(Photo by Sandy Huffaker) Corbis via Getty Images Every personal finance commentator tells you to get out of credit-card debt. I’ll take this logic a step further by condemning mortgages. Once upon a time, a mortgage was a ticket to prosperity. Someone who bought a suburban home in the 1960s on a 30-year mortgage enjoyed
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photo: Getty The good news is that, like a smile, communication has the potential to make all the difference. As a real estate agent, you simply cannot overdo it. Plus, with today’s technological advantages (of course, there’s a phone in everybody’s pocket) communication is essentially free. So why be stingy about communicating? Your clients’ and
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday took a look at last year’s run in the S&P 500 to lay out his thoughts on how the top performers would play out over the coming year in trading. The S&P 500, which tracks 500 large-cap public stocks, posted a gain of 28.9% in 2019, its largest advance since
A worker walks at the Nahr Bin Umar field, Iraq. Essam Al-Sudani | Reuters The latest flare-up in U.S.-Iran relations could bring about the end of the longest bull market ever if crude prices keep surging, slowing an already fragile global economy even further. But investors cautioned we’re not yet at that point. The last
Blackstone Group CEO and Co-Founder Steve Schwarzman speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, November 6, 2019. Gary He | Reuters Private-equity firms are holding onto a record pile of cash. Increased competition might make it harder to spend, however, in order to get the same double-digit returns that have made the group
kate_sept2004 It’s about to get a little easier for you to figure out how to break even or get a bigger tax refund from Uncle Sam. The IRS kicked off the new year with a revamp of its tax withholding estimator tool, a calculator that helps you fine-tune the amount of federal income taxes that
CHICAGO – MARCH 16: A Chicago Police boat patrols the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois on March … [+] 16, 2019. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) Getty Images Here are some excerpts of interest from a May 26, 1965 Chicago Tribune story, “Police, Fire Pensions Tabled”: “Three important police and firemen’s pension bills appeared defeated
photo: Getty The American economy enjoyed record expansion for the past decade, but robust growth has not extended to many of the country’s economically distressed communities. The bipartisan opportunity zone (OZ) program is a creative solution to bridge that gap by encouraging long-term private investment in these areas. This influx of capital will fuel economic
CNBC’s Jim Cramer advises that investors refrain from panicking about how U.S.-Iran tensions may impact the market and to look for potential buying opportunities in the coming days. The “Mad Money” host takes a look back at the top components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 to project what’s to come in
Nathan Chittenden carries a newborn calf at Dutch Hollow Farm in Schodack Landing, New York. “The last five years have been extremely rough for us dairy farmers,” he told CNBC. Emma Newburger / CNBC SCHODACK, N.Y. — Nathan Chittenden carefully slung a newborn calf over his shoulders and marched her over to his dairy barn
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., smiles during a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. 2019 was a great year for internet stocks and many Wall Street analysts expect the good times to continue in 2020. The S&P 500 finished 2019
Should you stay or should you go? Deciding whether you should renovate your current home or buy a new house isn’t easy. It comes down to asking yourself three big questions, according to Drew and Jonathan Scott, the stars of HGTV’s “Property Brothers” and “Property Brothers: Forever Home.” “Am I in the right location? Can
Happy smiling young golden retriever dog under light gray plaid. Pet warms under a blanket in cold … [+] winter weather. Pets friendly and care concept. Getty The New Year is here, which means it’s once again time to revisit a contrarian (and income) investing tradition: The “Dogs of the Dow.” This simple yet famous
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Email concept with hands typing laptop on the blackboard background. Getty In this post (part 4 of 6), we will take a deep dive into what’s covered under the “send” category of the crypto question on Schedule 1 and outline common transactions. Sending cryptocurrencies (transfers between
photo: Getty If you’re like me, you’re contemplating the best ways to invest your money in 2020. After all, the stock market might not be the best option, after a 10-year bull run and global trade tensions. But, from my vantage point as a real estate startup founder, there are real estate trends that are
Investors should exercise patience when evaluating stocks shortly after a geopolitical incident, like the U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian military leader, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday morning. That’s because it usually takes more than one day for clarity to arrive, but the “Mad Money” host said Friday there are really only three oil
Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said he’s comfortable with where interest rates are but thinks the central bank needs to talk this year about the size of its balance sheet. In an interview Friday with CNBC’s Steve Liesman, Kaplan said economic growth is likely to grow in excess of 2% this year while inflation
Ahmad Al-Rubaye | AFP | Getty Images Oil spikes above $100 may be a thing of the past, but prices are likely to head higher as tensions mount in the Middle East, with Citi global head of commodity research Ed Morse forecasting that Brent prices will top $70 in short order. While the market digests
Thomas Jackson Treat money with respect. Don’t crumple it. Think of it as an ally and a force for good, not evil. Your beliefs can affect your finances. If you don’t believe it, check out the experiences of personal finance bloggers who started with nothing (or very little) and now have hundreds of thousands of
It should be easy — stop working and go play. But it’s not. We live in a work-driven culture, and so work is in our DNA and retirement is antithetical to who we are. Social scientists have come up with three theoretical models that together explain why retirees experience emotional upheaval in making the transition,
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