Each type of retirement benefit has a different eligibility age. Your age plays a big role in how much you can expect to receive from Social Security and what you need to do to avoid retirement account penalties. Remember to factor these important ages into your retirement plan.
It’s no time for investors to get complacent.
The S&P 500 may have erased its losses for the year earlier this week, but volatility returned with a vengeance on Thursday afternoon, with the Dow plunging more than 1,500 points. Uncertainty remains over how the coronavirus may play out in months to come -– and what that will mean for the market going forward. It’s a good time to make sure your portfolio is in order.
William Mark lost nearly all of the $800,000 he put into ETNs.© Aaron Vincent Elkaim for The Wall Street Journal
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