This is how much you should have saved by 50 — are you on track?
Personal Finance Canva | Szepy from Getty Images and Pexels from pixabay Published: November 19, 2024 7:22 pm If you are 50, you’ve seen firsthand throughout your life how volatile…
Calculated Risk: Tuesday: Housing Starts
by Calculated Risk on 11/18/2024 06:53:00 PM From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Didn’t Move Much Over The Weekend The average top tier conventional 30yr fixed rate…
‘You Can’t Be Surprised the White African Guy’s First Idea Is Slavery’
The Weekend Update desk at “Saturday Night Live” devoted its opening to hocking some loogies at Donald Trump’s picks to lead his presidential administration. That list includes billionaire Elon Musk,…
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030
Forecasts thiago bacelar / Shutterstock.com Published: October 30, 2024 10:41 am With the advent of the digital age, tech minded thieves, scammers, and hackers found a panoply of new prospective…
National House Price Index Up 4.2% year-over-year in August; Over last 4 months, FHFA Index has increased at a 1.9% Annual Rate
by Calculated Risk on 10/29/2024 10:17:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 4.2% year-over-year in August Excerpt: S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly…
Georgia prosecutor who brought election case against Trump faces rare Republican challenger
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Democratic Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, faces…
These WWII Rifles Actually Changed History
Military Hulton Archive / Hulton Archive via Getty Images Published: October 25, 2024 10:10 am During World War II, Arthur Hibray piloted PBY Catalina “Dumbos” to help aviators and seamen…
New Home Sales Increase to 738,000 Annual Rate in September
by Calculated Risk on 10/24/2024 10:00:00 AM The Census Bureau reports New Home Sales in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 738 thousand. The previous three…
Alcohol deemed a factor in fatal I-90 crash Sunday morning
Oct. 22—SALEM, S.D. — A 26-year-old woman from Canistota died Sunday morning in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 90. The South Dakota Department of Public safety says the woman was…
The Highest Paid Athlete of the ’60s Was Earning A Quarter of a Million Dollars
Sports 88007996@N02 / Flickr Published: October 18, 2024 2:30 pm 24/7 Insights Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell fought over contract sizes. Baseball helped lead the way with the…
Industrial Production Decreased 0.3% in September
by Calculated Risk on 10/17/2024 04:01:00 PM Earlier from the Fed: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Industrial production (IP) decreased 0.3 percent in September after advancing 0.3 percent in August.…
COVID-19 XEC variant is now circulating in the US. Here’s what you should know about it.
KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it accounts for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the XEC variant is not far behind, recent Centers…
5 Blue Chip Dividend Stocks to Own If You Had to Hold Them Forever
Investing Riddy / iStock via Getty Images Published: October 13, 2024 2:40 pm 24/7 Wall St. Insights Dividend stocks will get a solid tailwind from falling interest rates. Despite the…
Calculated Risk: Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: Homeowner Insurance Costs “Spike”
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger image. • ICE Mortgage Monitor: Insurance Costs “Spike”, Especially in Florida • House Prices to Income…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Acting Very Strangely, Puzzling Scientists
Great Ball of Fire Jupiter’s Giant Red Spot (GRS) is large enough to swallow the entire Earth — and as new imagery from Hubble suggests, it’s a lot weirder than…
Last Call as Oil Heads Back to $80: Investors Are Buying 5% High-Yield Dividend Giants
Investing David McNew / Getty Images News via Getty Images Published: October 8, 2024 2:46 pm 24/7 Wall St. Insights After a solid start to 2024, the energy sector is…
Insurance Costs “Spike”, Especially in Florida
by Calculated Risk on 10/07/2024 11:42:00 AM Today, in the Real Estate Newsletter: ICE Mortgage Monitor: Insurance Costs “Spike”, Especially in Florida Brief excerpt: The largest insurance increases are in…
Scenic Blue Ridge Parkway remains closed after suffering catastrophic impacts from Helene
The famed Blue Ridge Parkway – spanning more than 400 miles – remains closed with no reopening date, according to the National Park Service. “The entire length of the Blue…
Why Egypt Is Africa’s Dominant Helicopter Power
Military BoonDock / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons Published: October 3, 2024 3:50 pm 24/7 Wall St. Insights: Egypt has established itself as a military powerhouse on the African…
Heavy Truck Sales Decreased in September
by Calculated Risk on 10/02/2024 02:03:00 PM This graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the September 2024 seasonally adjusted annual…