Draining the pool of confusion surrounding long-term care insurance

It’s not just a ball of confusion when it comes to long-term care insurance. It’s one massive ball pit and Americans are drowning in it. It’s time for the financial advisor community to literally play lifeguard. According to the annual Nationwide Retirement Institute long-term care survey conducted in partnership with Limra...

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Converting IRA to Roth is a financial gift

The Roth IRA is the ultimate financial gift for retirees and their beneficiaries.   Roth individual retirement accounts have no lifetime required minimum distributions, so you’ll never have to worry about paying higher future tax rates on those funds. In retirement, you can withdraw whatever you wish tax-free. That will keep...

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Largest federal union backs O’Malley for Social Security commissioner

The American Federation of Government Employees is backing President Biden’s nomination of former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to be the next commissioner of the Social Security Administration. The AFGE SSA General Committee voted unanimously this week to endorse O’Malley’s nomination. The committee manages AFGE councils representing SSA employees in field...

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TechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms

A recent PitchBook study that surveyed founders from top accelerators found that they are generally interested in just three things: Learning how to operate a startup Networking with potential customers Getting warm intros to VCs But now that so many venture capital firms provide these services — along with marketing boot camps, personal...

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: EL, BLMN, PANW

American multinational skincare and beauty products brand Estée Lauder's logo seen in Hong Kong.Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines before the bell Friday.Palo Alto Networks — Shares of the cybersecurity company edged 1.8% lower in premarket trading Friday. Palo Alto Networks' fiscal fourth-quarter...

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