Guests attend a pool party in the penthouse apartment at the 50 United Nations Plaza building in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Manhattan real estate prices reached an all-time high in the second quarter, as buyers returned to the city and boosted demand for the largest, most expensive apartments, according to
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In this article AMC GME Michael Burry attends the “The Big Short” New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on November 23, 2015 in New York City. Jim Spellman | WireImage | Getty Images “The Big Short” investor Michael Burry believes Reddit-favored meme stocks are set to crash like the dot-com and housing market bubbles of
Oliver Rossi | Stone | Getty Images There is never a better time to start building wealth than the present. Yet how to go about it depends on your age. “The better job you do with creating your financial security, the more flexibility it provides you to make better choices in the future,” said certified
Rep Tom Suozzi (D-NY) has introduced a bill to create a public, catastrophic, long-term care insurance program. The monthly cash benefit, initially about $3,600 and indexed for inflation, would be funded with a modest increase in the payroll tax of 0.3 percent for workers and 0.3 percent for employers, or roughly $300-a-year for a median
It’s already too late to opt out of the first payment of the Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC). Taxpayers still wishing to unenroll need to do so at least three days before the first Thursday of the following month. For example, to unenroll for the August 13 payment a taxpayer must complete the unenrollment process
NBA great Kevin Garnett has sold his unfinished mansion in Malibu for $16 million. At the center of the 7-acre ocean-view compound is an 11,000-square-foot home in the process of being built. A gated driveway circles the entire property and leads to a large motorcourt at the front of the house. Kevin Garnett has sold
Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of Trump Organization Inc., center, walks towards a courtroom at criminal court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump Organization’s long-time chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg pleaded not guilty Thursday to tax-related crimes that include scheme to defraud and
In this article GM DETROIT – General Motors’ U.S. vehicle sales during the second quarter were slightly lower than analyst expectations as an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips impacted vehicle production and dealer inventories. The Detroit automaker on Thursday reported sales of 688,236 vehicles during the second quarter, up 39.7% from a year earlier when
Commuters exit a Wall Street subway station near the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes held steady at the start of the overnight session Thursday evening as Wall Street awaited the key June jobs report and another glimpse at the recovering
China cracking down on bitcoin mining and Elon Musk suspending Tesla’s acceptance of bitcoin due to the large amounts of energy it takes to mine have both contributed to the cryptocurrency losing almost half its value from its high of over $64,000 in April. It’s also making it hard for even bitcoin bulls to ignore
Trading information for GameStop is displayed on the Robinhood App as another screen displays the Robinhood logo in this photo illustration January 29, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The first time Robinhood restricted trading on its app, during the GameStop event in January, may not to be the last, the company said Thursday. In January,
Tourists visit the Wall Street bull statue in the Financial District, New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Americans are feeling less comfortable about investing in the stock market long-term, even though it’s one of the best ways to get ahead. In 2021, 28% of Americans said that real estate was their preferred way
Goal-based financial planning isn’t a new concept. Neither is diversification. We know that we’ve historically used life insurance as a risk management tool that helps with income replacement during your working years. But life insurance also plays an important role in a diversified and comprehensive financial plan. It’s important to first establish your goals, then
A growing number of states are using a workaround to help their taxpayers avoid a Trump-era cap on a critical income tax break. Whether it will influence the ongoing push in Congress to repeal the cap altogether remains to be seen. Colorado recently became the 14th state to enact the new workaround, which allows (or
The arrival of July 1 marks the end of one of the most remarkable quarters in New York real estate history. Every week since February has seen more than 30 contracts signed at $4 million and over, the most extraordinary run since before the 2008 recession. And it’s not just, or even primarily, these larger
In this article OMEG 5304.T-JP SECN-GB Nikola Corporation rang the Nasdaq Closing Bell remotely from across the world. Source: The Nasdaq Electric vehicle start-ups that went public through SPAC deals over the past year are trying to prove their worth to Wall Street as investors grow increasingly skeptical of their future and securities regulators scrutinize
A person walks outside Duane Reade by Walgreens in Hell’s Kitchen on May 26, 2021 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Thursday that sales rebounded at its stores in its fiscal third-quarter and got a lift from Covid-19 shots, prompting the company to raise its outlook for
Oil pump under the blue sky, beam pumping unit in the oil field, oil pump and water reflection zhengzaishuru | iStock | Getty Images Oil prices broke above $75 a barrel on Thursday to a near three-year-high ahead of a decision from key producers on production policy for the second half of 2021. U.S. West Texas
Starting July 1, tourists can visit Phuket without quarantining for the first time since March 2020. In Thailand’s much-discussed “sandbox” pilot scheme, its largest island has reopened to vaccinated travelers who are willing to abide by a laundry list of rules designed to safely restart tourism amid the pandemic. The plan hinges on a
Brothers91 | E+ | Getty Images Anyone who is receiving — or already received — unemployment benefits in 2021 could discover they now qualify for no-cost or low-cost private health insurance. As of Thursday, zero-premium health plans that come with minimal or no cost-sharing — i.e., deductibles and copays — are available through the Affordable