Chevy redefines an American icon with the $60,000 2020 C8 Corvette Stingray - CNBC

Mark Reuss, president of General Motors Co. (GM), speaks during an unveiling event for the GM 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray sports car in Tustin, California, U.S., on Thursday, July 18, 2019.

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DETROIT — General Motors unveiled Chevrolet's white whale for Corvette enthusiasts on Thursday, a new mid-engine version of the famed American sports car that many have been waiting decades for the automaker to produce.

But the biggest surprise for industry officials wasn't the car's 495 horsepower or 0-60 time in under 3 seconds, it was the price. GM President Mark Reuss said the "supercar" will start at under $60,000 — in line with entry-level models of the current, seventh-generation Corvette with the engine mounted up front.

"I was hoping for a starting price of under $80,000, and maybe even under $70,000," Karl Brauer, executive publisher of Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book said in an email. "For GM to offer the new Corvette for under $60,000 is incredibly impressive given the advanced nature of the new car."

Chevrolet unveils its new 2020 C8 Corvette Stingray in red, white and blue in Tustin, California, on Thursday July 18, 2019.

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While some high-performance models are expected to easily top $100,000 — the current track-ready 2019 Corvette ZR1 starts at $123,000 — officials say the entry-level price ensures Corvette will retain its reputation as "obtainable performance" and an "everyman's sports car." Executives are hoping the competitive price and high-performance will be enough to lure drivers away from European rivals and boost Corvette's lagging sales.  

"Mid-engine has always been a part of Corvette's destiny and it's something we've been looking at for a very, very long time," Reuss said during the unveiling in Tustin, California. "All along, it has been absolutely paramount that we keep Corvette true to its roots of attainable performance. Mid-engine has historically posed a challenge to this mission. Not so anymore."

Can it compete?

Jessica Caldwell, executive director of insights at auto research site Edmunds, described the pricing as "staying true" to the Corvette's DNA, however she cautioned that doesn't guarantee the car will be successful in attracting buyers from already-established competitors in the segment.

"Even though the Corvette may compete on paper with mid-engine European sports cars, people buy Porsches and BMWs for reasons beyond price and performance. So I don't see a lot of Boxster shoppers suddenly deciding to get a Corvette instead, " she said.

Brauer agrees: "As with past Corvettes, this one will hold its own against exotic cars costing multiple times its price. But, as has also been true with past Corvettes, comparable performance doesn't guarantee conversion of Ferrari or Porsche buyers into the Chevy camp."

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Powering the car will be Chevrolet's LT2 small-block 6.2-liter V-8 engine rated at 495 horsepower and 470 lb.-ft. of torque. That's 40 more horsepower and additional pound-feet of torque than the 2019 model.

Despite similar engine performance, there's also concern about the mid-engine design alienating traditional Corvette buyer — specifically baby Boomers and older generations that may not come back to purchase the new car.

"I think some of these vehicles from the Detroit 3, the muscles cars and such, their time is running out," said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst with Cox Automotive. "I look at Harley-Davidson as an example. The buyer base for those vehicles is aging out. "

Edmunds reports 30% of Corvette buyers were age 65 or older in 2018, up from about 28% in 2013. Nearly 60% of buyers were 55 or older through the first four months of this year, according to Edmunds.

Redefining Corvette

GM needed to do something new to make a business case for the car. Whether or not the mid-engine Corvette can redefine the supercar segment and compete against pricier competitors will be determined when it arrives in showrooms early next year.

Corvette sales in the U.S. have steadily declined every year since more than doubling with the introduction of the current-generation car in 2014. Through the first six months of this year, Corvette sales were down 5%. That puts GM on pace to sell less than 20,000 units for a second-consecutive year and marks five-straight years of declining sales.

The car's performance and ability to compete with the competition has never been the problem. The company has continued to spend capital on variants of the car that achieved new levels of performance in recent years.

"I am not clear on the business case," Krebs said. "They're ramping up production pretty significantly and I don't know how many sales will result; the jury's still out on that."

GM, which has been significantly cutting production of low-selling passenger cars, in April announced it would add a second shift and more than 400 hourly jobs at its Bowling Green, Ky., assembly plant to support production of the next-generation, mid-engine Corvette.

To assist sales of the mid-engine Corvette, GM launched an online reservation program. It's a first for the company but a practice recently used by Ford, Tesla and others to drum-up anticipation and sales.

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Wake Up! This Is Your Financial Wake-Up Call - The Motley Fool

Take a moment to think about what kind of financial shape you're in. Are you deep in credit card debt? Have you been saving for retirement -- or just coasting along, assuming that Social Security and Medicare will take care of you? Are you living below your means -- or beyond it?

