Month: September 2019

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and 2020 presidential candidate, waves at the Des Moines Register Soapbox during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. The 2020 Democratic field is gathering © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP It may seem as if Elizabeth Warren, like Bernie Sanders, has
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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 addresses how Social Security spousal benefit rates are calculated, when Social Security checks come in the mail, when to file for widow’s benefits, online applications and documenting the application process.
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The next phase of growth for on-demand delivery services will soon include driverless, autonomous vehicles that may be teleoperated by remote-based drivers who ensure that food and other items reach their destination. Postmates, the on-demand delivery firm based in San Francisco, is partnering with Phantom Auto, an autonomous vehicle teleoperator based in nearby Mountain View,
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Assorted boots from Boot Barn.  Adam Jeffery | CNBC Investors looking for value should look no further than “underappreciated” stocks such as Boot Barn, Pure Storage, Roku, Upwork, Lam Research, and Nasdaq, according to Wall Street analysts. CNBC combed through recent Wall Street research to find companies that analysts say have “underappreciated” stock stories. Competition
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Boats at Carillon Point Marina at Sunset in Kirkland, Washington. Kirkland ranked as the No. 1 best suburb for growing families in the U.S. Getty The needs of a growing family are quite different from those of a single-person household or couple with no children. The latter doesn’t really have to consider critical factors like
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Steve Schwarzman speaking at the 2019 Delivering Alpha conference in New York on Sept. 19. 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone CEO and one of the world’s best investors, learned early in his career that everyone makes mistakes. His biggest one as an investor was “disastrous.” Speaking Thursday at the Delivering Alpha conference
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 18: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on September 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Getty The Fed cut rates 25 basis points last week. Generally, rate drops are positive for the economy, but the market did not seem
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Eight ways to make your net worth and your income look small. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Photo by Scott Olson) Getty Images What a decade it has been! First, the Fed’s asset reflation that made rich people ridiculously rich. Soon to come, the recoil. Political experts may put a low probability on Elizabeth Warren’s getting elected
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The Federal Reserve is taking a meeting-by-meeting approach to setting interest rates and for now is not committed to a set course of action ahead, Vice Chairman Richard Clarida told CNBC. “We’re gonna take this meeting by meeting. We’re not on a preset course,” Clarida told Sara Eisen during an interview Friday on “Squawk on the Street.”
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pivotal Research Group began coverage of Roku with a sell rating on Friday, saying it sees the over-the-top (OTT) streaming company’s stock falling 55% because it looks “overvalued despite the recent pullback.” “We see dramatically more competition emerging that will likely drive the cost of OTT devices to zero
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