Month: June 2019

If you’re thinking about having basic Medicare without any supplemental coverage, experts have a message for you: Don’t. With deductibles, copays, coinsurance and — this is a biggie — no out-of-pocket maximum, the program has a variety of costs that make having no backup insurance a huge financial risk. “All it takes is one big
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No economist thinks a recession is natural. But very few believe governments can overcome the instability of capitalist markets without policy interventions. Here are rules of thumb for anti-recession policy. Fiscal policy—a tax cut or government spending—can cause a temporary stimulus after about 6-8 months, while monetary policy—the Federal Reserve’s actions to lower interest rates
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Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, is sworn in during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images As the biggest U.S. technology companies face increasing scrutiny from regulators related to privacy practices and market control, they’re spending a lot more
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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Photocredit: © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP This stock market correction has been similar to the prior corrections. The index nosedives, and the sentiment quickly collapses. This leads to a sudden and strong rally. When reading the sentiment numbers, keep in mind
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Credit: Getty Royalty Free Getty You should soon have the option of funding an annuity within a 401(k)s. This is owing to bipartisan legislation that appears to be a slam-dunk for passage. The measure also allows people to wait longer until they have to tap their retirement savings. But how will these provisions work out?
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Chances are you will come across a site with environmental issues at some point in your investing career—if you have not already. These can be tricky situations, so in general, the more information you have, the better off you are. To find out more about what investors should watch out for, we asked members of the Forbes Real Estate Council for
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday ranked what he thinks are the top video subscription services. The list includes established names, such as Netflix, and looming entrants, such as Disney, to the space. “With so many media companies launching their own subscription streaming services, we need to start thinking about winners and losers here,” the “Mad
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Stanley Druckenmiller Katie Kramer | CNBC Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller went after President Donald Trump and lawmakers on Friday for attacking big technology companies. “We are attacking our companies that are the leaders in this stuff. But man, it’s great. We’re supporting our steel industry, our coal industry, [and] our aluminum industry. Way to think about the
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Gocycle GX folding e-bike being ridden in London. Gocycle Bicycles costing over £1,000–including e-bikes–will now be eligible for the U.K. Government’s Cycle to Work program. This 20-year-old money-saving salary sacrifice scheme was previously capped at £1,000 unless companies offering the benefit to their employees used their own Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Authorisation. The new rules–announced
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Barcelona, Spain Wikipedia Last month the regional government of Catalonia approved a controversial decree law to regulate the housing rental market. In order to address the rising price of rent, the measure introduces rent controls through an official reference index in those neighborhoods where rental prices are considered disproportionate or where there is a high demand
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday applauded the quarterly results that Beyond Meat and Zoom Video — two stocks he has been skeptical about — posted Thursday as “things of beauty.” The newly-public companies saw their stocks rally by double-digits after beating Wall Street expectations in their first earnings reports since their recent IPOs. Zoom spiked
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