Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue warns snap decisions during market volatility spikes will trap investors in losing trades. According to the firm’s senior investment strategist, reacting to every U.S.-China trade war development and taking on large positions are two of the worst things they can do right now. “For long-term investors, to chase those headlines risks
Month: September 2019
Source: TCS World Travel There’s luxury travel and then there’s super-luxury travel. And by any measure, touring the world on a specially outfitted private jet with 15 to 50 like-minded passengers, all on the same financial playing field, falls into the “ultra-luxe” category. For well-to-do, worldly travelers with destinations and experiences still on their bucket
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images For a sector that’s typically not known as a dividend play, technology stocks could be a great place to find yield in this world of tumbling rates. In the past decade, the tech sector has increased its dividend payouts by about 17% to $88 billion, according to Credit Suisse. Apple and Microsoft,
If you’re among the estimated 38 million adults expected to bet on NFL games this season, remember that good ol’ Uncle Sam expects a piece of your winnings — and, in some cases, will grab a slice without asking first. The NFL’s 100th season, which kicks off Thursday night on NBC in a game between
Chipotle chain restaurant in Middletown, DE. Getty In bull markets, it makes sense to “buy and hold”. But, in turbulent times “buy and hold, until further notice” works better if you are over 50 and do not have time to recover from a crash. One reason Wayne Himelsein, one of my managers, does well in
Las Vegas is among the top ten most searched out-of-state home-buying destinations. Getty Images The prospect of higher-paying jobs, lower taxes and overall lower home prices within mid-sized metros is leading bargain-seeking home buyers to expand their property search beyond their housing markets, a new study by realtor.com shows. Home buyers typically move only 15
Dane Collaro, dressed as Spider-Man, shows his displeasure with the Sony/Disney spat over the web slinger, as he walks through the D23 Expo with his girlfriend Lauren Wood, dressed as Anastasia, in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Aug 23, 2019. MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images | MediaNews Group | Getty Images With great power,
Bank of America financial center manager, center, shows a customer how to use the ATM with Teller Assist station in Cherry Creek. Andy Cross | Denver Post | Getty Images Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) lowered its rating on Bank of America shares to market perform from outperform, saying the bank is facing earnings pressure
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Chad Chubb, a certified financial planner, walked a 66-year-old client through four premium increases on her long-term-care insurance policy. In all, the retiree, who is single, has seen her annual premiums rise by more than 60% over the last six years. Her cost in 2018 was $2,721, up from
Source: Stock.Adobe.com How to minimize penalties in your portfolio as retirement approaches One thing that NFL rookies will have to get used to during today’s first Sunday of the football season is how much faster the game moves at that level. No disrespect to college players, but the pro game happens at an accelerated pace. Likewise, stock and
Members of the Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) team from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s RFA Mounts Bay deliver supplies after Hurricane Dorian on the island of Great Abaco, Bahamas September 4, 2019. LPhot Paul Halliwell | Royal Navy | Reuters Volunteers continue to search for victims and survivors after Hurricane Dorian blasted the Bahamas with
Bespoke Investment’s Paul Hickey believes a market hot streak is unfolding. The independent market researcher is building his bullish case by zeroing in on the Citi Economic Surprise Index, which is built to measure optimism in the economy. In the week ending Friday, the index flipped into positive after spending more than 100 days in
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Without the temporary hiring of Census workers, the disappointing August jobs report would have been even worse. The federal government hired 25,000 temporary workers in preparation
Joseph Barbarito holds a sign as he waits for protesters to deliver a petition to Walmart in Danbury, Connecticut January 15, 2013. The petition was signed by about 300,000 citizens nationwide urging Walmart, the nation’s largest gun retailer, to halt sales of assault weapons and munitions nationwide. Michelle McLoughlin | Reuters Recent mass shootings have
Chicago River with boats and traffic from above in the morning Getty In response to my latest article on Chicago’s underfunded pensions, a commenter at my personal website shared a link to the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability to affirm his view – and that of many others – that the cause of the
Health officials are warning consumers about a mysterious lung disease that has sickened hundreds and killed at least three people. What to avoid? That’s where they disagree. Federal health officials are reviewing 450 possible cases linked to vaping across 33 states and one territory. At least three people have died from the illness. It’s too
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group at the SoftBank World 2018 event in Tokyo, Japan. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank is learning the biggest obstacle to success for its $100 billion Vision Fund are the public markets. That’s where founder and CEO Masayoshi Son’s long-term ambitions are colliding
Source: Waste Connections Christopher Warner and Ozo Jaculewicz helped build one of the top-performing funds of 2019 with an unconventional bet: Waste Connections. Waste Connections, a waste management company based in Canada, has the largest weight in the Wells Fargo Asset Management Discovery fund (WFDAX), which is managed by Warner and Jaculewicz. Their bet on
When Marie Villegas, 46, an IT project manager, was about to start a new position with the Department of Defense contractor she works for, she Googled “salary negotiation tips.” “I knew my responsibilities would increase, but I wasn’t sure how to actually ask for more money,” she said. That’s how Villegas learned about a free
In fighting the US-China trade war, China’s political elite makes a big mistake: it assumes that China has achieved “power parity” with the US. That’s according to a recent article published in the September issue of Current History. It argues that the growing economic interdependence between the world’s two largest economies has given China the
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