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Why Your Medicare Premium May Reflect Income You No Longer Earn
John DiMatteo Medicare Part B premiums for 2026 rose to $202.90 a month, an increase of $17.90 from 2025 and just under 10 percent. [...]
Would You Know If a Scammer Was Using Your Daughter's Voice?
John DiMatteo A mother in California picked up her phone last spring and heard her daughter's voice, panicked, saying she had been kidnapped and [...]
One Shot to Get It Right
John DiMatteo Most financial decisions can be revisited.A portfolio can be rebalanced next quarter, or a budget adjusted next month. But a handful of [...]
Weekly Market Insights | Stocks Advance; Investors' Attention on What's Next.
John DiMatteo Stocks advanced last week as the broad market looked past inflationary pressures and focused on falling oil prices, declining bond yields, and [...]
AI Gives Answers. Guidance Requires Judgment.
John DiMatteo Artificial intelligence (AI) has given financial professionals new tools that can make it faster and sharper to do some behind-the-scenes work, from [...]
Weekly Market Insights | Fed Ups Rates; Investors Ponder AI, Oil
John DiMatteo Stocks ended last week mixed as investors navigated the Fed’s rate decision, Treasury yields, oil prices, and the volatile AI trade.The Standard [...]
Weekly Market Insights | CPI Holds Steady; Investors Await Fed Action
John DiMatteo Stocks fell over a shortened trading week as higher oil prices rattled investors.The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined 0.80 percent, while [...]
Weekly Market Insights | Mixed Week for Markets, Mixed Signals from Fed
John DiMatteo Stocks were mixed last week as markets continued to navigate geopolitical concerns and new signals about short-term interest rates.The Standard & Poor’s [...]
IPO Reality vs. the Headline Narrative
John DiMatteo When IPOs Dominate the ConversationWhen a company that most people recognize goes public, suddenly it's everywhere. Media coverage spikes. Everyone is talking [...]