Kris Zaporteza / EyeEm The most significant retirement legislation in more than a decade is now law. Yet, it may fall short in one of its principal aims: expanding the pool of people who can save for retirement via a workplace plan. At least 25% of those working in the private sector can’t save in
shot of word retirement plan Getty The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019, which passed the House in a sweeping 417-3 vote, was incorporated into an end-of-year spending bill and was signed by the President on December 20, 2019. SECURE will vastly change the way savers think about saving for
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Harkness Tower stands on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., on Friday, June … [+] 12, 2015. Yale University is an educational institute that offers undergraduate degree programs in art, law, engineering, medicine, and nursing as well as graduate level programs. Photographer: Craig
Are dark kitchens the new white kitchens? Semihandmade If there is one way to describe the interior design trends we will see more of in 2020, it’s anything goes. While signature the looks of 2019 and the early aughts like accent walls and all-white kitchens won’t be going away entirely, they will certainly evolve in the upcoming
Uber and Lyft drivers protest during a day-long strike outside Uber’s office in Saugus, Massachusetts, May 8, 2019. Brian Snyder | Reuters Freelancers, contractors and groups of independent business owners are going into overdrive in New Jersey to fight legislation on worker misclassification that they fear will devastate their businesses, in the wake of backlash
Chesnot | Getty Images Entering 2020, the IPO market for billion-dollar start-ups funded by Silicon Valley venture capitalists should be healthy; that is, if market conditions were the big factor to consider in assessing 2019. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen almost 20% year to date, the S&P 500 even more, and yet the
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings gives a keynote address, January 6, 2016 at the CES 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images As 2010 began, Netflix was a nascent challenger to the sprawling media industry, worth less than $8 a share. Fast forward ten years – and a
SDI Productions There aren’t many days left in 2019. Yet it isn’t too late to make some moves to improve your finances before the new year starts. Instead of thinking of it as a resolution, use this time as an opportunity to form new, healthy money habits that will last throughout your life, said certified
For a naturally frugal person, the decision to pursue a lifestyle that embraces financial independence retire early (FIRE) tactics isn’t necessarily a tough choice. The hard part comes with figuring out what tactics to use as you start. There are very few easy to digest guides as you adjust your savings rate to 25% or
Christmas stockings in the Cracker Barrel Restaurant. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images … [+] Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images It is that time again. TaxVox somehow has whittled down its list of the year’s bad tax ideas to 10 (plus one more serious item). 10. The government shutdown. The
The house’s massing is traditional, but the materials and the interior layout are modern. Jan Gleysteen “The Colonial house is reinvented about every 100 years,” says Jan Gleysteen, a Boston-area architect. He thinks that it’s time to reinvent the enduring house style once again. “The trend I see today,” Gleysteen says, “Is that every young
Chewbacca, Finn and Poe Dameron pilot the Millenium Falcon in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Disney | Lucasfilm Despite lackluster reviews from critics, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” hauled in $176 million during its domestic debut, the third highest U.S. opening in 2019. The film, which holds a 58% “Rotten” score on Rotten
Brad Garlinghouse, chief executive officer of Ripple Labs Inc. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Blockchain start-up Ripple says it’s raised a $200 million investment round, lifting its valuation to a huge $10 billion. The fundraising was led by New York investment company Tetragon, Ripple said Friday, while Japan’s SBI Holdings and Virginia-based
Anyone can line up to see the queen, her children and some of her grandchildren as they attend church on Christmas Day — and last year my mom and I braved the cold to spot all of them, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as well as Prince William
By Donna Freedman, Next Avenue Contributor Getty “Have a side hustle” is common advice for people who want to ensure their financial survival in case their full-time job goes away, survive unemployment or help boost retirement savings. About 28% of workers have one, according to the new Gallup Great Jobs Survey. One way to launch
Getty It’s the sixth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is Literacy For Incarcerated Teens. Literacy for Incarcerated Teens, Inc. (LIT) works to end illiteracy among New York’s incarcerated young people by
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Belgravia Gate, GrosvenorCrescent, Belgravia. LawrieCornish The most expensive penthouse to have been sold in London in 2019 exchanged hands on the day of the U.K. general election. An unnamed Hong Kong millionaire bought on December 12 a six-bedroom penthouse at Belgravia Gate on Grosvenor Crescent for
As Major League Baseball gets prepared to usher in a new decade, it may have achieved another milestone before the calendar flips to 2020. According to a report by Forbes, the MLB grossed a record $10.7 billion in revenue for the 2019 season, an increase from the $10.3 billion the prior year. The MLB did
Nobel-prize winning economist Robert Shiller believes the record market rally could last months — if not more. He suggests there’s an emotional high gripping the market right now that shows little signs of fading. “I put Trump as the primary cause of the recent strength in the market,” the Yale University professor told CNBC’s “Trading
There is such a thing as a gift that keeps on giving. While unwrapping a monetary present may not be as thrilling as getting this year’s hottest toy, it is not as unexciting as it sounds, according to Jill Fopiano, the CEO of O’Brien Wealth Partners in Boston. In fact, it’s what Americans hope to