming back to San Francisco and working in person four days or more each week. Courtesy: Mithrl When Noah Jackson began his search for a new software engineering job at the start of 2024, there was one quality he knew he wanted in his next employer: office culture.