If you're like millions of Americans, there's a lot of room for improvement in your financial life, and you'd do well to change your ways -- pronto. Consider this your financial wake-up call -- and share it with any loved ones who also need to be financially "woke."

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A sorry state of affairs

To set the stage for this wake-up call, check out the following statistics:

• Only 23% of Americans report carrying no debt, according to Northwest Mutual's 2018 Planning and Progress study. And among those with debt, the average personal debt load (excluding mortgages) was a whopping $38,000.
• In addition, 60% of workers say their level of debt is a problem, and 19% of workers say it's a major problem, per the 2019 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS).
• Thirty-nine percent of Americans don't have the funds available to handle a $400 unexpected expense, per the Federal Reserve Bank. They would resort to charging it on a credit card; borrowing from a friend, relative, or bank; selling something; simply not paying the bill; or some other unattractive option.
• As of 2016, fully 48% of households headed by someone 55 or older had nothing saved for retirement, per the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
• Only about 60% of American workers had access to a defined contribution retirement plan such as a 401(k) at the end of March, 2018, and only about 71% of those folks participated in it, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Forty-three percent of retirees retired earlier than they had planned to, most often due to a job loss, health issue, or disability, per the 2019 RCS. This means they ended up with less time to save for retirement and their retirement funds had to last longer.
• One out of every three 65 year olds today will live past age 90, while one in seven will live past age 95, according to the Social Security Administration. That translates to retirements that last more than 25 or 30 years for those folks and it's a long period in which to have to support yourself.
• A healthy 65-year-old couple retiring in 2018 will face average out-of-pocket costs of $363,946 for healthcare in retirement, per HealthView Services' 2018 Retirement HealthCare Costs Data Report. That sum includes Medicare premiums and the cost of supplemental insurance, but not long-term care -- and remember, that's for healthy retirees. Many people will face even steeper costs.
• The sum we need to save for retirement is different for everyone, but the folks at Morningstar.com estimated that a retiree who wants to generate $40,000 a year in retirement for 30 years will need savings of about $1.18 million. (Assumptions included average returns of 6% and inflation at 2.5%.)
• The average monthly Social Security retirement benefit was recently $1,471. That amounts to about $17,652 per year.

Why this wake-up call is urgent

Clearly, millions of Americans are in dire need of a wake-up call. The statistics above tell us that:

• A comfortable retirement will require substantial savings.
• Social Security alone isn't likely to provide as much income as you want or need.
• Healthcare is likely to cost a lot over the course of a retirement.
• Retirement may well start sooner than expected and last longer than expected for many people.

The wake-up call is urgent because, though many of us are not well-positioned for a great retirement right now, there's likely still time to improve our situation -- if we act now. The table below shows how much you might amass, depending on how far from retirement you are, if your money grows by an annual average of 8%:

Growing at 8% for	$10,000 invested annually	$15,000 invested annually	$20,000 invested annually
3 years	$35,061	$52,592	$70,122
5 years	$63,359	$95,039	$126,719
10 years	$156,455	$234,682	$312,910
15 years	$293,243	$439,864	$586,486
20 years	$494,229	$741,344	$988,458
25 years	$789,544	$1.2 million	$1.6 million

Source: Calculations by author.

Unfortunately, the stats also show that not only are many people way behind on saving for retirement, but if they would have trouble paying an unexpected $400 bill, they're probably not in a great position to be able to save much for retirement.

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Steps to take to strengthen your finances

Even if you're financially strapped right now, perhaps deep in debt, there are steps you can take to bolster your future financial security. Here are some key moves to make:

Get out of debt: No matter how much you owe, you can succeed in paying off a lot of debt. (Here are six reasons why you should make doing so a priority.)

Develop a plan: Take the time to estimate how much income you'll need in retirement. You can use that number to calculate how big a nest egg you'll need for retirement. Here's the math: If you figure you'll need $60,000 annually in retirement, you might see that you will have $25,000 coming to you from Social Security, so you'll need to come up with the difference -- $35,000. Using the 4% rule as a rough guide, multiply $35,000 by 25 and you'll arrive at a needed nest egg of $875,000 (25 is the inverse of 4%: 4% is 4 divided by 100, and 25 is 100 divided by 4).

Start saving aggressively: Once you know how much you'll need by when, you can start figuring out how much to sock away each year. Be aggressive and disciplined about it. The folks at Vanguard recently reported that the median 401(k) contribution of American workers is 6% of pay -- which approaches 10% when you add in the median company matching contribution. That's not enough for most people, though, especially those who aren't starting to save for retirement while they're still young. Vanguard recommends a total contribution rate of between 12% to 15% of salary -- and many people may need to be socking away more than that, depending on how close to retirement they are.

