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These all-in-one retirement funds automatically shift from stocks to bonds over time, but the speed and shape of that shift can vary widely between providers.
Wallcrest Analysis Desk · 1m ago · 4 min read
When you inherit stocks, real estate, or other property, the IRS often resets the asset's cost basis to its value on the date of death—here's how that works and where it doesn't apply.
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Two ways to put a windfall to work in the market produce different risk profiles, and the historical record favors one approach more often than intuition suggests.
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The September Summary of Economic Projections implies roughly one more quarter-point increase in 2026 and then nothing for a year. Median PCE inflation for this year is 3.7 percent.
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The target range has been 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent since December 11, 2025. Five meetings in 2026 have left it there. The July decision to hold drew three dissents.
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Two BLS releases landed a day apart. Inside the producer data, wholesale diesel rose 24.1% in a single month while margins at fuel retailers fell 11.3%.
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These accounts let adults transfer assets to a minor with fewer legal formalities than a trust, but the money becomes the child's outright at the age of majority.
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The New York Fed's August survey shows inflation expectations flat at every horizon while the perceived odds of higher unemployment reached 44.4%. Expected missed debt payments rose too.
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The September Beige Book describes an economy expanding modestly on manufacturing strength while hiring stalls and input costs stay elevated for a tenth straight period in one district.
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A little-known 401(k) feature lets some savers stash tens of thousands more per year into Roth accounts, but only if their employer's plan allows it.
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A bond ladder spreads maturities across several years so investors get regular cash flow and reduced reinvestment risk, without betting on where interest rates go next.
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The New York Fed asked firms in its August surveys what artificial intelligence has actually done to their payrolls. Among service firms using it, retraining outnumbers layoffs by roughly eight to one. Manufacturers report no AI layoffs at all.
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The Richmond Fed's August survey shows the pass-through shortfall stable and the forward-looking internals turning over at the same time. The July hard data has not confirmed it.
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The Fed chairman set out six principles, rejected routine forward guidance, and said inflation has not improved enough. PCE inflation is 3.7% over twelve months and 4.1% over six.
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BEA's second estimate left real GDP unchanged. The PCE price index was revised to 5.3%, gross domestic income rose 2.2%, and corporate profits jumped $400.9 billion.
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The Kansas City Fed's symposium runs August 27–29 under the title "Financial Innovation: Implications for Payments and Policy." The new chair speaks 19 days before the September rate decision.
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Short rates sit where the Fed put them. The 30-year sits 156 basis points higher. Here is what the shape of the curve is made of, and what it is not evidence for.
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A forecast is a conditional statement dressed as a prediction. Read the conditions and it becomes useful again.
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How you feel about volatility in a calm month is a poor guide to what you will do in a violent one.
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Two often-overlooked metrics explain why some bond funds swing sharply on rate news while others barely budge.
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