Day: December 19, 2021

Economy

Machine Powerhouse Germany Finally Wants to Embrace the Future

(Bloomberg) — After years of tinkering in a Bavarian research lab in the 1980s, electrical engineering student Karlheinz Brandenburg and his professor arranged a meeting to pitch a promising innovation.Grundig AG, once Europe’s biggest maker of radios, sent two engineers for a demo at the university’s tiny audio lab on the outskirts of Nuremberg. While […]

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Retirement
Social Security

How Secure Is Social Security?

Some lawmakers have predicted bankruptcy for Social Security, pushing cuts in benefits or even privatization of the program to ensure its survival. What’s more, the latest (2021) annual report from the Social Security Board of Trustees suggests things have weakened with Social Security since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there might be some […]

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Fiber Optics
Fiber-To-The-Premises
Trade Of The Day
TradersPro Sunday

Top Fiber Optics Stock To Buy Monday

This company manufactures, markets, and sells standard and custom passive connectivity products to the fiber-to-the-premises, enterprises, and original equipment manufacturers markets in the United States and internationally. The company offers FieldSmart, a series of panels, cabinets, wall boxes, and other enclosures. CLFD $69.8300 1.3900 % 2.0300 Clearfield Inc Sector : Computer and Technology Industry : […]

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Consumer Staples
Top Stocks
Top Stocks To Watch

2 Best Consumer Staple Stocks To Buy Now

Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) Carriage Services, Inc. provides funeral and cemetery services, and merchandise in the United States. It operates through two segments, Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Home Operations segment engages in the provision of consultation, funeral home facilities for visitation and memorial services, and transportation services; removal and preparation of […]

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Inflation
Inflation Hedge
Inflation Stocks

Inflation a worry for most economies, but not Japan

Surging prices are haunting consumers and confounding economic planners in the U.S. and other countries, but not in Japan, where sparking inflation has proven an elusive goal. While the Federal Reserve and most other central banks are shifting into inflation-fighting mode, the Bank of Japan on Friday said it would scale back corporate bond purchases […]

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Apple
Apple Stock

Apple stock is smack in the middle of a perfect storm: strategist

Even with Apple’s stock (APPL) cooling down a touch this week as the company flirted with a $3 trillion market cap for the first time, pros say several positives remain in the cards that are likely to push shares higher soon. “It is entirely possible that we are seeing the perfect storm for Apple bulls […]

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Electric Vehicles
EV Charging
EV Stocks
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett scored 3,000% gains in electric car stock without Rivian or Tesla — here are 3 EV stocks flying under Wall Street's radar

Warren Buffett scored 3,000% gains in electric car stock without Rivian or Tesla — here are 3 EV stocks flying under Wall Street’s radar After a white-hot early November, electric vehicle stocks have declined sharply over the past month or so. But for investors who got in early enough and stuck around, the returns are […]

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Retirement Accounts
Retirement Fears
Retirement Living
Retirement Mistakes
Retirement Plan
Retirement Planning

Retirees Aren’t Spending Enough of Their Nest Eggs. Here’s Why.

Mosaymay/Dreamstime Linda Cooley of Florida has seen her nest egg grow dramatically since she retired more than five years ago as a lawyer. Cooley, 69, lives off pensions and Social Security and has yet to touch her retirement portfolio of several million dollars. Her financial advisor, Susan Elser of Indianapolis, frequently reminds Cooley she could […]

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