Month: October 2021

It’s hard to abandon longstanding rules of thumb. But sometimes circumstances change, and it’s necessary to change our thinking if we want to maximize after-tax wealth. Perhaps the oldest rule in the tax-planning book is to defer taxes whenever possible. “Don’t pay a tax until you have to” is one of the first planning strategies
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In this article IBM Arvind Krishna, chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), wears a protective mask while attending a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Chief executives from across the business world are
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China Evergrande Group started returning a small portion of the money owed to buyers of its investment products, weeks after people protested against missed payments at its Shenzhen headquarters, pictured here on Sept. 30, 2021. Gilles Sabrie | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China Evergrande shares briefly dropped more than 10% in opening trade
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Starship prototype SN15 returns for a landing on May 5, 2021 after a high-altitude flight test. SpaceX Between Elon Musk’s two largest companies, investors and experts have a long-term favorite. Most “institutional investors and industry experts” surveyed by Morgan Stanley expect SpaceX to become more valuable than Tesla, and see it as a more attractive
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The other day, my teenage son announced we should all support the Build Back Better Bill because it was so much fun to say. So how about a Better Build Back Better Bill? And, yes, these principles are, admittedly, wishful thinking, centering on good governance rather than “ways to make voters happy and win elections.”
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This contemporary dwelling in downtown Scottsdale, Arizona, has a lengthy list of attributes: It’s zoned mixed-use residential and/or commercial. The live/work space offers room to expand or could be reconfigured to condominiums or apartments. The two-story living room takes in treetop and city views. RETSY It’s striking. Visually arresting, the architectural house features open-plan areas,
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A Covid patient breathes oxygen through a mask at the sub-intensive care unit of the Casalpalocco hospital, south of Rome, on October 13, 2021. Alberto Pizzoli | AFP | Getty Images Covid cases in Europe have increased for the third consecutive week, World Health Organization officials said at a briefing Wednesday, urging caution as temperatures
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You might admire Bill Gates’ workhorse mentality or Elon Musk’s brazen attitude and ideas, but also feel conflicted about wealth inequality. Now, psychologists and marketing experts can explain that disconnect. The Ohio State University and Cornell University published new research on Monday showing why people tend to admire individual billionaires, but dislike the socioeconomic class
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Fixed-income giant Pimco has dabbled in cryptocurrencies and plans to gradually invest more in digital assets that have the potential to disrupt the financial industry, according to chief investment officer Daniel Ivascyn. “Now we’re looking at potentially trading certain cryptocurrencies as part of our trend-following strategies or quant-oriented strategies, then doing more work on the
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