How To Convert Your 401(k) Into A Reliable Monthly Paycheck Authored by Adam H. Douglas via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Yes, you can turn your 401(k) into a predictable monthly paycheck in retirement. The key is to move from the accumulation phase to a structured distribution strategy. Many retirees combine systematic withdrawals, dividend-producing investments, and guaranteed income sources such as annuities. Smart planning can turn your 401(k) balance into a predictable cash flow. Ladanifer/Shutterstock By balancing these tools and managing withdrawal rates carefully, you can convert a fluctuating retirement account balance into a steady income stream that helps cover monthly living expenses throughout retirement. Why the Distribution Phase Matters During your working years, your focus is simple: build the largest retirement account balance possible. Contributions, employer matches, and market growth drive the accumulation phase. Once you stop working, your 401(k) must shift from a growth vehicle into an income engine. Instead of asking, “How big is my account balance?” the better question becomes, “How much income can this generate each month?” Without a clear strategy, withdrawals can become inconsistent and risky. Market downturns early in retirement may reduce your portfolio faster than expected. To help you before you retire, here’s a structured income framework. Creating a Retirement Paycheck From a 401(k) Step 1: Estimate Your Monthly Retirement Income Needs Before converting your 401(k) into income, start with a clear picture of your retirement spending. Most retirees separate expenses into two categories: Essential expenses housing costs utilities food and transportation health insurance and medical care Discretionary spending travel hobbies dining and entertainment A common guideline suggests retirees aim to replace 70–80 percent of their pre-retirement income, though the exact number varies based on lifestyle and debt levels. Once you determine you...

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Key PointsHelen Louise Collins exercised and sold 40,000 Common Stock shares over March 9–10, 2026, generating proceeds of ~$1.20 million at a weighted average price of $30.07 per share.

Semiconductor stocks have become popular investments thanks to the high usage of chips in AI. However, by investing in this industry, you're also making a bet that semiconductor usage will go up in other areas. As products like humanoid robots, autonomous driving, and drone delivery increase in usage, so will chip demand. By investing in a company like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) , you're making the proclamation that we are going to use a greater quantity of chips and more advanced chips in the future. That seems like a no-brainer bet, which is why Taiwan Semiconductor is a great option to invest $1,000 in right now. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading

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A Mexican Navy aircraft has located two small vessels that had gone missing while attempting to deliver aid to Cuba. The boats were spotted 80 nautical miles northwest of Havana, Mexico’s Navy Ministry said in a post on X on Saturday. A Navy vessel is heading to the area to provide assistance and communication is being maintained via radio, according to the post. The vessels were on a solidarity mission to the Caribbean island as a convoy of ships sought to help Cubans caught in a standoff between the Trump administration and the government in Havana. Washington has been turning the screws on Cuba in hopes of toppling the 67-year-old communist regime. Since Donald Trump ordered the capture of the island’s principal ally in Venezuela on Jan. 3, the US has imposed a near-total blockade on fuel deliveries to the Caribbean nation, exacerbating blackouts and economic decline. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters on Friday that authorities were searching for two sailing boats that left Mexico a week ago to make the 200-mile (322-kilometer) journey to the island. Read more: Mexico, Cuba Searching for Missing Aid Vessels as Island Reels

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⚽ WSL updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-off in the derby ⚽ Man Utd 0-3 Man City | Sign up to Moving the Goalposts Arsenal come into this game in spectacular form : they’ve won their last eight games in all competitions, including two victories over Chelsea and another against Manchester City. Spurs’ form has been more topsy-turvy. They won 7-3 at Villa in mid-February, beat London City Lionesses in an epic FA Cup penalty shootout but then lost to Everton and City. Continue reading...

