Month: October 2021

Broker/Owner of Commercial Professionals in Las Vegas for over 25 years focusing on off market investments. Prof Speaker and Success Expert The real estate market is becoming increasingly competitive these days. As more people move to areas where property values are soaring, skilled real estate agents are in high demand.  With so much competition for success, it’s
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St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard advocated Tuesday for the central bank to be aggressive as it starts winding down its monthly bond-buying program in case inflation becomes a larger problem. In a CNBC interview, the Fed official said he thinks it’s a 50-50 chance that the current inflation pressures are transitory, so policymakers
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Spacecraft commander Jared Isaacman speaks into a microphone as he peers out the cupola window. Inspiration4 The historic Inspiration4 mission, launched and operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, returned safely from orbit last month. CNBC spoke to the mission’s commander and benefactor Jared Isaacman about the experience. He spent three days in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule
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Ariel Skelley | DigitalVision | Getty Images If you’re remodeling your kitchen, you probably turn to a licensed contractor. Planning an expensive European vacation or Hawaiian honeymoon? You may very well have a travel agent handle the booking. So, why, when planning your financial future, wouldn’t you seek out professional help? It’s common sense. Yet
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In this article HOOD BLK AsiaVision | E+ | Getty Images Despite the high demand for values-driven investing, few individual shareholders participate in corporate decisions. But some companies and funds are making it easier for investors to voice concerns through a proxy voting process. When someone buys a stock, they become part-owner of the company
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There is nothing like a crisis to illuminate the benefits of basic financial skills. A staggering number of households entered the pandemic unprepared to withstand any economic shock, let alone one of the magnitude of COVID-19. The consequences are reminiscent of the 2007–2008 US financial crisis when individuals were enticed to buy homes that exceeded
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Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) recently asked for an investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s research activities, including its use of contractors to conduct studies and its  security protocols. The senators are right to be concerned about taxpayer privacy, especially after ProPublica’s recent articles about the tax situations of very high-income Americans
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Last week, I spoke with three individuals who discovered recently that they do not have the Medicare coverage they need. Each person’s set of circumstances is unique and their prior decisions, while understandable at the time, have turned out to be less than ideal. Consider Mick, Larry and Samantha. Mick turned 65 in December 2016.
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The statutory debt ceiling has its origins in World War I when Congress streamlined federal borrowing by delegating some of its authority to the Treasury Department. And for several decades, the innovation developed smoothly, with lawmakers granting the executive branch more control over the amount and terms of federal borrowing. It took almost a quarter-century for things to
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