Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer at Google LLC, speaks during the Google Cloud Next ’19 event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is getting into banking — but not with the same motivations as Wall Street. The tech giant is launching customer checking
Month: November 2019
Getty Images Health savings accounts offer a triad of tax benefits, and the savviest investors can stretch their dollars even further if they’re willing to do a little legwork. This fall, you just might encounter a health savings account, or HSA, as you select your 2020 medical benefits at work. These tax-favored accounts, which you
10’000 Hours | DigitalVision | Getty Images Among other reasons, it’s hard to get back into the traditional workplace after age 50 if you were forced out. Starting your own business puts you back in the driver’s seat. In fact, with extra years under your belt, you have more of an edge than you think
classroom Getty Yes, I harp on it all the time: the first step towards being prepared for retirement is having a core competency in financial literacy, so as to avoid falling into debt, be able to accumulate savings, and know how to invest to translate that money into assets for the future. And, indeed, my son’s high school
Although mood is hard to parameterize with data points, I believe that what is happening in our real … [+] estate market is substantially about mood. Canva A reporter recently asked me if the real estate market in 2019 resembled that in 2008. The instinctive answer, based on a similar decline in value averaging 20%
The IRS wants us to know that it is getting really serious about abuse in the area of the syndication of conservation easements. IR-2019-182 issued on November 12 tells us: “The Internal Revenue Service announced today a significant increase in enforcement actions for syndicated conservation easement transactions, a priority compliance area for the agency. Financial
Smartsheet: “I’ve been doing the work on this piece for a while about all the too many cloud-based companies. That comes down to the too many cloud-based companies. I’m sorry, I have to put it there.” Kirkland Lake Gold: “Well that’s an odd one because I do prefer Agnico Eagle … or I prefer Barrick,
China’s Tencent Music Entertainment reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Monday, as the streaming company added more paying users. However, it recorded the slowest rise in a widely watched metric for its biggest business, social entertainment services, which executives attributed to growing competition. Tencent Music’s U.S.-listed shares rose as much as 2% before trading down about
A JD delivery cart stops at roadside. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images BEIJING – Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo. For these three forces of China‘s online shopping market, winning the race to tap the country’s fastest-growing regions will depend largely on an efficient delivery strategy. China’s largest cities rival global metropolises in the variety
Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 2, 2019 at Wall Street in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images A majority of the most wealthy investors around the world are bracing for a big sell-off next year, according to a UBS survey. Fifty-five
Paul Bradbury | Hoxton | Getty Images Whether a recession is on the horizon or not is anyone’s guess. However, according to the latest CNBC Invest in You survey, two-thirds of respondents think one is coming. Especially if they’re Democrats or younger people. With just one year out to the next presidential election, CNBC Invest
By Fred Riccardi, Medicare Rights Center President and Next Avenue Contributor Getty Beginning this year and continuing into 2020, Medicare Advantage plans (ones from private insurers) have increased flexibility to provide coverage for what the government calls supplemental benefits. These are services otherwise excluded by law from what’s known as Original Medicare coverage. And Medicare
Whenever I tell new real estate investors that I lost most of my properties and all of my cash in the market crash of 2007, they don’t say they are relieved that it wasn’t them, but I can see it in their eyes. Those same new investors grow perplexed then when I tell them that
Getty Winston Shrout has been apprehended. The former fugitive and tax fraud promoter had been on the run from law enforcement for months, but he was caught in Arizona this month by the U.S. Marshals Service. Shrout, 70, was convicted in April 2017 on six misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file tax returns and 13
Military veterans often possess skills that can fortify a financial technology company’s workforce, which is why PayPal has committed to hiring former service members, Chief Financial Officer John Rainey told CNBC Tuesday. Since 2017, PayPal has added more than 180 veterans to its payroll in large part from the help of partnerships with organizations, such
A sold sign stands outside a new home in the D.R. Horton Cambridge at Southbury development in Oswego, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images D.R. Horton beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and forecast 2020 home sales above estimates on Tuesday, as the No. 1 U.S. homebuilder benefits from strong demand on
Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of 2U Inc. surged more than 15% during extended trading after the cloud-based software company reported third-quarter earnings and updated its full-year revenue and net loss outlook. 2U expects revenue between $570 million and $575 million for the year, narrower than
An employee pushes grocery carts outside a Kroger Co. grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Tuesday: Evercore ISI upgraded Live Nation to ‘outperform’ from ‘in line’ Evercore said it sees another “strong, double-digit growth” year in 2020 for the events
As tuition costs soar, more students and their families are asking themselves if college is still worth it. Some experts say the value of a bachelor’s degree is fading. Starting salaries for new college graduates have grown less than 1% over the past two years, remaining at around $50,000. Worse yet: A decade after leaving
Getty Financial exploitation of older Americans seems to be getting worse. The Treasury Department reported a 17% increase in the number of cases in 2017 vs. 2016, the latest figures available. And the Center for Financial Services Innovation says at least 20% of older adults have been victims of elder financial fraud. But there’s one
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