Month: June 2021

Financial services for cryptocurrency holders have been growing as a subset of the fintech industry for years. Now, crypto 401(k)s are entering the mix. A small 401(k) provider called ForUsAll is now allowing participants to allocate up to 5% of their retirement funds into cryptocurrency.  The offering includes 50 different crypto assets including bitcoin, which
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Jack Taylor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Cryptocurrency is known for volatility and some experts say crashes tend to happen on weekends. “This has been a phenomenon in crypto for several years,” said Stephen McKeon, associate professor of finance at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, and partner at Collab+Currency, a cryptocurrency-focused
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Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has partnered with small-time 401(k) plan provider ForUsAll to offer employees crypto exposure through their retirement plans. Employees of participating companies will be allowed to use a “crypto window” — similar to the brokerage window offered in many conventional 401(k)s — to invest up to 5% of their retirement funds in
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A young man in West Virginia receives the vaccine while overlooking the West Virginia Capitol Building in Riggleman Hall. Stephen Zenner | LightRocket | Getty Images The number of cases of a heart inflammation condition in 16-to-24-year-olds was higher than expected after they received their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines, the Centers for
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When it comes to fame and infamy, former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has apparently cornered the market. Internet sellers are cashing in on mugs, T-shirts and even shower curtains in the weeks before her criminal fraud trial starts in August. A review of online stores shows more than 50 listings of Holmes and Theranos merchandise
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Stanley Druckenmiller Anjali Sundaram Billionaire hedge fund pioneer Stanley Druckenmiller believes the Federal Reserve’s continued easy money measures have distorted asset prices and lulled investors into a false sense of security. “The market is not speaking right now,” Druckenmiller told CNBC’s Joe Kernen in an email Thursday, shortly after stock futures shot up despite stronger-then-expected
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In this new, post-pandemic, economic environment, I believe tax-efficient investing will be more important than ever. We’ve seen common loss-harvesting tactics, perhaps even the advanced idea of tax alpha, but frequently overlooked is the concept of tax location: where to put the assets to maximize after-tax return. With the upheaval in quicker-term investing (think meme
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We’re not in the midst of a global war — traditionally one of the greatest drivers of tax innovation — but some recent rhetoric surrounding international tax reform has adopted a bit of that flavor. In the heady, early days of the OECD’s base erosion and profit-shifting 2.0 project, the constant message streaming from the OECD’s Paris
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Just about everyone will agree that dealing with Medicare can lead to a whole lot of confusion. One of the first confusing points is figuring out who is eligible to get or enroll in Medicare. Here are three relevant queries submitted to me recently.  I am 52 years old with serious health problems. How can I
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