Pre-retirees and retirees may be understandably concerned about their exposure to stock market risk, particularly in these uncertain times. Let’s take a look at how a hypothetical 65-year-old couple might think about this decision. Suppose Jack and Mary have $400,000 in retirement savings and they’re invested in a target date fund with the classic “60/40”
A handheld ultrasound (Vscan Air) to go beyond highly specialized branches of medicine such as obstetrics and cardiology to primary care physicians. Source: G.E. General Electric on Tuesday announced the launch of its new wireless, hand-held ultrasound device, Vscan Air, as the company seeks to capture a leading position in the growing market. It’s the
Don’t rule out a 10-year Treasury Note yield as high as 2.25% this year. That’s the message from Wells Fargo Securities’ Michael Schumacher, ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve interest rate decision. “The fiscal stimulus is enormous, and the vaccine rollout seems to be accelerating quite a bit — not just here in the U.S.,” the
Sotheby’s is joining the nonfungible token craze through a collaboration with digital artist Pak. “We’ve been following the NFT space for some time,” Sotheby’s CEO Charles Stewart said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” where he announced the auction house’s partnership with Pak. The upcoming sale is set to launch next month. “This is new for
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday he believes it’s a favorable environment for investors to put money to work in the U.S. stock market. Positive economic signs are abound, Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” reading a sampling of headlines on Tuesday’s front page of The Wall Street Journal about a recovery in airline travel,
IronHeart | Moment | Getty Images Extra unemployment benefits offered by the American Rescue Plan may not arrive until mid-April or later, the U.S. Department of Labor said Monday. The $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, which President Joe Biden signed Thursday, extended jobless aid to Labor Day and continued a $300 weekly enhancement to benefits.
Yvette Lind, an assistant professor of tax law at Copenhagen Business School, talks about how the coronavirus pandemic hurt gender equality and offers possible tax solutions. The post has been edited for length and clarity. David Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: gender equality and
Topline Former Goldman Sachs executive Michael Daffey purchased convicted sex abuser Jeffery Epstein’s New York City mansion last week, a spokesman for Daffey confirmed Tuesday, with a portion of the proceeds going into a fund to pay Epstein’s victims. Key Facts Daffey bought Epstein’s 28,000 square-foot Upper East Side mansion last week for $51 million
When reviewing a client’s 401(k) plan, I get pretty jazzed if I see a decent Target Date Fund (TDF) option within their investment lineup. I firmly believe that a TDF is one of the best default investment vehicles within most corporate retirement plans. The way a TDF works is simple. You pick the fund that
Ford touts its 2021 F – 150 Police Responder as “America’s only purpose-built, pursuit-rated pickup truck. Ford The next time you get pulled over, it may be by an officer in a Ford pickup truck instead of a traditional “cop car.” Ford Motor unveiled its new 2021 F-150 Police Responder on Tuesday ahead of spring
Federal Reserve Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on “The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2020. Susan Walsh | Reuters A resurgent economy, percolating inflation and a stock market ripping higher don’t seem to make much of a recipe for easy monetary policy.
Billionaire Elon Musk appears to be selling a recent tweet of his as an NFT, or non-fungible token. “I’m selling this song about NFTs as an NFT,” Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, tweeted on Monday. In the Twitter post, Elon released a techno song with the lyrics: “NFT for your vanity. Computers never sleep.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 16, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images March 16, 2020 was the day when Covid got very real for market investors. It was the week everyone realized that we would be in for a prolonged shutdown. When
Marko Geber | DigitalVision | Getty Images Millions of Americans who collected unemployment benefits last year got a new tax break from the American Rescue Plan. Here’s how it works. $10,200 tax break President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill Thursday that waives federal tax on up to $10,200 of unemployment benefits
Talk about playing against type: The tax cuts in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) are among the biggest one-year tax reductions in modern US history. The bill passed by Congress last week would reduce taxes by nearly $500 billion in fiscal year 2021 alone, according to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. That’s roughly
Not all waterfront property is equal. A treasured find on Australia’s Sydney Harbor is this vintage boatshed. But it’s not the quaint green-shingled structure that makes it valuable. The so-called boatshed residence anchors a coveted deep water lot that has sufficient mooring for … [+] luxury yachts. Private Property Global It’s the fact that the
Isabel Guzman, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, is sworn in during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Bill Leary | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Senate plans to confirm Isabel Guzman to head the Small
Most people make the wrong decisions about when to claim their Social Security retirement benefits. Only about 4% make the optimum claiming decision, according to a study released a couple of years ago by financial services firm United Capital. The researchers had access to data from a long-term health study of Americans and were able
Brett Schulman trades a career in finance for food. Source: Cava Guess who’s moving out to the suburbs now? The Covid-19 pandemic set into motion several trends that stand to alter the restaurant space even after vaccines are widely administered and life returns to a new normal. From the migration out of dense cities to
Nikola Motor Company Two truck Source: Nikola Motor Company Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Monday: Maxar Technologies – Shares of the space technology company slid 4% after the company announced a common stock offering of $400 million in an SEC filing. Maxar said it intends to use proceeds from the