As you know, for most people, you can claim Social Security retirement benefits between the ages of 62 and 70. Full retirement age is between the ages of 62 and 70. This is the age Social Security considers you to be “fully retired”. Full retirement age ranges between 66 to…

Mortgage rates barely moved this week, but long-term notes declined to the lowest levels Americans have seen since 2022. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage ticked down to 6.08% from last week’s reading of 6.09%. The average…

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Billionaire hedge fund founder David Tepper said his big bet after the Federal Reserve’s rate cut was to buy Chinese stocks. “I thought that what the Fed did last week would lead to China easing, and I didn’t know that they were going to bring out the big guns like…

Appaloosa Management’s David Tepper said investors should believe the Federal Reserve when it says it will lower interest rates because the central bank has now to keep credibility.”You just read what these guys are saying,” Tepper said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Thursday. “Powell told you something… He told you some…

See glossary of frequently used terms for definitions The ICE BofA US 3·Month T-Bill Index(benchmark) measures the performance of 3-month US T-Bills. Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index measures the performance of the short-term (1-3 years) government and investment-grade corporate bond markets. The US Treasury Index an index based on…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Far-right members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government lashed out at a US-French proposal for a 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah on Thursday, urging the prime minister not to accept the deal.The proposal…

For the first time since 2006, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) didn’t release next year’s projected premiums and other data for Medicare Part D policies in July. Instead, the CMS has been reworking the program to keep Part D 2025 premiums from rising substantially, increases that would be…

This article was written byFollowI’m a retired Wall Street PM specializing in TMT; my educational background is a bachelor’s in Finance and Economics, and an MBA from Columbia, after which I directly began my career on Wall Street. Since kickstarting my career, I’ve spent over two decades in the market…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Germany’s ruling Greens were plunged into crisis on Wednesday when their co-leaders resigned in response to the party’s dismal performance in three regional elections this month.The shock move by co-leaders Omid Nouripour…