Retirement prep – balance your economic strategies

Retirement prep – balance your economic strategies

Buy Photo Shelly never realized how simple retirement would be.

“Will I have enough money coming in each month to live like I want to live?” she said. “And will it last as long as I do?”

Very simple.But really hard.At first, she thought it would be as simple (and easy) as saving enough into her 401K plan. So, she just maxed out the amount she could withhold from her paycheck each month and put those withholdings into her company’s 401K plan. The company matched her contributions up to a certain amount, and she knew she’d also get some Social Security.She […]

Crackdown on pension sharks ‘was botched’: City watchdog blasted for failing to protect workers from rogue advisers

Crackdown on pension sharks 'was botched': City watchdog blasted for failing to protect workers from rogue advisers

The FCA has refused to crack down on fees for financial advisers who tempt customers into ditching lucrative workplace pensions The City watchdog has been blasted for failing to protect workers from rogue advisers seeking to pocket vast fees from their pension pots.

Bosses at the Financial Conduct Authority have refused to crack down on fees for financial advisers who tempt customers into ditching their lucrative workplace pensions.

The fast-growing transfer market allows staff to pull out of a defined benefit pension for a lump sum up front.Critics fear the current system is encouraging savers to squander their nest eggs.MP Frank […]

Pension trustees shift stance on partial transfers

Pension trustees shift stance on partial transfers

By Rosie Quigley Pension trustees have said all schemes should offer partial transfers to give their customers more flexibility, a conference heard yesterday (4 October).

At XPS Pensions Group’s annual conference, 75 per cent of trustees polled said there is a need for schemes to offer partial transfers whereby members can transfer part of their benefits and leave the rest in the scheme.

The poll of trustees came after last year FTAdviser revealed the F inancial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service warned advisers they must find out whether pension schemes offer partial transfers when advising on defined benefit transfers. […]

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Why This Tech Incubator Believes In Universal Basic Income

Why This Tech Incubator Believes In Universal Basic Income

Universal basic income, or UBI, is an idea that has been steadily gaining traction for the past 10 years, and…

Universal basic income, or UBI, is an idea that has been steadily gaining traction for the past 10 years, and not just in the United States. Many countries are starting to move toward making this goal a reality, or at least motioning for a real test to see if it could work. Thanks to the efforts of one tech incubator, we may be ready for the first test. What Is UBI?

If you’re not familiar, like many, universal basic […]

Is Alpha Contracts a Scam or “Legally Guaranteed Income”? [EXPOSED]

Can you really "lock-in" $52,000 with these "Alpha Contracts"? Or is this just one big scam? Is Alpha Contracts a scam??

If you came across the teaser for this investment opportunity and are a bit suspicious of what is going on here, then you are in the right place. I came across this opportunity recently and knew that I had to investigate… Things just sounded a little bit too good to be true to me.

He claims that "alpha contracts" are the best kept secret in finance and that will on Wall Street have been using them for years… Making loads […]

How a Guaranteed Income Could Relieve the ‘Pressure Cooker’ of Poverty

How a Guaranteed Income Could Relieve the ‘Pressure Cooker’ of Poverty

A boy clings to his mother as she washes the dishes. (Cinthya Santos Briones) Sign up to get the best of The Nation in your inbox every weekday. Obama praised the idea. Reporter Annie Lowrey and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes recently published books about it. The city of Chicago is exploring it. And the town of Stockton, California , has begun a pilot project experimenting with it. But Mississippi is arguably one of the last places you’d expect to find an effort to provide people in poverty with a guaranteed basic income. Yet, in December, 16 mothers in public […]

Italy Seeks To Abolish Poverty Via Bigger Deficits, Guaranteed Income

Italy Seeks To Abolish Poverty Via Bigger Deficits, Guaranteed Income

More Europe will eventually bust the whole project wide open.

And once again, this is all the more reason for the UK to run, not walk away from this mess. Hard Brexit is the best option for the UK.
French Budget
Italy’s populists only dared to make their move after Emmanual Macron increased the French fiscal deficit target for 2019 to 2.8% of GDP.Brussels expected France to reduce the deficit. Growing Populist Power Italy’s deficit tussle highlights growing power of populists. Five Star, League win 2.4% budget deficit in blow to old guard. Finance Minister had sought lower spending […]

Italy Seeks To Abolish Poverty Via Bigger Deficits, Guaranteed Income

Italy Seeks To Abolish Poverty Via Bigger Deficits, Guaranteed Income

More Europe will eventually bust the whole project wide open.

And once again, this is all the more reason for the UK to run, not walk away from this mess. Hard Brexit is the best option for the UK.
French Budget
Italy’s populists only dared to make their move after Emmanual Macron increased the French fiscal deficit target for 2019 to 2.8% of GDP.Brussels expected France to reduce the deficit. Growing Populist Power Italy’s deficit tussle highlights growing power of populists. Five Star, League win 2.4% budget deficit in blow to old guard. Finance Minister had sought lower spending […]

Italy Seeks To Abolish Poverty Via Bigger Deficits, Guaranteed Income

Italy Seeks To Abolish Poverty Via Bigger Deficits, Guaranteed Income

More Europe will eventually bust the whole project wide open.

And once again, this is all the more reason for the UK to run, not walk away from this mess. Hard Brexit is the best option for the UK.
French Budget
Italy’s populists only dared to make their move after Emmanual Macron increased the French fiscal deficit target for 2019 to 2.8% of GDP.Brussels expected France to reduce the deficit. Growing Populist Power Italy’s deficit tussle highlights growing power of populists. Five Star, League win 2.4% budget deficit in blow to old guard. Finance Minister had sought lower spending […]