Marina Pointe is among the new highly walkable communities along waterfronts in Tampa, Fla. BTI Partners Back in the 1970s, between years of grad school, I rode the rails around the country on an Amtrak railpass. When the pass and my cash expired, I found myself in Tampa. I got a room at the fleabag
Somerville’s Division St., a usually bustling pedestrian street, pictured from Main Street. In the front of the image is a sign for Somerville’s weekly cruise nights, which are “on hiatus due to Covid-19.” June 9, 2020. Will Feuer Somerville, New Jersey has enjoyed a rising tide in recent years. Main Street is usually bustling, drawing
A sign is posted in front of a Hertz car sales and rental car office on August 8, 2017 in South San Francisco, California. Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading Friday: Adobe — Shares of the software company jumped more than 4% following second-quarter earnings results. Adobe reported a profit
Matt Marfoglia, a waiter at the Tasting Kitchen in Los Angeles, was furloughed in March. Enhanced unemployment benefits are helping him make ends meet financially, but they may end after July. Matt Marfoglia Matt Marfoglia was living paycheck to paycheck before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, while unemployed, he’s barely scraping by. The 51-year-old was furloughed
There are around 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States. Their average salary is close to $60,000 a year. Training to get your Class A Commercial Driver’s License takes about seven weeks if you go fulltime. You will also need to be 21 if you plan to drive across state lines. Trucking comes in
In 1981, 26-year-old Bill Gates found the time to create one of the world’s earliest computer games. Called Donkey.bas, or just “Donkey,” it was essentially an old-school arcade driving game where players steered a digital racecar down a straight highway littered with, well, donkeys. The point of the game, simply, was to avoid crashing into the
A trader walks by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first day that traders are allowed back onto the historic floor of the exchange on May 26, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Traders baffled by the unprecedented market whipsaw are scrambling to buy protection against more rough sledding ahead.
We generally understand that older people are at greater risk than younger people for becoming ill from COVID-19. But everyone wants to get “back to normal”. That meant a more casual attitude and way of living that was not based on fear of catching a very contagious, potentially deadly disease. For our aging parents, those
In-and-out investors do worse than long-term holders. There are numbers to prove that. Timing is everything Getty Are mutual fund investors impulsive? Do they jump into a fund after a winning streak and then sell out, in despair, after a bad stretch? I tested this hypothesis by going to Morningstar MORN , the securities analysis
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee … [+] on June 10th that it’s too early to discuss another stimulus bill. (Photo credit: Al-Drago) Getty A speedy round of extra stimulus funds, as the economy continues to recoil due to the coronavirus, seems less and less likely every day,
Getty Just when you think it’s safe to go back to the beach, the viral predator returns for a second time. If you’re hoping for a quick rebound in the economy following our initial bout with coronavirus, be prepared for the possibility of more bad news, especially if you’re unlucky enough to work in the
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo addresses the media, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in … [+] Minneapolis. The press conference follows the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in police custody after video shared online by a bystander showed former officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn’t
This article is a part of a series; click here to read Part 1. Another possible behavioral explanation is the feeling of being poorer after annuitization because of the resulting noticeably lower remaining account balance. This confuses total wealth with the spending power available from that wealth, but it can exert a powerful psychological influence
Getty Last week, I wrote about a newly-handed-down Supreme Court ruling that determined that, in a case where pension plan participants were not actually harmed, they could not sue their former employer for mismanaging their pension. As something of a tangent, I observed that participants in multiemployer plans would indeed be harmed, because there is
TOPLINE The stock market rebounded slightly on Friday, attempting to recoup some of its losses from a day earlier when fears over a resurgence of coronavirus cases led to the worst market drop since March. The market attempted to rebound from a massive sell-off on Thursday. Wang Ying/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images KEY FACTS The Dow
Getty (Updated: June 12, 2020) On March 20, 2020, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin extended the tax filing and payment deadline for federal income tax to July 15, 2020. This relief includes estimated payments for the first and second quarters. You can find more information and guidance here. Some states have also extended filing and payment deadlines –
Bitcoin currency sign in digital cyberspace. Technology Network and Internet marketing, Money … [+] Exchange background concept Getty The tax code does not treat every stream of income the same way. If you are a cryptocurrency user, it is important to know about these different types of income because they can dramatically impact your post-tax
Closeup of weightlifter clapping hands before barbell workout at the gym Getty In the latest episode of Willis Weighs In, Benjamin Willis, contributing editor for Tax Notes Federal, and Jasper Smith, executive editor for commentary for Tax Notes, discuss Ben’s journey from the foster care system in Providence, Rhode Island to one of the tax industry’s must-watch thought
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about the earnings test and a spouse’s retirement benefit, spousal and retirement benefits, survivor benefit rates, maximizing spousal benefits and eligibility for divorced spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets
Income on a K-1 flickr Editorial/Getty Images If you ever receive a K-1 from a partnership, send it to your accountant without looking at it and expect that your accountant is tracking things thoroughly, pay attention. If you do your own return, pay even closer attention. IRS efforts to tighten up partnership reporting may be