A trader on the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Critics of passive investing argue it is inflating the prices of high-flying stocks such as Amazon and creating a bubble in those names. However, data compiled by Ned Davis Research shows the bubble may be forming elsewhere. The firm found that real estate
Month: July 2019
You can’t listen to music, go to the movies, rent a car, stay in a hotel — or of course buy a plane ticket — without encountering some sort of extra fee. About 85% percent of Americans have come up against an unexpected or hidden fee over the past two years for a service they
Your children and grandchildren probably won’t take much financial advice from you. But a college football star might persuade them to save and invest. Christian Wilkins was a defensive lineman on Clemson’s national championship team and was the 13th pick in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft by the Miami Dolphins. Wilkins also
The Zipper Building, a former zipper factory in Long Island City, retains original features like exposed brick. Modern Spaces Everywhere you turn in New York City, it seems there’s a new glass tower springing from the ground. But some developers have decided instead to repurpose vacant, historic properties, and getting creative by retaining their original
A toddler is trying to escape from his crib – do you need help to escape from a bad annuity? Getty If you find yourself in an annuity that no longer meets your financial planning needs, you may find yourself asking, “What is the best way to escape a dreadful annuity? You do luckily have
A still from Disney’s “The Lion King” featuring Nala (Beyonce Knowles) and Simba (Donald Glover). Disney While the critic’s consensus of “The Lion King” wasn’t exactly glowing, it’s clear that Disney has managed to find an innovative, and lucrative, way of retelling its 1994 animated classic. The visually lush film earned $543.6 million in its
Shares of Google parent company Alphabet rose more than 8% after the company reported earnings for its second quarter of 2019 after the bell on Thursday. Alphabet said its board of directors approved the company to repurchase up to an additional $25 billion of its Class C capital stock. On a call with analysts, CFO
Charles Ergen, chairman and co-founder of Dish Network Corp Jonathan Alcorn | Bloomberg | Getty Images For nearly a decade, Dish Network hasn’t really had a plan. Today, it has one. Yes, Dish has had ideas about a plan. It has bought billions of dollars of wireless spectrum but hasn’t actually put it to use.
A UPS driver pushes a load of packages from his truck to a building in downtown Los Angeles, California, July 22, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Thursday: Credit Suisse upgraded AT&T to ‘neutral’ from ‘sell’ Following the company’s earnings results, Credit Suisse upgraded the stock but
Some pre-retirees know the conundrum well: Full-time work soon will be behind them and they’ll need income, yet they want to delay tapping Social Security for as long as possible to maximize those benefits. For people who have other assets available, some advisors recommend that rather than gradually withdrawing from those funds — such as
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Photocredit: Getty Getty The weekly price cycle of Mattel tops now. Eight of the last ten sell signals have been successful. August has been a weak month for this stock, rising only 41% of the time. From late July to August 18th, the stock is likely
Manhattan’s 277 Fifth Avenue features elevated ceilings that generate a sense of freedom and encourage dreaming. Three Marks Quick, name a residential attribute representing the height of elegance. These days, it just might be lofty ceilings. Ceiling height denotes sophistication, exclusivity and design flair, and that’s not the limit of its elevated benefits, as we
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column examines remarriage while receiving Social Security survivor’s benefits, filing for and suspending a retirement benefit versus filing a restricted application for spousal benefits only, scam claims about benefit windfalls, and
2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible Source: Corvette Little more than a week after the splashy introduction of the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, General Motors has put out a “teaser” video that shows what it has in store next for the two-seater often called “America’s sports car.” Over the next several years, GM officials told CNBC at
Amazon reported mixed results in its second-quarter earnings release on Thursday, failing to meet profit expectations while exceeding revenue forecasts. The results show Amazon’s renewed investments into the company are paying off, driving sales growth at the expense of lower profit margins. Amazon’s shares, however, dropped over 2% in after-hours trading, as the company gave
Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images If you own bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, you might want to check your mailbox. The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of sending letters to U.S. citizens who own virtual currency and potentially failed to pay the necessary taxes and to those who improperly reported taxes on
A Dish Network field service specialist installs a satellite television system at a residence in Denver. Matthew Staver | Bloomberg | Getty Images Winning is good. Unless your prize is becoming a wireless company. Such is the case for Dish Network, which is expected to shell out $1.4 billion for T-Mobile’s prepaid mobile business and
Photo: Wikicommons When Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren earlier this week unveiled the details of her bill to cancel student debt, she stressed how it would deliver significant financial relief to borrowers of color. “The day our bill gets signed into law, that black-white wealth gap would shrink by 25 points,” the Massachusetts senator said.
Last time we had a July like this, REITs (real estate investment trusts) ran wild. The top plays delivered dividends plus price gains between 40% and 114%! Tell me if this sounds familiar: It was July, The stock market was hitting all-time highs, And the Fed was about to cut rates for the first time
The ongoing US-China trade war is a distraction from China’s big problems: the blowing of multiple bubbles and the country’s soaring debt, which will eventually kill economic growth. It happened in Japan in the 1980s. And it’s happening in China nowadays. The trade war is one of China’s problem that dominates social media these days.
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