GetUpStudio French police have thwarted a suspected bomb attack near the Bank of America ( BAC ) headquarters in Paris early on Saturday morning. One person has been arrested in connection with the incident, which reportedly occurred at around 3:30 am CET outside the BofA ( BAC ) building located on Rue de la Boétie in the capital's 8th arrondissement. A spokeswoman for the U.S. bank said it was “aware of the situation” and communicating with officials, according to Bloomberg. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office, or PNAT, told The Associated Press that it has opened an investigation into alleged terrorism-related offenses. The suspected offenses include attempted damage by fire or by a dangerous means, the manufacture of an incendiary or explosive device, the possession and transport of such devices with the intent to prepare dangerous damage, and involvement in a terrorist criminal association. A person was placed in police custody while another has reportedly escaped. “Well done to the rapid intervention of a Paris police prefecture unit, which made it possible to thwart a violent act of a terrorist nature overnight in Paris,” Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said. “Vigilance remains at a very high level," Nuñez said. "I commend all security and intelligence forces, fully mobilized under my authority in the current international context." RTL radio, citing police sources, reported that the incident took place early Saturday when police officers spotted two suspects carrying a shopping bag near the premises of the Bank of America in the 8th arrondissement of the French capital. One of the suspects, holding a lighter, was attempting to ignite a device, RTL said, while the second suspect managed to escape. The Paris police prefecture declined to comment. Since the Iran war broke out, French authorities have increased personal protection of some figures from the Iranian opposition and stepped up security around sites that could be a target, including sites ...

(RTTNews) - Sanofi SA (SNY, SNYNF,SAN.PA) announced encouraging results from three Phase 3 clinical trials—COAST 1, COAST 2, and SHORE—evaluating amlitelimab, a fully human non-T cell depleting monoclonal antibody that selectively targets OX40-ligand (OX40L). The studies, present

Jawad Younes and his uncle Ragheb were laid to rest on Saturday after their family compound was hit a day earlier.

The league’s lowest scorers continue to punch above their weight in the fourth tier but found Notts County too strong Walking up Wetherby Road it is hard to believe there is a Football League ground lurking around the corner. Living in the shadows of semi-detached houses and three-storey blocks of flats sits the Exercise Stadium, where watching Harrogate Town this season has been an exasperating experience. The mix of being the lowest scorers in the league, with a paltry 29 in 40 games, and conceding the most shots, has left them mired in a relegation battle. There have only been three home victories all season but there were reasons for optimism after an upturn in results and performances, prior to the visit of promotion-chasing Notts County. Continue reading...

Helen Louise Collins, Chief Medical Officer of Enliven Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ELVN) , reported the exercise of 40,000 stock options for Common Stock and immediate sale of those shares for proceeds of approximately ~$1.20 million, according to a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($30.07); post-transaction value based on March 10, 2026, market close ($30.24). Note: 1-year performance calculated using March 27th, 2026, as the reference date. Continue reading

Treasury department said Financial Times article about Scott Bessent’s views on Fed oversight was ‘manufactured’ The US treasury department demanded on Friday that the Financial Times (FT) retract a report on treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s views on the Federal Reserve, accusing the newspaper of publishing “false claims” in a formal complaint that was escalated to the news outlet’s parent company, Nikkei Inc. The email from treasury officials, addressed to senior editors at the FT and Nikkei, disputed multiple claims in the story and criticized the headline as misrepresenting the underlying reporting. Continue reading...

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The average one-year price target for Techtronic Industries Company (SEHK:669) has been revised to HK$134.50 / share. This is an increase of 13.27% from the prior estimate of HK$118.74 dated February 21, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets pro

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All passengers departing from Hong Kong International Airport are now prohibited from carrying more than two power banks, effective immediately, the Airport Authority announced on Saturday night. Citing new rules from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the Airport Authority said the global aviation body had announced the requirements to address emerging aviation safety risks posed by lithium battery power banks. Under the new rules, each departing passenger may carry no more...

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Senegal parade the Africa Cup of Nations trophy before Saturday's friendly match against Peru in Paris - despite being stripped of the title earlier this month.

CEO Nikesh Arora put his own money on the line to buy up the beleaguered cybersecurity stock as it got weighed down by concerns about a new Anthropic AI model.

