Housing markets across the United States are on fire; skyrocketing values may be the death of the 20% down payment. Especially for first-time home buyers, the challenge of coming up with a 20% mortgage down payment can be nearly impossible, especially when continuing to save for other financial goals like retirement. Waiting for a larger
Month: June 2021
In this article TRIP A close-up of a man using an Apple iPad Mini tablet computer to research holiday destinations, January 17, 2013. Will Ireland | Future Publishing | Future | Getty Images Tripadvisor announced Wednesday the launch of Tripadvisor Plus, a travel subscription service that will provide U.S. customers with access to travel savings
In this article CCL NCLH GM LZB RUN KIN ORCL GM CEO Mary Barra talks with media prior to the start of the 2017 General Motors Company Annual Meeting of Stockholders Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at GM Global Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by John F. Martin for GM Check out the companies making headlines
Bill Gates’ annual summer reading list has a theme for 2021: “the complicated relationship between humanity and nature,” he writes in a blog post announcing the list, released Monday. “Maybe it’s because everyone’s lives have been upended by a virus,” Gates writes. “Or maybe it’s because I’ve spent the last couple months talking about what
SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell Jay Westcott / NASA SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell returned to her alma mater on Monday and delivered Northwestern University’s commencement address to the class of 2021. Speaking virtually, Shotwell gave Northwestern’s students an overview of her career, especially focusing on the nearly two decades that she’s worked for Elon
boonchai wedmakawand | Moment | Getty Images While it’s not guaranteed that taxes are going up for wealthy Americans, it does look likely. To help fund the American Families Plan, the Biden Administration has proposed increasing capital gains taxes to 43.4%, including the net investment income surtax of 3.8%, from 23.8% for those who are
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Rising consumer costs have helped push the latest estimate for next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to 5.3%. Whether that will actually be the bump retirees see to their monthly checks in 2022 depends a lot on the economy, including whether the Federal Reserve decides to raise interest rates. The
Rebecca Minkoff, who spent 20 years building her business, is hopeful about her post-pandemic future. Source: Rebecca Minkoff When Rebecca Minkoff landed in New York at the age of 18, she had some money saved and big dreams of becoming a fashion designer. “I had $10,000 in savings from babysitting, bat mitzvah money that I’d
Forensic investigations reveal that public pensions in states such as Pennsylvania, California, Tennessee, Rhode Island, North Carolina, and Ohio have long abandoned transparency, choosing instead to collaborate with Wall Street firms to eviscerate state public records laws and avoid accountability to stakeholders. Predictably, billions that could have been used to pay government workers retirement benefits
The American Rescue Plan expanded the Child Tax Credit (or CTC) to $3,000 per qualifying child between the ages of 6 and 17 or under (thus expanding eligibility for an additional year) and further increased the credit to $3,600 per qualifying child under age 6 for tax year 2021 only (and income thresholds apply). The
Amazon announced a commitment today of $300 million from its Housing Equity Fund to create more than 3,000 new affordable homes near public transit for families in the Puget Sound, Washington; Arlington, Virginia; and Nashville regions. This new commitment is part of the Seattle-based tech giant’s Housing Equity Fund, a more than $2 billion commitment
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said “open and free” air travel in Asia remains unlikely in the near term as parts of the region battle with an increase in Covid-19 infections. “I am somewhat less sanguine about the prospects for air travel,” Wong told Martin Soong as part of the virtual CNBC Evolve
U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Tuesday, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s update on Wednesday. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 17 points. S&P 500 futures were up 0.06%, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.12%. Stocks pulled back from record levels during Tuesday’s trading session, with
MacKenzie Scott knows that by virtue of being one of the richest people alive, she can command attention. She also doesn’t believe wealth should be a reason for attention. So the former wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is using her megaphone to dismantle the system that has put her on a pedestal. It’s tricky
Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise Asset Management and executives celebrate the launch of an ETF at the New York Stock Exchange, June 1, 2021. Source: NYSE Henry Kravis, Stanley Druckenmiller and Bridgewater CEO David McCormick have invested in Bitwise Asset Management’s Series B funding. The cryptocurrency index fund manager raised $70 million from a handful
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards For months, renter Sabrina Floyd waited with to hear if she and her family were approved for help from the Clark County rental assistance program in Las Vegas. She’d often ask her caseworker for updates, and would get the same reply: “Thank you for your continued patience during these hard
Today’s column addresses questions about spousal benefit amounts when both spouses file at 62, taking retroactive retirement benefits before larger spousal benefits and when divorced spousal benefits might be available. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets Maximize My Social
In the past year, home prices rose 10 percent in Tampa, 12 percent in Salt Lake City and 18 percent in Boise. That’s not supposed to happen during a recession. In the first year of the previous recession – in 2008 – the only big market with a gain in prices was Houston, where they
Harvey Weinstein walks away from the court room with his lawyer Benjamin Brafman at the New York State Supreme Court on October 11, 2018 in New York City. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Harvey Weinstein, the once-renowned film producer convicted of rape last year, on Tuesday was ordered to be extradited from New York to
In this article ORCL Safra Catz, co-chief executive officer of Oracle Corp. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle shares fell 3% in extended trading on Tuesday, even though the enterprise software maker issued earnings that came in better than analysts had expected and showed accelerated revenue growth as the pandemic receded. The
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