Month: March 2023

While the U.S. homeownership rate has continually increased during the last decade, the Black homeownership rate has not kept pace with increases of other racial groups, according to a recent survey. Also, people of color endure significant buying challenges throughout and even after their home purchase. The 2023 Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in
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In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford Motor Co., CEO Jim Farley gives the thumbs up sign before announcing Ford Motor will partner with Chinese-based, Amperex Technology, to build an all-electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, during a press conference in Romulus, Michigan February 13, 2023. Rebecca Cook | Reuters
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In this article TBIL UTEN UTWO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT As short maturity Treasury bond ETFs see big inflows, more investors are taking on single-bond strategies as a solution to macroeconomic challenges.  Buying Treasury bonds typically involves opening an account on TreasuryDirect or through brokerage firms like Charles Schwab. But Dave Nadig, financial
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Trumzz | Istock | Getty Images Over the past two years, millions of low-income U.S. households have received broadband internet at a discount through two consecutive government programs. But they could soon lose that benefit. More than 16 million U.S. households are currently enrolled in the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP, which offers
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You never get a second chance at a first impression — which Barbara Corcoran learned the day she met her “Shark Tank” co-star Mark Cuban. That initial encounter was Corcoran’s “most embarrassing moment on ‘Shark Tank,'” the Corcoran Group founder said in a recent TikTok video outlining the incident. As she recounted, it was 5:30
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Pascal Broze | Onoky | Getty Images Lawmakers are hashing out plans to shore up Social Security’s ailing trust funds, and the possible changes will affect the benefits Americans receive. Broadly, that comes down to two key changes: raising the retirement age and increasing the amount of annual wages subject to the Social Security payroll
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A bipartisan group of Senators, including Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA), are calling for a temporary change in tax breaks for charitable giving. S. 566, also called the Charitable Act, would allow taxpayers to claim a significant above-the-line deduction for charitable giving. Above-The-Line Deduction An “above-the-line” deduction, or adjustment to income, is
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Joos Mind | Photodisc | Getty Images Workers who use health-care flexible spending accounts likely have at least one important deadline approaching. FSAs, as they’re called, let you stash away pre-tax money to cover your health-care expenses (or, separately, dependent-care expenses). Last year, individuals could have contributed as much as $2,850 to their health-care FSA.
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