People worry about money in good times and in bad. Surveys, pre-COVID, typically found that about seven-in-ten people were stressed about money at any given time. The impact of the pandemic on this stress? It exacerbated an issue that many of us already lived with. Between the worry over health and general well-being of the
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A growing number of states are using a workaround to help their taxpayers avoid a Trump-era cap on a critical income tax break. Whether it will influence the ongoing push in Congress to repeal the cap altogether remains to be seen. Colorado recently became the 14th state to enact the new workaround, which allows (or
Built like The Rock—but with an accent forged on Staten Island—Marc Lore fills nearly every pixel of his Zoom screen as he unpacks a $10 billion moonshot: a “city of the future” that would one day house 5 million people in the Nevada desert. Or maybe in Texas, Arizona, or somewhere in Appalachia. We’ll see.
Indonesia’s government added hospital bed capacity in preparation for a post-holiday increase in Covid infections, but parts of the country are still running out of beds as daily cases surge to new highs, according to Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin. He told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” that Indonesia has up to around 130,000 beds dedicated
Despite an upbeat market forecast for the year’s second half, Ally Invest’s Lindsey Bell has a warning for the next few months. Bell finds the third quarter is usually the weakest time of the year, up 0.7% on average since 1950. However, she suggests it’s no reason to get discouraged. “The fourth quarter is where
Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Yale announced on Wednesday that it is dropping tuition for students in the school of drama starting this August following a $150 million donation from the David Geffen Foundation. Yale said that all current and future full-time students in
Before Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger became known as iconic business partners, steering the Berkshire Hathaway empire, they were just two guys from Omaha, Nebraska, who, apparently, were a lot a like. They discovered that thanks to a well-known doctor in town, Dr. Edwin Davis, who told Buffett in a 1957 meeting he trusted him
Anchiy | E+ | Getty Images Many people have hired a tax professional to make sure they do not run afoul of the IRS. But who is regulating those tax preparers? You may be surprised to find out there are few government controls in place. Now, a bill that was just reintroduced in Congress last
If you have a 401(k) at work, you’re probably familiar with the standard advice about such plans: make sure to contribute enough to receive any employer match and make the maximum contribution if you’re able. But some employers offer both a traditional 401(k) and a Roth 401(k), and it can be difficult to determine if
The Biden White House has been publicizing America’s new Juneteenth federal holiday, celebrating the end of Black slavery and the ongoing struggle for real Black independence and equality. One of the White House’s announcements may have puzzled some people: “Exclusionary Zoning: Its Effect on Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market.” Zoning? We might understand protecting and expanding voting rights,
For New York City residents, summer can mean getting away. After all, the average NYC apartment measures around 500 square feet. So space in the region is at a premium. Those dreaming of having a garden getaway in New York might say, “Fahgettaboudit.” But times are changing, and so are architectural visions, seeking to create
People walk outside “Hamilton” at Richard Rodgers Theatre in Times Square on May 12, 2021 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Broadway hit “Hamilton” could receive as much as $50 million from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, a $16 billion federal aid program that provides pandemic relief
In this article CMG CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that he is bullish on Chipotle, predicting that the stock is poised to break to the upside. “This one’s ready. Chipotle’s already rallied hard off its lows, but after five months of mostly trading sideways, it’s a coiled spring,” the “Mad Money” host said. Shares of
U.S. stock futures were steady in overnight trading on Wednesday as investors gear up for the second half of 2021. Dow futures rose 45 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.05%. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 210 points, helped by a 2.7% pop in Walmart. The S&P
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have been friends for over 60 years and business partners since 1978. During that time, they’ve both become billionaires while building Berkshire Hathaway into a $630 billion investment giant. But, to hear the two wealthy nonagenarians tell it, at least, all of that money wasn’t even the biggest prize of
Robinhood will pay roughly $70 million in penalties for its systemwide outages and misleading communication and trading practices, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said Wednesday. The settlement regards the technical failures Robinhood experienced in March of 2020, Robinhood’s lack of due diligence before approving customers to place options trades and purveying misleading information to customers
Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images When it comes to investing in the new and highly volatile asset class of cryptocurrencies, most financial advisors have at least one piece of wisdom: Don’t put in more than you can afford to lose. But while that rule of thumb is helpful, it’s pretty general. And so advisors are
kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images If you haven’t gotten your 2020 tax refund, you are in good company. At the end of the 2021 filing season in May, the IRS had a backlog of 35 million tax returns that still needed to be manually processed, according to a report released Wednesday by the National
From my perspective as investment counsel focusing on retirees, I want to see everyone paying themselves first by automating the savings process. And, the further retirement is away from today, the more impact those saved dollars have when invested properly. Of course, things can intervene, like losing a job, or being hit with the unexpected
Here are strategies for people aged 60 to 72 who have left the workforce. 1. Postpone Social Security. Social Security is a lifetime, inflation-adjusted, low-risk annuity. It’s valuable. When you collect before turning 70, you are in effect selling off a piece of that asset and probably getting a poor price for it. Do people