Save more and spend less: You might need to take on a side hustle to generate more income, at least for a few years. At the same time, you can save significant sums in lots of ways, such as by quitting smoking, exchanging a gym membership for exercising at home, cutting the cable cord and switching to one or two streaming services, and so on.

Invest effectively: You don't have to become a stock market genius all of a sudden. You can get great results with long-term money by just sticking with low-fee, broad-market index funds for much or all of your investing. One good example is the SPDR S&P 500 ET, which distributes your assets across 80% of the U.S. stock market. Index funds have a long history of outperforming stock mutual funds managed by Wall Street pros, and even super-investor Warren Buffett recommends index funds for most investors.

It's within your power to give yourself a more comfortable and secure retirement -- and possibly a much better one. So don't just coast through life assuming that all will be fine in retirement. There's a good chance it won't, unless you take this wake-up call seriously and start taking some powerful steps in the right direction. Revisit the table above that shows how much you can amass over time -- and let that inspire you.

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Berkshire Hathaway Stock Is Lagging, and a Giant Pension Just Slashed Its Stake. - Barron's

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Warren Buffett isn’t close to beating the market this year, and a giant pension fund has cut its investment in Berkshire Hathaway , the investment juggernaut that Buffett helms.

Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock (ticker: BRKb ) have only managed a 0.9% gain so far in 2019 through Friday’s close, in sharp contrast to the S&P 500’s 18.7% rise.

We’ve noted that Buffett suffered “a reputational and financial black eye” earlier this year as Berkshire took a $1 billion paper loss when Kraft Heinz stock (KHZ)—one of its larger investments—tumbled. Years ago, Buffett backed the combination of H.J. Heinz and Kraft Foods Group that created the company.

Oregon’s Public Employees’ Retirement Fund slashed two-fifths of its Berkshire stock investment by selling 141,822 Class B shares in the second quarter. OPERF, as the pension is known, made the disclosure in a form it filed this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission. OPERF, which recently was counted as the 42nd largest public pension in the world by assets, now owns 222,763 Class B Berkshire shares.

Selling Berkshire stock in the second quarter seems to have been an astute move as the shares have slipped 3.3% so far in the third quarter. We’ve noted that Buffett himself has been trimming his position in Berkshire through his gifting of stock.

Read More: The Man Who Left Warren Buffett in the Dust

The pension also disclosed other big changes in some of its largest stock investments. OPERF slashed positions in General Electric (GE) and Verizon Communications stock (VZ), and more than doubled investments in Broadcom (AVGO) and Oracle (ORCL). OPERF declined to comment on its second-quarter stock trades.

The pension noted in a recent newsletter that it outperformed most peers in 2018, ending the calendar year with a gain of a half a percentage point while others reported losses. But every rose has its thorn, it is said. At the end of calendar 2017, the latest actuarial valuation date, Oregon’s pension system was only 73% funded against liabilities, but at least that was up from 69% at the end of 2016.

At June 30, OPERF owned $7.4 billion in U.S.-traded securities, about 10% of the total assets of $74.6 billion under management at the end of May, the latest monthly allocation data available.

OPERF cut nearly two thirds of its GE stock investment by selling 1.4 million shares in the second quarter, ending June with 924,965 shares. GE stock has had a surprisingly strong 2019, rising 38.0% year to date. Since the end of the second quarter, however, the shares have slipped about 4.4%. Nonetheless, we noted that at least one analyst expects the conglomerate’s shares to continue to climb to $16 or more in the next year. GE stock closed at $10.04 on Friday.

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Verizon stock has slipped 1.0% since the end of June and has managed a gain of only 0.7% for the year so far. OPERF chopped its investment in the telecom giant in half to 439,398 Verizon shares. Earlier this month, we noted that an analyst downgraded Verizon to Neutral from Buy. Citigroup’s Michael Rollins noted that “opportunities for further multiple expansion have narrowed.”

OPERF more than doubled its investment in chip giant Broadcom to 103,325 shares by buying 61,511 additional shares in the second quarter. Broadcom stock sports a 14.0% year-to-date gain, but it has edged up 0.7% since the end of the second quarter. We had suggested a Broadcom stock-options strategy earlier this month that could pay off if the U.S. and China can reach a trade pact.

Strong earnings have lifted Oracle stock this year. The software firm’s stock is up 27.4% so far in 2019, including a 1.0% gain since the end of June. OPERF doubled its investment in Oracle stock in the second quarter, ending June with 544,253 shares.

