Anchiy | E+ | Getty Images If you’re signing up for next year’s workplace benefits, now is the best time to develop a strategy for increasing your savings. Benefits season also happens to coincide with the annual IRS release of the 2021 maximum contribution limits for certain tax-advantaged accounts, including your 401(k) plan, individual retirement
Month: November 2020
By John Endris, Next Avenue getty (Transitioning from someone who creates art to someone who sells his or her art for profit can be difficult. As David Deeds, Schulze Professor of Entrepreneurship at University of St. Thomas, wrote in “To Turn Your Art Into a Business, Learn to Manage Your Time,” you may want to
I spend a lot of time telling people to save for college, and to save as soon as possible. But there are situations where saving for college doesn’t make sense. Recently I received a call from a parent whose son was entering college. They were frantic, “When should I take money out of my 529
Chris is Founder and Chief Executive at Radius Realty, a top 10 real estate company with a technology-first approach. getty As of 2018, 52 million people in the United States were aged 65 and older. By 2034, this population is expected to, for the first time in American history, outnumber the 18-and-under population. The rising number
SINGAPORE — Fast and accurate coronavirus tests have become a reality, according to genetic testing firm Prenetics. The Hong Kong-based company last week told CNBC that the accuracy of its rapid coronavirus tests is comparable to the “gold standard” of PCR testing. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests have been widely used to detect coronavirus infections
Apple reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday that slightly exceeded Wall Street expectations, but the company did not offer investors any guidance for the quarter ending in December. iPhone sales were down more than 20% year-over-year. Here’s how Apple did versus analyst expectations via Refinitiv estimates: EPS: 73 cents vs 70 cents estimated Revenue: $64.7 billion
A man walks near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 31, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Sunday as the market tried to rebound from its worst week since March. The move came as England adopted
Princeton University’s campus was largely deserted as of March 18, 2020 as a growing number of colleges require students to leave for the remainder of the spring semester. Jessica Dickler | CNBC “This reduction recognizes the fact that the pandemic and associated challenges are requiring us to cancel winter study as well as fall athletics
If you’re 55 or over, your retirement may be more uncertain than ever before. Despite that more people than ever are retiring early in the face of an ongoing pandemic, uncertain economy and record low interest rates. 2020 has brought unprecedented change getty A recent report released by the Retirement Equity Lab at The New
California’s 13.3% tax rate is enough to make almost anyone sick, including rock stars. Kiss rocker Gene Simmons announced he wanted to leave California for tax-free Washington state, putting his $22 million Beverly Hills California estate on the market. The listing of his palatial one-of-a-kind 16,000 square-foot mansion says it has a 40-foot foyer, parking for
Rectory Farm House in Oxfordshire, on sale for $ 9 million, lies in 8 acres of land beside the River … [+] Thames Knight Frank If you’re in the market for a riverside country house, with several acres of land and gardens, then Rectory Farm House in Oxfordshire could be for you. The period property,
There’s a second pandemic sweeping our country: unemployment. The number of unemployed in the U.S. as a result of this crisis reached its highest level since the Great Depression. Nearly 3 in 4 (72%) of those currently unemployed have friends or family members who also lost their jobs due to Covid-19, according to new research
People wear protective face masks outside Starbucks in Union Square as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 29, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Starbucks is expected to report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here’s what
CFRA’s Sam Stovall acknowledges the market may feel like a rollercoaster over the next few weeks. But he believes any damage should be contained to November regardless of who wins the presidency. “Investors say ‘okay, usually by then we know who the president is, now we can try to organize our portfolios and our mindsets
Ben Silbermann, co-founder and chief executive officer of Pinterest Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Presidential election is only days away, and Wall Street is bracing for market turbulence. However, given the lingering uncertainty, it’s unclear whether market volatility could persist post-election. “Time will tell if expected volatility turns into realized market
A supporter of Donald Trump drives by the Joe Biden rally in the golf cart during President Donald Trump’s campaign stop at The Villages Polo Club on October 23, 2020 in The Villages, Florida. Octavio Jones | Getty Images News | Getty Images It goes without saying that the outcome of the presidential election will
Starting a business is always challenging but it’s harder than it should be for military veterans — and particularly for female veterans. Female veteran-owned businesses make up just 15.2% of the 2.52 million veteran businesses, according to Census Bureau Statistics. About 97% of those have no employees. Also, only around 15% of all veteran-owned firms
A vintage flag of the United States of America for Veteran’s day getty Every Veterans Day, many organizations recognize the service our country’s military members have given our nation. The tradition dates back over 100 years, to the original Armistice Treaty signed at the end of World War I. Armistice Day, as it was originally
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether benefits lost to the earnings test can ever be recovered, how soon spousal benefits are available after marriage, the effect of birth date on spousal benefits before retirement benefits and being eligible for more than one benefit at a time. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor
Kirby Lane Park in Baltimore was a Rose Fellowship project. Photo: © Harry Connolly The idea is simple: every person in the United States should have dignified, well-built housing. However, execution is much more complicated. For architect Katie Swenson and others like her, navigating solutions through both political and social red tape is half the