Just as advisors had wrapped their brains around private equity in retirement plans and a fiduciary rule replacement, the Labor Department is proposing even more regulation — and with a short turnaround time, too. Under its latest proposal, issued Aug. 31, the department is turning its attention to proxy voting in a rule that would
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Akon has released detailed plans of Akon City, his $6 billion futuristic cryptocurrency city, which he calls a “real-life Wakanda,” referring to the hit movie Black Panther. There will be seven major districts, and the city will be run on the akoin cryptocurrency. Akon City’s Details Officially Revealed Senegalese-American star and philanthropist Akon, whose full
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By Nancy Collamer, Next Avenue Contributor Barbara Sher Courtesy Barbara Sher’s YouTube channel With entire industries pummeled by the pandemic, millions of older American workers are being forced to find new career paths. If you’re one of them, you’re likely struggling to find your way forward. There’s no surefire formula for navigating a successful career
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Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – Nordgold released its H1 today. Refined gold production increased by 8% year-on-year to 507,300 ounces. The average realised gold price tracked market
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A worker is seen wearing a mask while organizing merchandise at a Walmart store, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, July 20, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Zoom Video — Shares of the video conferencing company rallied more than 30% on the back of better-than-expected results for
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Since the stock market trends higher—or stays level—far more often than it declines, it is difficult to make consistent money by shorting stocks or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). You can sell short S&P 500 ETFs like the S&P 500 Index (SPY). But this strategy can be risky, since losses on short positions in stocks, ETFs, or
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Continental, the German car parts maker, deepened its cost-cutting programme and warned that a further 10,000 jobs were at risk, as the coronavirus crisis hammered the global auto industry. The Hanover-based company, whose customers include the world’s largest carmakers, announced last year that 20,000 positions would be affected by its restructuring plan, as it sought
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Investors are abandoning cash holdings at a record clip as momentum continues to build behind 2020’s risk rally. Roughly $5.4 billion has exited from the $20 billion iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV) — the biggest ultra-short duration ETF — over 14 consecutive weeks of outflows. That was the longest streak on record for the
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Exceptionally strong demand, historically low supply and record low mortgage rates are combining to fuel the fastest home price growth since 2018. Nationally, home prices in July were 5.5% higher than in 2019. That is a marked increase from the 4.3% annual gain seen in June, according to CoreLogic. Falling mortgage rates helped bolster the
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Social Security requires more than a power of attorney getty Hopefully, Baby Boomers are paying more attention to their power of attorney (POA) documents.  A previous post pointed out that, as valuable as these POA documents are, they will not stand alone for Medicare. The same holds true for Social Security. POAs do not give the
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Cain Brothers has hired Maura Davalos as a director in its Healthcare Public Finance Group in Jacksonville, Florida. Davalos will be responsible for originating and underwriting Federal Housing Administration-insured financings for hospitals and health systems across the U.S. Cain Brothers hired Maura Davalos to do Federal Housing Administration-insured financings for hospitals and health systems. Davalos
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Policy lowers the trigger for the silver-linked dividend to $25″ data-reactid=”19″> Policy lowers the trigger for the silver-linked dividend to $25 NYSE:HL) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has increased the quarterly dividend 50% and lowered the realized price threshold for the silver-linked dividend.” data-reactid=”20″>Hecla Mining Company (“Hecla”)(NYSE:HL) is pleased to announce that
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AstraZeneca announced that it has started enrolling adults for a Phase 3 clinical trial in the US of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate AZD1222.  AstraZeneca (AZN) said that the trial, which will include 30,000 participants over the age of 18, will asses the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of AZD1222 for the prevention of Covid-19. The US trial, called D8110C00001, is funded by the
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