Retirement Investment Advisors
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals in Oklahoma and North Texas.
We all know how important it is to save for retirement, and 401(k) plans have become one of the most effective ways to save. However, many workers who have access to a retirement plan don’t participate. That’s probably the biggest mistake you can make. If you have access to a plan, you should take full advantage of it.
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In July, the weather in Norfolk, England, was perfectly rainy as Bilbo Sluggins won the World Snail Racing Championship with a time of two minutes and 11 seconds. Fans and competitors traveled from the United States, South Korea, and France for the competition. Some arrived with trained gastropods (Training might include a strict lettuce diet and daily workouts climbing vertical surfaces). Others relied on entrants hired from the area’s world-renowned snail stables. Bilbo’s winning pace was just shy of the two-minute record set in 1995, but it was a vast improvement over 2023’s winning time of 7 minutes and 24 seconds.
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How fast will an AI-powered economy grow?
Global economic growth has not always been robust. Until the 1700s, economic growth averaged about 0.1 percent per year and was closely tied to population growth. “Bigger harvests allowed more mouths to be fed; more farmers allowed for bigger harvests,” reported The Economist. Eventually, better-nourished people had ideas about how to improve their lives, and economic growth edged higher.
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This is not the inflation you’re looking for…
In general, everyone who buys goods or services in the United States would prefer to see prices trend lower – and that’s what happened in the earlier part of this year. Over the last couple of months, though, inflation has begun to creep higher.
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