Inside Scoop is a regular Barron’s feature covering stock transactions by corporate executives and board members—so-called insiders—as well as large shareholders, politicians, and other prominent figures. Due to their insider status, these investors are required to disclose stock trades with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory groups.

Write to Ed Lin at edward.lin@barrons.com and follow @BarronsEdLin.

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1 in 4 Americans Are Taking This Big Gamble With Their Retirement Plan - The Motley Fool

It's no secret that many Americans are struggling to save enough for retirement. When increasing savings rates is not an option, many plan to extend their time in the workforce, and some people are taking this to the extreme. 

About 23% of Americans say they're never going to retire, according to a recent AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey. An additional 23% said they intended to continue working past 65 but did not specify when they expected to retire.

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For those with small retirement nest eggs, this is certainly a better plan than running out of money, but it's not realistic for everyone. You still need a backup plan in case life forces you to retire early.

The problem with planning to never retire

The benefits of delaying retirement are obvious: You give yourself more time to save for retirement while simultaneously reducing the amount of savings you need to cover your living expenses. In theory, skipping retirement altogether enables you to live comfortably into your old age while reducing the savings burden on you while you're young. The trouble is, it takes only one bad break to bring down the whole house of cards.

A job loss, serious illness or injury, or caring for an ailing family member could all force you to enter retirement whether you want to or not -- and whether you're ready for it or not. If you'd let your retirement savings slide when you were younger or you didn't bother saving at all because you thought you'd be able to keep working, you could struggle to get by and may have to rely on family members to support you. Some people do work happily into their 70s or 80s, but you can't know if that will be an option for you, so you have to plan as if it's not.

Create a retirement plan anyway

For the best chance at retirement security, you need to think worst-case scenario. How much savings would you need to live on if you were forced into retirement due to health, family, or career reasons?

Estimate your life expectancy. This varies based on genetic and lifestyle factors, but it's not unreasonable to think you could live past 90 or even 95 if you're reasonably healthy. Subtract from this your retirement age. It's up to you to decide what to use here, but don't figure too high. Stay within the 65 to 70 range. If you're able to keep working past this point, great. But if not, you'll be glad you had the extra savings.

Next, estimate your annual retirement living expenses, including food, housing, insurance, healthcare, and travel. Multiply this number by the estimated years of your retirement, adding 3% annually for inflation. Use a retirement calculator for this. It should ask for an estimated investment rate of return. Go with 5% to 6% if you want to be conservative. Once you've entered all this in, it should give you an estimate of the amount you need to save overall and per month to hit your goal. Subtract from this any money you expect to receive from other sources like a pension, Social Security, or a 401(k) match. The remainder is what you must save independently.

Try to save at least as much as the calculator recommends each month. If you can't, save as much as you can right now and try to free up more cash by cutting back your discretionary spending or increasing your income by pursuing promotions, switching employers, or starting a side hustle. 

You can plan on working late in your life, and if you're able to do so, you can leave a greater legacy for your heirs. But you still need a retirement plan in case things go sideways. If you do end up forced out of your job in retirement without enough savings, you don't have to give up working altogether. Look for a part-time job if you have the time for it. It may not cover all your expenses, but it'll help you stretch your existing savings further and may make the transition into retirement a little easier.

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This Is the Single Best Age to Take Social Security Benefits - The Motley Fool

As you're probably aware, Social Security holds a spot near and dear to many retired workers' wallets. It's responsible for providing at least half of all monthly income to 62% of current retirees and is singlehandedly lifting more than 15 million seniors out of poverty each and every month.

But one factor about the program that remains a great mystery is when to begin taking Social Security benefits. Retired-worker benefits can begin at age 62 or any point thereafter, but there are a wide range of variables that can impact when people claim benefits and what they'll be paid each month once they do.

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Four factors that affect your Social Security payout

Generally speaking, there are four big factors that impact what you'll be paid from Social Security. The first two are linked at the hip: work history and earnings history. When determining your payout, the Social Security Administration takes your 35 highest-earning, inflation-adjusted years into account. Put simply, this means you'll want to earn as much as you can each year (up to the payroll tax cap in a given year) and work a minimum of 35 years if you don't want zeros averaged into your benefit calculation.

The third factor that impacts your payout is your full retirement age, which is the age when you become eligible to receive 100% of your monthly payout as determined by your birth year. Every baby boomer has a full retirement age of 66, 67, or somewhere in between, with anyone born in or after 1960 having to wait until age 67 to receive 100% of their retired worker benefit. Claim before your full retirement age and you'll be accepting a permanent reduction to your monthly payout. Conversely, claiming later than your full retirement age can lift your payout above and beyond 100%.

