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Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images At the midpoint of 2023, some investors see a recession storm on the horizon while others see clear skies ahead. The recession crowd is worried about negative consumer sentiment, while the no-recession camp is heartened by more-positive-than-expected data from the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey, released in June.

Grashalex | Istock | Getty Images I started working on Wall Street in the late 1990s, and it was the heyday of the initial public offering fever. Those IPOs peaked in 2020. To that point, there were 480 IPOs on the U.S. stock market in 2020, which was an all-time record. This was 106.9% more

Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Do you think artificial intelligence is being overhyped? Dan Niles, founder and portfolio manager of the Satori Fund, agrees. Well, sort of. The answer to that question really depends on whether you’re talking about the current moment or the long haul, said Niles during a session for CNBC’s Financial

Ethan Miller | Getty Images News | Getty Images Mortgage rates are likely to remain high despite the Federal Reserve’s pause on interest rate hikes. While that may be good sign for fixed-income funds in California, the pause is a blow to affordable housing in the state, said Fiona Ma, California state treasurer, during the

Customers outside a Silicon Valley Bank branch in Beverly Hills, California, on March 13, 2023. Lauren Justice | Bloomberg | Getty Images Most millionaires — 63% — support Congress raising FDIC coverage limits following the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank earlier this year, a new CNBC survey finds. The survey found

When it comes to buying a home now, there are plenty of challenges. But homeownership can be a great way to build wealth and to maintain housing stability, said Kamila Elliott, a certified financial planner and co-founder and CEO of Collective Wealth Partners, a boutique advisory firm in Atlanta. Achieving that goal now can be challenging, with

Getty Images This spring, millionaires felt relatively pessimistic about the economy and identified several perceived threats to personal wealth, according to CNBC’s latest millionaire survey. Millionaires believe the biggest current threat to their wealth is the stock market, with 60% expecting the S&P 500 will be down or relatively flat by the end of 2023.

Yellow Dog Productions | Getty Images With less than a week before the U.S. government faces a possible debt default, many are bracing for the economic fallout — and advisors have tips for nervous investors. Negotiations to raise the debt ceiling intensified between the White House and congressional Republicans on Thursday after a stark warning from

D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Taxpayers who use peer-to-peer payment apps like Venmo and PayPal and e-commerce companies such as eBay, Etsy and Poshmark may be receiving a new-to-them tax form next year — one that’s worth some advance planning. Starting this tax year, such companies must use a new, lower threshold when issuing

Articles about emergency funds may have put you to sleep as recently as a year ago. You would have been lucky to find a high-yield savings account paying out 1%-2% at that time.  However, with interest rates soaring, cash investments can post sizable returns, driving some of the highest interest payouts in decades. This is

Skodonnell | E+ | Getty Images I’m a financial advisor. So, I know a thing or two about saving and investing. But I’m also a dad with a college-aged son, and I am starting to see that, now more than ever, I need financial knowledge to help in that role. Saving for college has gotten

Carla Gottgens | Bloomberg | Getty Images Americans are upbeat on gold and have soured on stocks — perhaps to their detriment. Twenty-six percent of Americans ranked gold as the best long-term investment in 2023, almost double the 15% who thought so in 2022, according to a recent Gallup poll. The share surpassed that of

Bryan Allen | Getty Images The threat of a recession has weighed heavily on many investors’ minds amid higher interest rates, banking turmoil and layoffs. But you should still try to avoid reactive investing moves, according to financial advisors. Public pessimism about the economy recently notched a new high, according to a recent CNBC survey.

Prostock-Studio | Istock | Getty Images If you piled into Series I bonds over the past couple of years amid record-high yields, you may be eyeing an exit strategy as the rate declines. In May, annual I bond interest for new purchases dropped to 4.3% through October, down from 6.89% last November, based on cooling

Fotostorm | E+ | Getty Images Fears of an upcoming recession and high inflation may be weighing most heavily on single women, according to a financial advisor who works with that demographic. “In times of inflation, the cost of everything goes up, including rent, utility bills, groceries and health care,” said certified financial planner Cathy

Holger Scheibe | The Image Bank | Getty Images A recession may be in the forecast for the U.S. economy, but the big question is when. The Federal Reserve has said the banking crisis may prompt a mild recession later this year. On Wednesday, the central bank raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage point, while

Jose Luis Pelaez | Iconica | Getty Images Saving for retirement often comes with an upfront tax break when funneling money into pretax accounts. But it’s also critical to manage taxes on future withdrawals, experts say. If you don’t need the money, you may delay taking funds from retirement plans until your mandatory yearly withdrawals,

Nitat Termmee | Moment | Getty Images The following is an excerpt from “This week, your wallet,” a weekly audio show on Twitter produced by CNBC’s Personal Finance team. Listen to the latest episode here. Being a “master of cash flow” is a key element of household finance — and also one of the most

Francesco Carta Fotografo | Moment | Getty Images When it comes to cryptocurrency like bitcoin, new investors are often motivated by friends to take the plunge, according to a new study. But that might hold traps for the unwary, experts warn. “I don’t imagine friends are talking about when they lost money,” said Lee Baker,

Money remains a taboo subject for many people — especially when it comes to discussing finances with the important people in their lives.  Almost two-thirds of couples believe they’re “financially incompatible,” meaning their spending, investing and saving habits aren’t aligned, according to a recent survey. This disparity can lead to uncomfortable situations like not wanting