Month: November 2022

Donating appreciated stock to charity can be a great way to give back and reduce your tax bill. Taxpayers who itemize get a tax deduction for the market value of the stock. Unlike regular stock sales, when giving stock, there’s no capital gain. The charity receives the full value of the stock (usually in cash).
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The Robie House of Oak Park, Illinois was an early commission of Frank Lloyd Wright’s and, because Fredrick C. Robie was an engineer and assistant manager at the Excelsior Supply Company, a bicycle company delving into the growing world of automobile manufacturing, the new house had a three-car garage. In 1909, the year the house
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Estate agents “Sold” and “For Sale” signs outside residential properties in the Maida Vale district of London, UK, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Demand for U.K. residential properties has nearly halved following September’s government budget that spooked financial markets and toppled the prime minister, research Monday showed. The fiscal
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Demonstrators against Covid restrictions hold blank sheets of paper during a protest in Beijing in the early hours of Monday, Nov. 28. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Rare protests broke out across China over the weekend as groups of people vented their frustration over the zero-Covid policy. The unrest came as infections
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According to recent data, some of the primary rental trends associated with the Covid-19 pandemic are beginning to reverse. That’s one of the major findings of the recently-released November Rent Report from Zumper. The report found fears of a recession, along with declining occupancy rates, are being reflected in rental prices, especially in regions that
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In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Geber86 | Getty Images This year’s Thanksgiving box office was both feast and famine for Walt Disney. While “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” added $64 million to its domestic tally during the five-day time frame, Disney’s latest animated feature “Strange World” failed to lure in moviegoers,
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‘Tis the season for shopping — and maybe for some investors: ETFs. Despite consumer headwinds tied to the economic slowdown, Amplify ETFs’ Brian Giere sees opportunities in retail. “We are expecting continued outperformance or record growth in online specifically,” the firms’ head of national accounts told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” last week. Giere oversees the Amplify
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Vitapix | E+ | Getty Images While couples might sign a prenuptial agreement before they’re married and a “post-nup” after, it’s more than just the timing that differentiates these arrangements, experts say. “It’s a whole different ballgame once you’re married,” said Martin Shenkman, estate attorney with Shenkman Law in New York City. “With a pre-nup,
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A recently-released report from Urban Land Institute and PwC suggests a contradiction in terms. As the North American real estate industry returns to a kind of pre-pandemic normalcy, some pandemic-era sea changes are solidifying and likely to endure. Those are among findings of ULI and PwC’s annual report spotlighting the latest emerging real estate industry
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