Month: April 2021

In this article WFC Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf listens during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on April 30, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wells Fargo reported earnings and revenue that beat expectations for its first-quarter on Wednesday. Here’s how the results stacked up to expectations. Earnings: $1.05
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Betterment launched a new savings option that pays users up to 2.69% interest. Source: Betterment Trading apps aren’t the only ones benefiting from the rise of meme stocks. Betterment, a digital investment advisor, said it saw record growth in the first quarter of 2021. Despite offering so-called “passive” investing and not allowing clients to hand-pick
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Governments are working together to hit up taxpayers for more money—here and around the world. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling for countries to enact a global minimum corporate tax rate. And schemes are afoot to do the same for individuals. Officials of the G-20, the world’s biggest economies, are busy formulating plans for a
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Investment Specialist, Team Denver Homes - RE/MAX Professionals. Highly successful real estate investors learn to get creative to maximize their investments over time. Most investors tend to follow the standard playbook: find a property in the MLS or an off-market property through a wholesaler; buy it with a goal of earning ongoing income or letting it appreciate
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In anticipation of the market debut of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, bitcoin hit a record high of over $64,000 Wednesday morning, according to data from Coin Metrics, although it settled at around $62,000 by 4:45 p.m. EST. But billionaire investor Mark Cuban doesn’t think this surge will be the peak for bitcoin. “It’s not inconceivable that the number
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Today’s column addresses questions about how taking early retirement benefits would affect survivor’s benefits taken later, when spousal benefits can be available and how divorced spousal benefits are calculated. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets Maximize My Social Security
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In this article PEP Cases of Pepsi are shown for sale at a store in Carlsbad, California, April 22, 2017. Mike Blake | Reuters PepsiCo on Thursday reported quarterly earnings that topped analyst estimates as consumers maintained their pandemic snacking habits. Shares of the company rose less than 1% in premarket trading. Here’s what the company reported
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