Don Bayley | iStock / 360 | Getty Images You’ve heard that you shouldn’t cry over spilled milk. But what about money? A new study from CompareCards.com found that about 7 in 10 Americans have shed tears about their finances. Debt is the biggest source of stress, according to the survey, with 31% saying household
Month: October 2019
After decades of calls to fix Social Security by reducing benefits, Social Security expansion’s time has come. The idea has certainly been on a roll. Eight years ago increasing Social Security benefits was a fringe position; four years ago only outsider candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders advocated for it. Today, expanding Social Security is the
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The entry to Paul Allen’s home. Open Homes Photography The home of deceased billionaire Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, hit the market last week for $41.5 million in Silicon Valley’s Atherton, California. For the full story, click here. The following pictures show the interior of the
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The Supreme Court could take the case up during its current term. (Photo by Win McNamee) Getty Images Topline: President Donald Trump’s legal team and the Manhattan district attorney trying to get his tax returns came to an agreement Monday that could send the case up
Apple received a vote of market confidence from Raymond James on Monday when the brokerage firm raised its price target on the iPhone maker’s shares from $250 to $280. Apple‘s stock price responded by hitting a new all-time-high above $240, up close to 2% and outpacing the U.S. market. To hit the new Raymond James
A pedestrian passes in front of a TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. location in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of TD Ameritrade climbed more than 4% during extended trade after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter. The
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, one of the economic pillars of the Democratic establishment, lashed out at the idea of a wealth tax, saying it was bad economics, bad policy and built on bad data. Speaking at a Peterson Institute panel on inequality in Washington on Thursday, Summers said that the type of wealth tax
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a 2020 US Presidential hopeful, speaks during the ‘We The People’ Summit at the Warner Theatre April 1, 2019, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images One Wall Street economist on Monday warned clients about the tax proposals touted by Democratic presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders,
Guido Mieth | DigitalVision | Getty Images Raymond James‘ independent registered investment advisors have reason to cheer. The firm announced on Monday that it is eliminating transaction fees for stocks, exchange-traded funds and options in a division serving those professionals. The move was announced on Monday at a conference in Bonita Springs, Florida, for the
Ken Fisher Crystal Mercedes | CNBC Fidelity has terminated a $500 million relationship with Fisher Investments, bringing the total yanked from the money manager to almost $1.8 billion. Officials at the giant Boston-based asset manager confirmed it would end its relationship with Fisher on Monday, in light of inappropriate comments founder Ken Fisher made at
Each October, the U.S. celebrates National Women in Small Business Month. According to the National Association of Women Business Owners, more than 11.6 million women-owned businesses are making a positive impact on the American small business landscape. Data shows that since 2007, the number of women-owned firms has grown at five times the national average,
Getty Is the double taxation of dual residents fair? The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to consider two cases brought by Connecticut taxpayers who sold their businesses and had to pay taxes on the sale gains in both Connecticut and New York. That leaves in place a double-taxation scheme that tax experts thought the Supreme
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The WeWork saga could finally be over. Getty Images Topline: After months of uncertainty surrounding WeWork’s meteoric rise and fall, the company will now fall to an $8 billion valuation after it accepted a bailout offer from its largest shareholder, Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank, CNBC first
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column address whether to take retroactive benefits at 70, spousal benefits before retirement benefits, divorced spousal benefits with a public pension, when spousal benefits become available and filing early to allow spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic
Ralph Nader Getty Images Consumer advocate Ralph Nader on CNBC on Monday called for the removal of Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and the entire Boeing board of directors as the fallout intensifies over the aircraft maker’s grounded 737 Max. “They’re dug in so much that they now have a career conflict of interest with the wellbeing
Various Halliburton equipment being stored at the equipment yard in Alvarado, Texas. Cooper Neill | Reuters Halliburton reported a 32% slump in quarterly profit on Monday, hit by weak demand for its services and equipment from oil and gas producers in North America, its biggest market. Revenue from North America fell 21% in the third
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan speaking on Squawk Box at the WEF in Davos Switzerland on Jan. 20th, 2019. Adam Galica | CNBC Another financial giant is adding to the growing consensus that the correct price of a stock trade is zero. Bank of America said Monday that any customer of its retail banking
Peloton bike Source: Peloton Shares of fitness program company Peloton have dropped nearly 19% since its public debut last month but Wall Street analysts, including J.P. Morgan, Barclays and UBS, began covering the stock on Monday with bullish forecasts. “We believe Peloton is well positioned to disrupt the fitness industry,” J.P. Morgan wrote in a
Hero Images | Hero Images | Getty Images For financial advisors, the transfer of wealth from baby boomers to their children over the next two decades is a bit like climate change: The consequences may eventually be huge, but it’s easy to ignore the issue in the short-term. The youngest boomers are now 55 years
Getty Images | Hero Images A side hustle can be a good way to make some extra cash, stretch your entrepreneurial wings and perhaps eventually become a full-time business owner. It can be anything from blogging to being an Uber driver or a handyman. A side hustle is usually in addition to another “main” job.
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