Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Getty The Facebook CEO/Chairman debate has come into clear focus at the recent annual shareholders meeting where 68% of outside shareholders supported a proposal to make the role of Chairman an independent position after voicing concern and disapproval over how CEO and Chairman, Mark Zuckerberg, has handled various missteps including a
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Greenwood Avenue Cottages, designed by Ross Chapin Architects, was built by The Cottage Company in Shoreline, WA, just north of Seattle. Photo courtesy of Ross Chapin Architects. Today many people are feeling lost and disconnected. They don’t need a great deal of space, but they would like to feel more connected to their neighbors than
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Stanley Druckenmiller Anjali Sundaram This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Longtime hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller says stocks would plummet if Senator Bernie Sanders were elected president in the 2020 election. “If Bernie Sanders became president, I think stock prices should be 30% to 40% lower than they are now,” he said
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Since last decade, NASA has turned repeatedly to Colorado companies to produce the technology it needs to not only send astronauts on new lunar missions but also to Mars and into the depths of space. Above, the International Space Station. NASA | Getty Images National Aeronautics and Space Administration is opening the International Space Station
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Getting my Social Security statement every year reminds me of an old Tom Petty lyric: “the waiting…is the hardest part.” When you should take Social Security is informed by this statement: The first thing you see in the statement is your projected benefit. This number is based on lifetime earnings and your “full” retirement age,
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Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses the amount of a future survivor’s benefits, whether earnings after filing can increase benefit amounts, whether child-in-care spousal benefits reduce later retirement benefits, when Social Security benefits can begin
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Pedestrians walk along Broadway near the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Technology, rare earth minerals and the education sector have been dragged into the scuffle between China and the U.S., but as Beijing considers more countermeasures, experts said America’s financial sector is unlikely to be a target. There’s just
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In a word… no. Interest rates are plummeting, which is usually “prime time” for mREITs like Annaly Capital (NLY). The “original mortgage REIT” has traditionally held fixed-rate securities, which rise in price as rates decline. Annaly investors remember the “roaring ‘00s” fondly. From 2000 through 2012, mortgage rates ticked down, down, down while the stock
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I have for decades believed that erudite tax strategy is the “master wealth skill”, and that those who develop or find true expertise can compound their development and preservation of net worth by a significant factor. Getting this message out is a primary reason I write so much on tax, even though my primary professional
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