When I talk to prospects and clients about retirement investing, no one usually thinks about what companies are inside their portfolio. They often have a shocked reaction thinking that they might be making money on the backs of the unfortunate prey of predatory lenders. Research provider YourStake defines predatory lending as “Companies that have received
Month: February 2025
In this article LCID Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Brand new Lucid electric cars sit parked in front of a Lucid Studio showroom in San Francisco on May 24, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Lucid Group on Tuesday said CEO Peter Rawlinson has stepped down as the company expects to
The average tax refund is 10.4% lower than last year according to the latest Internal Revenue Service data, and inflation is taking more of those dollars. Bill Oxford | E+ | Getty Images The average tax refund this year is down 32.4% compared to last year, according to early filing data from the IRS. Tax
In this article WDAY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Carl Eschenbach, CEO of Workday, speaks on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Workday, a maker of human resources and finance software, reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Tuesday. The shares popped more
For the third year in a row, CNBC is working with market research firm Statista to list the world’s top financial technology companies. Including startups, scaleups and established tech players, the top global fintech list aims to assess companies using an objective, key performance indicator-based methodology. You can find out more information on the research
Rothy’s Store Courtesy: Rothy’s Direct-to-consumer footwear brand Rothy’s just recorded its best year on record after the company appointed retail veteran Jenny Ming, one of the co-founders of Old Navy, as its CEO. Ming took the helm of the flats maker from co-founder Stephen Hawthornthwaite in January 2024. Under her direction, the company grew sales
Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images Renters looking for a better deal may need to rethink the kind of properties they’re focused on in their search. As of January, median single-family home rent prices are up about 41% since before the pandemic, according to a recent report by Zillow. Meanwhile, multi-family rents are up
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the opening ceremony of the Siliconware Precision Industries Co. (SPIL) Tan Ke Plant in Taichung, Taiwan, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. An Rong Xu | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia is scheduled to report
Elon Musk speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., Feb. 20, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters A federal judge in Maryland on Monday granted a temporary restraining order barring staffers from Elon Musk‘s secretive government-slashing effort, the Department of Government Efficiency, from accessing the personal information of millions of student loan
In this article JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Monday said the U.S. government is inefficient and in need of work as the Trump administration terminates thousands of federal employees and works to dismantle agencies including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Dimon was asked by CNBC’s Leslie Picker
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images There’s a lesser-known tax break for low- to moderate-income Americans who save for retirement. However, most eligible taxpayers don’t claim it, experts say. The retirement savings contributions credit, or saver’s credit, helps offset funds added to an individual retirement account, 401(k) plan or another workplace plan. The tax break
In this article CHGG GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Chegg seen at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 13, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Chegg on Monday filed suit in federal district court against Google, claiming that artificial intelligence summaries of search results have hurt the online education company’s traffic and revenue.
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor on Feb. 20, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Spend some time looking at trading volumes, and you’ll notice something interesting: A lot of investors recently are making outsized bets on the stock market. Most of them are long bets, but
Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21st, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Anthropic is in talks to raise a $3.5 billion funding round, significantly more than the amount previously expected, CNBC has confirmed. The round would roughly triple the artificial intelligence startup’s valuation
Many investors who prospered from gold’s bull market will be surprised by how profits on their gold investments are taxed. Gold is a collectible in the tax code, giving it less favorable treatment than most other investments. The first unfavorable treatment is that IRAs and other individually-directed retirement accounts (both traditional and Roth versions) aren’t
In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Starbucks’ corporate headquarters seen in Seattle. The company announced its Q2 earnings on 27th Apr 2021. Toby Scott | Lightrocket | Getty Images Starbucks will lay off 1,100 corporate employees and will not fill several hundred other open positions, the coffee chain’s CEO, Brian Niccol,
A Gucci luxury goods store in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele shopping mall in Milan, Italy. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe’s troubled luxury sector is showing signs of revival after an upbeat earnings season. But continued weakness in China — and the prospect of U.S. tariffs — could leave even the most exclusive brands
Nitat Termmee | Moment | Getty Images The Trump administration’s tariff policies may raise auto insurance premiums for motorists, according to a new Insurify analysis. This at a time when drivers continue to see costs soar amid pandemic-era inflation. A 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico — which may take effect as soon
In this article BRK.B BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett surveys the concourse ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway shares got a boost after Warren Buffett’s conglomerate reported a surge in operating earnings, but shareholders who were
Tensions between the world’s two largest economies have escalated over the last several years. Florence Lo | Reuters BEIJING — China is trying yet again to boost foreign investment, amid geopolitical tensions and businesses’ calls for more concrete actions. On Feb. 19, authorities published a “2025 action plan for stabilizing foreign investment” to make it easier
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