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⚽ Updates from the friendly at Hampden Park (5pm GMT) ⚽ Get in touch! Email Scott here with your thoughts Scotland make five changes to the team sent out to beat Denmark last November. Angus Gunn, Nathan Patterson, Jack Hendry, Tommy Conway and halfway-line hero Kenny McLean take the places of John Souttar and Ryan Christie, who are on the bench, and the missing Craig Gordon, Aaron Hickey and Ben Gannon-Doak. Middlesbrough forward Conway returns to the team after missing the entire qualification campaign. The promising 19-year-old striker Findlay Curtis, on loan at Kilmarnock from Rangers, hopes to make his debut. Scotland: Gunn, Robertson, Hendry, McKenna, Patterson, McTominay, Ferguson, McLean, McGinn, Dykes, Conway. Continue reading...

TORONTO, March 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: SPFD) Mulvihill Enhanced Split Preferred Share ETF (the “Fund”) (formerly Mulvihill U.S. Health Care Enhanced Yield ETF) announces results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2025. Increase in net assets attributable to holders of units amounted to $0.67 million or $0.31 per unit. As at December 31, 2025, net assets attributable to holders of units were $25.29 million or $9.36 per unit. Cash distributions to unitholders totaling $2.26 million or $1.00 per unit were paid during the year.

Hormuz Bypasses Maxed Out: Saudi East-West Pipeline Hits Record 7 MMb/d, As UAE Fujairah Crude Loadings Reach Capacity The ramp up in Saudi Arabia's Hormuz-bypassing East-West pipeline has been nothing short of remarkable. Two days after we reported that flow through the pipeline which crosses Saudi Arabia east to west for oil flows (hence the name) and is also known as the Abqaiq-Yanbu pipeline for nat gas flows had doubled from roughly 1.5 million before the war, today Bloomberg updates on the latest flow numbers and it now appears that the crucial East-West pipeline is pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day. Crude exports via Yanbu have now reached about 5 million barrels a day and the kingdom is also exporting 700,000 to 900,000 barrels a day of refined products , according to the Bloomberg source familiar with the Saudi oil industry. Of the 7 million barrels a day that go through the pipeline, 2 million are destined for Saudi refineries. This remarkable achievement, which many experts predicted would take weeks longer to achieve, is the culmination of the kingdom’s longstanding contingency plan for keeping its oil flowing after the effective closure of their main export route. Meanwhile, the Red Sea next to the Saudi port terminal of Yanbu is becoming a bit of a tanker parking lot as flotillas of tankers patiently await to collect the oil, providing an important lifeline for global supply. As reported previously, Saudi Arabia has been preparing for decades for the worst-case scenario of Hormuz closing. It put its contingency plan to work within hours of the first US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and has been ramping up east-west shipments ever since. Running the breadth of the Arabian Peninsula from the massive oil fields in the east of the country to the industrial port city of Yanbu, the pipeline is more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) long. It’s a by-product of a previous conflict - the 1980s Iran-Iraq war - which saw attacks on ships i...

TORONTO, March 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: MPY) Mulvihill Premium Yield Fund (the “Fund”) announces results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2025. Increase in net assets attributable to holders of Class I units amounted to $1.29 million or $1.10 per Class I unit, increase in net assets attributable to holders of Class F units amounted to $1.25 million or $1.13 per Class F unit, increase in net assets attributable to holders of Class A units amounted to $0.40 million or $0.46 per Class A unit, and increase in net assets attributable to holders of ETF units amounted to $0.84 million or $0.55 per ETF unit. As at December 31, 2025, net assets attributable to holders of Class I were $12.67 million or $10.93 per Class I unit; net assets attributable to holders of Class F were $12.62 million or $10.94 per Class F unit, net assets attributable to holders of Class A units were $7.21 million or $10.08 per Class A unit, and net asset attributable to holders of ETF units were $15.32 million or $10.21 per ETF unit. Distributions paid to Class I units, Class F units, Class A units, and ETF units were $0.77 per unit for each Class of units during the year.