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As the window for averting a potential default narrows by the day and the amount of room the Treasury Department has under the statutory borrowing limit dwindles, markets are on edge.

 

Financial planning expert Michael Kitces discusses strategies to help retirees smooth out their tax bills in the drawdown phase.

The political culture of Washington, DC, can at times seem immune to budgetary responsibility. Programs that benefit small but well-connected constituencies are reliably created and expanded with minimal regard to public costs and benefits.

Advocates and lawmakers worry high lawyer fees could shortchange those injured from toxic exposure at the military base after the Camp Lejeune Justice Act became law.

Both political parties are confident they can make a debt ceiling deal, but the longer they wait, the more volatile markets are likely to be.

Both political parties are confident they can make a debt ceiling deal, but the longer they wait, the more volatile markets are likely to be.

Both political parties are confident they can make a debt ceiling deal, but the longer they wait, the more volatile markets are likely to be.

Both political parties are confident they can make a debt ceiling deal, but the longer they wait, the more volatile markets are likely to be.

Leaders of the Group of Seven will gather this weekend for the summit in Hiroshima, Japan, to discuss a vast variety of topics, with focus on Russia and China, as Western sanctions and the proxy war in Ukraine bear little, if any, fruit. Whats the G7 and does the format correspond to the ongoing geopolitical changes?