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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.16%) (BRK.B 0.11%) has produced amazing returns for long-term investors under Warren Buffett’s leadership. However, at a more than $1 trillion valuation, its ability to consistently generate outsize returns from here is somewhat limited. To put Berkshire’s […]

When it comes to choosing dividend stock exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for your portfolio, a higher yield isn’t always better. In fact, one of my favorite dividend index funds is the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG -0.24%), which has a yield

Vanguard is known for its low-cost ETFs, and for very good reasons. Decades ago, Vanguard pioneered the concept of a low-cost index fund, and the company now offers dozens of mutual funds and ETFs with expense ratios far below the

Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, help protect the retirement, disability, and survivors benefits of millions of Americans from the potentially devastating effects of inflation. However, the process by which the annual COLA is calculated isn’t well understood by many

Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) is down by more than 15% in less than two months, and the primary reasons seem to be consumer spending concerns and tariff-fueled price increases. In this video, I discuss what investors need to know

The Social Security Administration, or SSA, recently announced that Social Security cards are going digital this summer — well, sort of. In this video, Certified Financial Planner® Matt Frankel discusses what we know, and what we don’t. Continue reading Source

The average retired worker who is 69 years old and collects Social Security gets about $1,945 per month, according to the latest edition of the Social Security Statistical Supplements. That’s $23,340 per year in retirement income. However, there are a

The benchmark S&P 500 index recently reached correction territory, indicated by a 10% drop from its highs. But certain other parts of the stock market have been hit even harder. One big area of underperformance in the recent market sell-off

The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.18%) is officially in a correction, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index down about 12% from its recent high. And while there are some stocks that still look rather pricey, even after the downturn, there are some

The Nasdaq is officially in correction territory, with the Nasdaq-100 index down by more than 12% from its recent high. A big driver of this has been the “Magnificent Seven” stocks, many of which are down by 20%, or much