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Crypto's Anonymous Era Just Ended: Form 1099-DA Now Tells the IRS What You Sold and Its Cost-Basis Math May Not Match Yours
A new IRS form already sent the government a dollar figure from your crypto account, and it almost certainly does not tell the story you think it does.
Their Bosses Gave Them the Ranch They Had Managed for 20 Years. Social Security May Call It One Enormous Paycheck.
Two ranch managers worked 20 loyal years for aging owners who handed them the deed instead of a paycheck, and now the IRS and Social Security may treat that generous gesture as the single largest wage event of their lives.
CLOSING BELL
Asia
- 🇭🇰 Hang Seng+0.30%
- 🇨🇳 SSE Composite-0.11%
Hong Kong erased an opening dip to finish 0.30% higher, while Shanghai closed 0.11% lower. The two China gauges are pulling apart, and offshore money is picking Hong Kong.
MARKET OPEN
Europe
- 🇬🇧 FTSE 100—
- 🇩🇪 DAX+0.44%
- 🇫🇷 CAC 40—
London opens flat while Frankfurt gets the momentum, with the DAX up 0.44% out of the gate. Europe's leadership is sitting on the continent this morning.
They Moved to Florida for Zero Income Tax. Property Insurance and Assessments Took the Whole Savings and Then Some
Retirees chasing Florida’s zero income tax are getting blindsided by a category of housing expense that never showed up in the spreadsheet. The numbers work beautifully until the mail arrives.
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'I Don't Predict Good Things for Your Marriage': Ramsey to Wife Fighting Monthly Over the Tithe
Dave Ramsey took two calls about marriage money fights in a single episode and reached opposite verdicts. The difference between the two situations is one variable that most couples never think to check.
MARKET OPEN
Asia
- 🇭🇰 Hang Seng-0.35%
- 🇨🇳 SSE Composite—
Hong Kong starts the Asian session 0.35% below its previous close, setting a soft tone for anyone with China exposure before Europe and the US wake up. Mainland shares open flat at 3,956.57 on the SSE Composite.
Why Wealthy Couples Are Spending the 401(k) at 63 and Letting Social Security Grow to $5,100 a Month at 70
Spending down a seven-figure retirement account before touching Social Security sounds like financial malpractice, but fee-only planners are quietly steering high-net-worth couples toward exactly that move for one very specific reason buried in the tax code.
DAILY MOVE
SOLSolana
$109.18
+6.94%
Solana's 6.94% jump to $109.18 puts it back above $100 for the first time since February, its second straight leg higher off the June lows. Anyone who wrote this one off in the spring is now looking at a different setup.
MARKET OPEN
Nikkei 225🇯🇵 JPX
66,132
Tokyo opens with the Nikkei 225 at 66,131.98, holding right at its prior close as traders wait on the Bank of Japan's next rate move. Any yen swing today lands straight on Japan exporters.
The "Medicaid Annuity": The At-Home Spouse Can Turn $300,000 of Countable Savings Into Income the State Can't Touch, Legally, Before the Application Is Even Filed
Most couples entering the Medicaid process assume the state gets to dictate exactly how their savings disappear, but a federal rule buried in the Deficit Reduction Act gives the at-home spouse a legal way to reposition assets before the application clock even starts.
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$250,000 in SGOV Earned $9,600 Last Year While the Same Money in VOO Earned $55,000
SGOV’s expense ratio barely registers, but that 9-basis-point bargain hides a cost most investors never calculate until it is far too late to matter.