Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Washington, DC., February 3, 2021. Susan Walsh | Pool | Reuters The U.S. Department of Education announced on Thursday it will cancel $5.8 billion in student debt for more than 320,000 borrowers. The
Chances are at some point in your retirement saving (or spending) life you’ve been asked a question or two about your appetite for risk. For a while, back in the era of Modern Portfolio Theory, the whole concept of “risk” and the investor was the cat’s pajamas. In the old days they even had entire
Financial advisors and borrowers will have to get busy if they wish to take advantage of the most recent automatic student loan forgiveness initiative for individuals receiving Social Security disability payments. Today’s press release is relatively straightforward for those who are already receiving Social Security disability payments, but is silent in regards to those whose
Investment Specialist, Team Denver Homes - RE/MAX Professionals. Your first step as a real estate investor is usually the most difficult. I often talk to new investors who feel overwhelmed by everything they don’t know about real estate: the terminology, the market, the capital, the risks and rewards. If this sounds familiar, let me reassure you: real
In this article TPT-GB 2019 Topps baseball cards and 2019-2020 Panini Chronicles basketball cards. Sam Rega Major League Baseball will abandon Topps as its partner for trading cards, ending a relationship that’s been in place since 1952. Fanatics, the company that makes sports apparel, is expected to get the trading card deal instead, according to
In this article M Shoppers visit Macy’s flagship store in New York, May 20, 2021. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Macy’s on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit and revenue that topped analyst estimates, as customers returned to its stores to buy denim, luggage and new dresses. The department store chain also hiked its outlook for 2021,
In this article NVDA BJ KSS VSCO BBWI The Macy’s Inc. logo is displayed on a monitor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Macy’s — The retail giant saw
The Aston Martin DBX seen at Salon Prive, held at Blenheim Palace, September 25, 2020 in the United Kingdom. Martyn Lucy | Getty Images Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll said the company is set to produce 10,000 vehicles a year by 2025, adding that the company’s “risks are behind us.” The Canadian billionaire told
Elon Musk’s SpaceX revealed new details about plans for the next-generation of satellites in its Starlink internet system in federal filings on Wednesday, including that the company intends to use its massive Starship rocket as the primary vehicle to deliver the spacecraft to orbit. SpaceX filed an amendment with the Federal Communications Commission that included
Image Source | Getty Images Many Americans have trouble covering their costs of living with income solely from Social Security. Now, a bill has been reintroduced in Congress aimed at reducing the risk that older Americans, women and people of color will live in poverty despite receiving their monthly checks. The proposal, called the Social
The cost of a college education continues to soar with no end in sight. College tuition rises at more than twice the rate of inflation, growing by about 8% per year, on average. At this rate, the cost of a college education will double every nine years. This has many parents understandably concerned about paying
Today’s column addresses questions about whether cost of living allowances are applied to retirement benefits at 70 after receiving spousal benefits, taking divorced spousal benefits after disability benefits and the availability of survivor’s benefits after taking spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic
The rental market, which slumped during the pandemic, has snapped back quicker than many economists predicted. A strong and widespread recovery of rents has pushed prices beyond where they would have been had the coronavirus pandemic never occurred, according to Zillow’s latest market report. Although home appreciation again broke records in July, there are signs of
Oil pumping rigs are situated next to a vineyard of table grapes as viewed on July 8, 2021, north of Bakersfield, California. George Rose | Getty Images Oil dropped for a sixth-straight session on Thursday, falling to the lowest level since May as demand fears and comments from the Federal Reserve that it will suspend
In this article KSS People shop at Kohl’s department store amid the coronavirus outbreak on September 5, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Liu Guanguan | China News Service | Getty Images Shares of Kohl’s fell more than 3% in premarket trading Thursday despite reporting second-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations and raising its forecast for
An illustration showing physical bitcoins alongside binary code displayed on a laptop. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said Thursday it has been hit by a cyberattack that saw hackers make off with more than $90 million worth of digital coins. Liquid said some of its digital currency wallets had
It’s no secret that Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, loves bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value. In fact, the bitcoin maximalist has touted it as the most important project in his lifetime to work on, and Square, his digital payments company, bought over $170 million worth of bitcoin earlier this year. Now, the billionaire
Although many Americans continue to face financial uncertainty due to the pandemic, the outlook for retirement savers is only improving. Retirement account balances, which took a sharp nosedive in 2020 when the coronavirus outbreak caused economic shock waves, are now at new highs, according to the latest data from Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest provider
As Mohamed Hadid eyes a record price in Beverly Hills, another of the luxury real estate developer’s properties is headed towards a different fate. Hadid’s unfinished mega-mansion at 901 Strada Vecchia Road in Bel-Air is scheduled to hit the auction block next month, according to sources familiar with the property. The high-end development, now listed
Rescuers evacuate stranded people in the waterlogged urban area of Weihui City in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan Province, July 27, 2021. Li An | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Severe rainstorms and flooding in China are hurting the profits of insurance companies, and highlight the shortfalls of the country’s natural disaster insurance system. Flooding