Socially distanced sleeping cots are seen at the temporary shelter set up inside the San Diego … [+] Convention Center in San Diego, California, U.S., on Monday, April 13, 2020. The convention center conversion is dubbed Operation Shelter to Home and includes case workers who will help connect people in the shelter with housing, benefits
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, July 29, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are in agreement on sending a second batch of $1,200 stimulus checks to millions of Americans. And now President Donald Trump
LeoPatrizi There may be a financial storm brewing at a key intersection on Main Street. Roughly 35% of small-business owners in a survey said they’ve needed to tap their own funds — via a personal credit card and/or savings, for example — to help prop up their business in the months since the coronavirus whacked
The luxury retail market in mainland China has been “very, very strong” from April to July and is likely to hold up well for the rest of the year as long as there is no strong resurgence of the coronavirus, says Ronnie Chan, chairman of Hang Lung Group and its subsidiary Hang Lung Properties. 02:26
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said President Donald Trump’s Thursday morning tweet that suggested delaying the November election could cause problems for equity investors. “It sows chaos, and chaos is bad for the stock market,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” Dow futures extended their fall slightly in the wake of Trump’s tweet. They then made
DIVIDENDS CONCEPT getty WACC is an acronym that stands for “weighted average cost of capital” and this is one of the most important metrics we use in the REIT sector. The WACC is similar to the required rate of return that an investor expects from his investment in a certain project. The WACC is a
Visitor walk past a Ford Escape Titanium at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai on April 17, 2019. Greg Baker| AFP | Getty Images Ford Motor performed far better than Wall Street expected during the second quarter, even beating its own expectations as the coronavirus caused rolling shutdowns of its plants across the globe. Here’s how
Apple reported a historically strong quarter on Thursday, including $59.7 billion in revenue and double-digit growth in its products and services segments, blowing away analyst estimates in a period deeply impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The company also announced it plans to give investors three additional shares of Apple per share already owned at the end of August as
A woman works at a distrubiton station at the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, on February 5, 2019. Johannes EIsele | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Facebook — The social media giant’s stock surged 6% in extended trading following the release of the company’s
getty Are composite plans, that is, risk-sharing plans that protect participants from outliving their assets even if employers are no longer willing, or even able, to make this guarantee, a part of the future of retirement? I’ve no doubt of that. Is every component of the legal structure of the enabling legislation, the GROW Act,
Senator Cornyn (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of Senators (including Chairman Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Wyden (D-OR) of the Finance Committee) introduced legislation, S. 3162, the “Small Business Expense Protection Act,” a few weeks ago that would clarify that businesses that receive a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) – and the loan
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. listens at left as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a news conference prior to a town hall-style meeting in Aston, Pa., Monday, April 23, 2012. Jae C. Hong | AP A second set of stimulus checks could be on the way, but the ink on the
The coronavirus shutdown can be the perfect opportunity for you to to become an entrepreneur, according to best-selling author Patrice Washington. Washington lost her real estate business in 2008 and spent the next decade building a new career helping others with their finances. She is also the host of “The Redefining Wealth Podcast.” The 39-year-old
Barry Winiker | Getty Images A proposal to raise taxes on California millionaires would result in a top tax rate of nearly 54% for federal and state taxes. Democrats in the California state legislature this week proposed a tax hike on the state’s highest earners to help pay for schools and services hurt by the
During its third quarter earnings results on Thursday Apple said that the company’s shareholders approved a four-for-one stock split. Stock splits are cosmetic, meaning they do not change anything about a company’s underlying fundamentals. They can lead to renewed interest from smaller investors by making the shares — which are now cheaper — more accessible.
Wilshire Lane brokered the acquisition of 15 Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn, which is occupied by one … [+] of its portfolio companies, MealCo. Wilshire Lane Partners As institutional landlords grapple with vacant buildings, and real estate startups fight for survival, one 31-year-old venture capitalist is betting his firm on the category bouncing back. Stealth until
Commissioner of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Dr. Stephen M. Hahn testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump Administration’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 23, 2020. Kevin Dietsch | Pool via Reuters The Food and Drug Administration would authorize a coronavirus vaccine so
Brian Roberts, chief executive officer of Comcast, arrives for the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 9, 2019 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Comcast reported its second-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday, beating analyst estimates on the top and bottom lines. It’s the first earnings report since Comcast’s
Residents take pictures and explore the catastrophic damage to downtown Sanford following extreme flooding throughout central Michigan on May 20, 2020 in Sanford, Michigan. Matthew Hatcher | Getty Images As much as 20% of global gross domestic product could be threatened by coastal flooding by the end of the century if no action is taken,
getty Continued economic uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is concerning to Americans of all ages, especially those living in retirement. Below we address four questions retired investors are asking about ways to optimize their planning in the months ahead. 1. Should I waive my RMDs? The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security(CARES) Act—the $2