Investors are rightfully worried about volatility. After stocks slumped in September, markets have had a strong start to the month and are now on track to notch the biggest two-day rally since March 2020. The key to navigating the recent ups and downs is “buying high quality stocks that pay dividends that tend to be a
Month: October 2022
Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards TreasuryDirect With record demand for Series I bonds, an inflation-protected and nearly risk-free asset, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has unveiled a front-end makeover for TreasuryDirect, the online platform investors use to buy assets. While the Treasury still plans future system upgrades, Tuesday’s revamp focuses on website navigation, more concise information
Critics of Medicaid’s long-term services and supports (LTSS) program often complain that it is so poorly designed that lavishes benefits on wealthy retirees and wastes billions of dollars in taxpayer money. Some people do abuse the system. And they should be stopped. But the real problem with Medicaid LTSS is that in many states its
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It has been holy writ among central banks that the goal of monetary policy should be to achieve a 2% rate of inflation. Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell, for example, says he will fight the current inflation until it gets down to 2%. But this episode
Terry Bradshaw, a Hall of Fame football legend and NFL sports analyst, is selling his massive rural estate in the Red River Valley of Southern Oklahoma for $22.5 million, according to Icon Global real estate agency. The equestrian and cattle ranch includes a six-bedroom, 8,600-square-foot home, 2,600-square-foot manager’s home, four-bedroom bunk house and multiple barns,
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home prices are softening in most markets across the nation. Yet home prices are still higher compared with a year ago, and it’s unlikely they will fall too steeply. The sharp rise in mortgage rates over the past several months has made housing more expensive for anyone needing
Hinterhaus Productions | Getty Images There are signs the hot job market is cooling — but workers still have bargaining power for now, according to labor economists. Job openings, a barometer of employers’ demand for workers, saw a near-record monthly decline in August. Openings fell by 1.1 million to 10.1 million, according to U.S. Department
The idea of bidding against the second-richest person in the world is understandably intimidating, even if you’re legendary former NBA big man Shaquille O’Neal. O’Neal, a 7-foot-1 Hall of Famer, says Bezos’ massive net worth “scared” him away from his plans to make a bid for ownership of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns. “Nobody on this
Pixelseffect | E+ | Getty Images Offices are busier now than they’ve been at any point since Covid first sent employees home in March 2020. But companies are still in the thick of adapting to a more distributed workforce, creating an opportunity for workplace technology companies like Condeco and iOffice + SpaceIQ. The two companies
George S. Farra (far left), co-founder and principal of Woodley Farra, and the team at Indianapolis-based financial advisory firm, which comes in at No. 1 on the CNBC FA 100 list for 2022. Portfolio manager George S. Farra is good at remembering his mistakes. More than a decade ago, he invested his clients in Hewlett-Packard,
A primary election voter enters a Tampa, Florida, polling place on Aug. 23, 2022. Octavio Jones | Getty Images Most women ages 50 and up plan to vote in this November’s midterm elections, but half of them have not decided which candidates they will vote for, a new AARP poll finds. One key issue they
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released on Sept. 27, the 2023 Medicare costs. The standard monthly premium for Part B, medical insurance, will drop $5.20, from $170.10 to $164.90. A drop in the premium is very unusual. Last time this happened was in 2012 when the premium decreased $15.50 a month, primarily
A new corporate alternative minimum tax (“CAMT”) was enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act passed on August 16, 2022. The applicability of the CAMT under the most recent law is greatly diminished and was recently estimated to impact as few as 150 companies based on the Joint Committee of Taxation’s analysis. While at
The sharp increase in mortgage rates to their highest level in 15 years is not only cutting into home buyer budgets across the country, but also trimming at least 100 square feet out of the homes in would-be buyers’ price range in 29 of the 50 metros analyzed by Redfin. The technology-powered real estate brokerage
Peopleimages | Istock | Getty Images CNBC enlisted data provider AccuPoint Solutions to assist with the ranking of registered investment advisors for this year’s FA 100 list. The methodology consisted of first analyzing a variety of core data points from AccuPoint Solutions’ proprietary database of registered investment advisors. This analysis started with an initial list
In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A General Motors sign is seen during an event on January 25, 2022 in Lansing, Michigan. – General Motors will create 4,000 new jobs and retaining 1,000, and significantly increasing battery cell and electric truck manufacturing capacity. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT
In this article F GM TSLA DAL AAL RIVN GILD TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Poshmark Inc. signage outside the Nasdaq MarketSite during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday
The Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hike path – an attempt to tamp down the highest inflation in decades – is set to cause damage to the global economy if the central bank keeps going, according to billionaire Barry Sternlicht. “They are going to cause unbelievable calamities if they keep up their action, and not just
Marko Geber | DigitalVision | Getty Images In times of uncertainty — turbulent markets, high inflation, geopolitical turmoil — we often write about what financial advisors are recommending to clients. This advice often boils down to “stay calm” and “don’t let short-term news lead to impulsive moves that have long-term consequences.” Many advisors also offer
Finding the right financial advisor to help with your financial needs and goals can be a very complicated process. There are so many things to consider. Every financial advisor has their own area of expertise. The services provided by financial advisors will vary based on the type of advisor but, overall, a financial advisor will
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