“Crypto or digital assets” are now very much a part of the mainstream discussion, as interest in crypto has grown even for individual (retail) investors. The question is, are investors prepared, and further, can they rely on what they hear from their financial advisers? First, let’s review what regulators found in examinations of brokerage firms
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In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Walmart Inc. President and CEO Doug McMillon delivers a keynote address during CES 2024 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Walmart already has a huge U.S. footprint. But the retail giant sees
People passing a large-scale sign for H&M outside its flagship store on the corner of Oxford Street and Regent Street in London, U.K., on March 30, 2023. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Shares of Swedish retailer H&M were down more than 13% at 2 p.m. London time on Wednesday, after the company
People walk outside the Bank of England in the City of London financial district, in London, Britain, January 26, 2023. Henry Nicholls | Reuters LONDON — The Bank of England is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at 5.25% on Thursday, but market observers will be closely watching voting patterns, projections and language for
Photoattractive | E+ | Getty Images Building wealth may feel like a struggle for today’s younger generations who grapple with student loan balances and high home prices. Now, a new bill introduced in Congress aims to make it so wealth creation starts from birth. The proposal — called the 401Kids Savings Act — is led
This piece is written in collaboration with a colleague of mine, Amir Noor, CFP®, director of financial planning at United Financial Planning Group, who first developed the idea of the phantom month. Not only do Americans struggle with budgeting, it simply doesn’t seem to work for them. The issue – and solution – to this
In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A worker carries bananas inside the Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, New Jersey. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | AP Walmart announced a three-for-one stock split on Tuesday as the retailer’s shares sit just below their all-time high. The company said the additional shares will be payable
In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing on Wednesday is set to report fourth-quarter results and answer to investors eager to hear how a midair blowout on one of the plane maker’s
Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong (C) announces the launch of the U.S.-China Counternarcotics Working Group next to U.S. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Jen Daskal (center L) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on January 30, 2024. Ng Han Guan | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING —
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, not pictured, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Tolga Akmen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The bombshell, 200-page Delaware court ruling Tuesday ordering Tesla to undo its massive $56 billion compensation
Travelcouples | Moment | Getty Images Jan. 30 is National Plan for Vacation Day — and travelers mapping out their next excursion have a few reliable money-saving hacks at their disposal. Total travel costs — including airfare, hotels, rental cars, dining out and entertainment — are down an average 2% in the past year, according
A relatively new way cyberthieves steal wealth is by taking over the identities of people after they die, an act known as ghosting or ghost hacking. Anecdotes and some news reports indicate incidents of ghost hacking are increasing rapidly. There are many variations of the crime, but the main approach used by the crooks is
In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Starbucks coffee cup sits on a table at one of the coffee chain’s locations in Miami, Florida, on June 11, 2021. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed Wall Street’s expectations as
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, left, departs from federal court in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft will report fiscal second-quarter earnings after the market close on Tuesday. Here’s what analysts polled by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv,
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13, 2023. Liu Jie | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Immediately after the Federal Reserve wraps up its meeting this week, all eyes are likely to gravitate to one small piece of wording that could unlock the future of
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the fiscal 2024 IRS budget and the IRS’ 2023 filing season, in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images As the tax season kicks off, Congress is still negotiating a $78
Getty Images Inflation is cooling. Consumer spending continues to be at record highs, while consumer confidence has been trending up. And, after almost two years of rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, investors are expecting at least a few cuts to interest rates this year. Their anticipation is understandable: The federal funds rate hasn’t
Daughter is in her late 50s, with a difficult mother who is in her mid 80s. Daughter’s mother, V, has always been “kind of nutty” as Daughter describes her. They were semi-estranged for years but not entirely out of contact, with Daughter living in a different state. One day, Daughter got a call from V’s
In this article UPS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A United Parcel Service truck searches for a house driving along the coast of Cape Cod on July 24, 2023 in Orleans, Massachusetts. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images UPS fell short of Wall Street revenue estimates Tuesday, reporting drops in shipping volume, both internationally and
The Norges Bank, Norway’s central bank, in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday reported record profit of 2.22 trillion kroner ($213 billion) in 2023, supported by robust returns on its investments in technology stocks. The so-called Government Pension Fund Global, one
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