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I thought I had these three retirement topics figured out. Here’s why I changed my mind

As much as there are immutable truths in investing and money matters — costs matter and getting started earlier is best, for example — many of the precepts we hold true as investors depend on the data. When the data change, so should our thinking. Here are three retirement-related topics I’ve altered my thinking on, because I was off-base in the first place or gained new information. THE DIY MODEL FOR RETIREMENT When I was newer in my career, I was pretty much on “Team DIY.” I wasn’t anti-adviser, but surely investors who are willing to roll up their sleeves could do it ...

AI founders cheer as Trump calls for industry to self-police

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders ebullient about the White House’s stance on regulating artificial intelligence — namely, don’t do it. And after months of debate about leading AI companies’ unchecked AI agents meddling with everything from U.S. government websites to healthcare data, the nation now finds itself further from governing AI systems than it was a few years ago. President Donald Trump brought tech titans to Washington late last month for a luncheon ...

How General Motors is simulating its way to autonomous driving

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — At the General Motors Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, in suburban Detroit, hundreds of volunteer, real-world drivers have hopped inside a Cadillac Lyriq electric vehicle or other popular GM models and experienced all sorts of things while in the car: regular ...

MOAA gives grant to AFR

VIENNA — The Military Officers Association of America-Mahoning and Shenango Valleys Chapter supported the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 910th Airlift Family and Readiness (AFR) in early August and mid-September with an MOAA Foundation Community Outreach Grant of $2,500 and plenty of manpower. Chapter treasurer Bruce Bille led the project by presenting $1,500 in GetGo cards to AFR Director Kelly Turner prior to an Aug. 1 Welcome Home event at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna. The cards can be used at GetGo gas stations and Markets and Giant Eagle grocery stores, making them ...

Youngstown woman gets educator award

Michelle Ani of Youngstown was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $1,000 from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Ani is one of 155 recipients to receive the award. The Love of Learning Award supports post-baccalaureate professional development for active Phi Kappa Phi members, funding opportunities such as graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, research and teaching-related travel, career advancement and more. Ani, a medical student at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, will use funds from the award to ...

Mahoning Valley SAR chapter marks 10 years

CANFIELD — The Mahoning Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) celebrated its 10th anniversary during its Oct. 3 meeting at the Canfield Public Library. The chapter traces its roots to 2015, when fewer than 10 local residents met at the library to reestablish an SAR ...