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When you receive Social Security retirement benefits while working, you could run into one of the more complicated and confusing rules, the Social Security earned income limit, or earnings test. The rule exists because Congress historically discouraged people from working while receiving Social Security benefits. You can receive Social Security…

Home prices continued to increase in March, reaching a new high despite homebuyers shying away from housing, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index report. Home prices are now 6.5% above their level last year, on par with the increase registered in February. The 10-city composite…

President Joe Biden’s income-driven repayment plan hit a legal snag this week after two federal judges blocked parts of it that were set to take effect next week.  The Biden Administration introduced the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness…

In addition to providing IT security solutions, Israel-based Alarum Technologies (NASDAQ:NASDAQ:ALAR) has diversified into data collection solutions. This is at a time when massive amounts of data are needed to train artificial intelligence models. Thus, it is unsurprising that its shares delivered above 1000% upside during the last year as…

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseJoe Biden’s team said on Friday the US president would press on with his re-election bid despite mounting calls by Democrats for him to bow out after a disastrous…

Roger Federer played 1,526 singles matches throughout his career and won nearly 80% of them. However, he recently revealed that he only won 54% of the individual points within those matches. To put it another way, one of the greatest tennis players of all time barely won over half the…

Mortgage rates increased this week for the first time in a month, returning above 7% as the home affordability crisis continues to hurt demand in the housing market. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 7.03%…

We previously covered Opera Limited (NASDAQ:OPRA) in March 2024, discussing why we had maintained our Buy rating, as the management increasingly monetized its gaming platform, advertising, and search engine capabilities. Combined with the management’s use of robust cash flow for shareholder returns, we believed that it continued to offer both…

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