Anne Tergesen
Staff Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Contributor at MarketWatch
Covers retirement for the Wall Street Journal and contributes to http://t.co/lvb4BYqrhS
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Veronica Dagher |Anne Tergesen
After accounting for mortgage payments, their home equity—the portion of their home they own outright—grew by about $525,000. But there was another surprise: Their property taxes have increased by more than 50% since the purchase after multiple reassessments, to nearly $21,000 annually. They know this is a fortunate problem to have, especially since they can still pay their bills. But the higher property taxes have pushed them to trim discretionary spending.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Veronica Dagher |Anne Tergesen
4 hours agoWith Llama 4, Meta fudged benchmarks to appear as though its new AI model is better than the competition. Over the weekend, Meta dropped two new Llama 4 models: a smaller model named Scout, and Maverick, a mid-size model that the company claims can beat GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash “across a broad …
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elpasoinc.com | Anne Tergesen |Veronica Dagher
Ask people when they expect to retire and they are likely to say age 65. But that is not how it usually plays out. Some stay at their jobs into their 70s and 80s, and many hang it up far earlier. About one in five retirees reported leaving a career at age 55 or younger, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, below the median retirement age of 62. Early retirement doesn’t look much like the polished social-media posts made by “financial independence, retire early” influencers.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Anne Tergesen |Joe Pinsker
Market downturns like this one often tempt people to make rash decisions, but it is better to have a planThe current market turmoil is especially anxiety-inducing for people who are nearing retirement and will soon draw from their accounts. The ideal financial scenario is to have prepared beforehand by moving the money you will need to spend in the coming months or years into less risky assets, such as cash. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Anne Tergesen
Thursday's steep selloff in stocks surprisingly didn't prompt a flurry of trading activity in 401(k)s. Trades yesterday amounted to 0.01% of assets in a subset of 401(k) plans administered by record-keeper Alight Solutions. Alight tracks two million investors with $264 billion in assets. The few who did react shifted a net $26 million from target-date and stock funds into investments including fixed income.
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Betrothed couples are racing to plan quick-turnaround weddings. Condensing the planning, they say, saves them on costs and stress. https://t.co/Z1eITFXEMO via @WSJ
Win or lose, Harris and Trump still get taxpayer-funded pensions for life https://t.co/g8zrAx5Ff2 via @WSJ
Retirees’ wealth and income have taken a hit due to inflation https://t.co/2ngC3yakeA via @WSJ