The fourth and final aspect that impacts your Social Security benefit is when you decide to take it. You see, your payout grows by approximately 8% for each year you hold off on taking it, beginning at age 62 and ending at age 70. Claiming as early as possible (age 62) could lead to a reduction in payouts of 25% to 30% a month, depending on your birth year.

Meanwhile, claiming as late as age 70 could increase your payout 24% to 32% above what you would have received at full retirement age (again, depending on your birth year). All things being equal, an individual claiming at age 70 could earn as much as 76% more per month than someone claiming at age 62.

But as we've examined before, picking out the ideal claiming age isn't an easy task.

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This is the best age to take Social Security, study finds

However, a new study from United Income entitled "The Retirement Solution Hiding in Plain Sight" used data from the University of Michigan's Health and Retirement Study to run countless wealth and income simulations on roughly 2,000 households to determine the best possible age to claim Social Security benefits.

According to United Income, approximately $3.4 trillion in income is lost to retirees because they've made a sub-optimal claiming decision. On average, if all retiree households were to have selected the optimal claiming age, they'd have had 9% more in income during retirement (about $110,546 per household), or an average of $3,400 a year in extra income.

So what's the magic claiming age that United Income's study speaks of? Would you have guessed age 70?

After running multiple simulations and analyzing existing data, researchers found that 57% of all retirees would have collected more from the program over their lifetimes if they'd have claimed benefits at age 70. Comparatively, just 8% of retired workers would have made the optimal choice to maximize their benefits if claiming between ages 62 and 64. Interestingly enough, though, a whopping 79% of persons observed in the study claimed benefits between ages 62 and 64, with current SSA statistics finding that about 4% of all retired workers wait until age 70 to take their monthly payouts. 

In other words, the optimal claiming strategy and what retirees are actually doing are completely reversed.

Of course, things aren't as cut and dried as "wait until age 70."

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Here's why picking the optimal claiming strategy is so difficult

Although United Income's study found that a majority of retirees would benefit from waiting to take their payouts at age 70 or at the very least until after age 66 or 67, the results still suggest that there's no perfect claiming age or concrete path to deciding when to take benefits. After all, even though 57% of retirees would get the most out of the program by claiming their payouts at age 70, 43% would still be better off taking their benefit sooner. The problem is, it's very difficult to know which group you'd fall into until after the fact.

Arguably, the biggest hindrance to getting the most out of Social Security is that we don't know our expiration date. Don't get me wrong... I think it's a good thing that we don't, but it makes deciding when to take benefits more of a guess than we'd like it to be. For what it's worth, United Income found that just as many healthy people made sub-optimal claiming decisions as those in poor health in its study.

Perhaps the only consistency between the study's findings and existing claiming strategies is that it usually doesn't make sense for a lower-earning spouse to wait until age 70 to claim benefits. The data found that a lower-earning spouse benefits from waiting as long as possible just 35% of the time -- albeit taking benefits before age 65 only optimized the lifetime benefits of 12% of lower-earning spouses.

The point here is that everyone's "variables" differ. Whether it's your nest egg, health, marital status, need for money in the near term or long term, cost of living, or any number of factors, there still isn't a perfect guide to ensure you'll make an optimal claiming decision. But there's definitely more reason for future retirees to give the idea of waiting serious consideration following the release of this study.

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2019-07-21 10:06:00Z
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2 Southwest planes backed into each other at the Nashville airport, airline says - CNN

On Saturday, two Southwest planes were pushing back from the gate at Nashville International Airport, one headed to St. Louis and the other to Atlanta, according to a statement from Southwest Airlines.

They backed into each other, with one clipping the winglet of the other, the statement said.

A photo from the incident shows the "S" ripped from the top of a winglet.

No injuries were reported, and the planes were able to return to the gates on their own, according to the release. The aircraft were taken out of service to be evaluated, and passengers were put on other planes to continue to their destinations, the airline said.

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Your TV isn’t broken: CBS blacked out on DirecTV, U-Verse after deal with AT&T fails - Sacramento Bee

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1. Your TV isn’t broken: CBS blacked out on DirecTV, U-Verse after deal with AT&T fails  Sacramento Bee
2. CBS Stations Go Dark On DirecTV, U-Verse In AT&T Contract Dispute – Update  Deadline
3. CBS Is Blacked Out for 6.5 Million AT&T Customers. Here’s Why.  The New York Times
4. Start of NFL season looms over DirecTV’s negotiations with networks  NBCSports.com
5. Cubs and Sinclair should watch CBS-AT&T standoff closely ahead of Marquee Sports Network negotiations  Chicago Tribune
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