Senior man reading online news on smartphone outdoors. Getty Today we’re going to look ahead to 2020—and specific sectors to target for rising profits (and dividends!) in both stocks and 7%+ yielding closed-end funds (CEFs). We’re also going to look inside a worrisome piece of news you might have heard about 2019—that analysts expect corporate
Getty It’s the seventh 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 National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). Every year, ten million people are physically abused by an intimate partner: that works out
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 02: Buildings along Billionaire’s Row, including 220 Central Park South on … [+] the right, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images Hedge-fund investor Daniel Och closed on a $95 million pied-a-terre on Billionaires’ Row, a collection of luxury skyscrapers along Central Park’s southern
Daisy Ridley as Rey in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Disney | Lucasfilm The Skywalker saga has ended. With the release of “The Rise of Skywalker” on Friday the nine-film epic has concluded, but that doesn’t mean the end of Star Wars. There’s a slate of TV shows, comic books, novels and feature film
Nike sneakers on display Mike Pont | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. U.S. Steel — U.S. Steel shares dropped 8.1% after the company cut its dividend and issued fourth-quarter earnings guidance that was well below analyst expectations. The company expects it will lose $1.15 per share in the
Casters are showered with sparks, or ‘skeeters,’ as molten steel is shaped into bars called ‘billets’ at the TAMCO steel mini mill on in Rancho Cucamonga, California. David McNew | Getty Images United States Steel headed for one of its worst days of the year on Friday after it cut its dividend to 1 cent,
Performance review season is upon us. Giving and receiving feedback can be daunting, particularly if you’re hoping your assessment will score you a raise or promotion. And it can be hard to have faith that filling out an online form or scheduling a cursory meeting with your manager will actually bring about significant change. Yet,
©Nitr – stock.adobe.com How To Get The Same Return With 1/3 Less Risk…Sometimes The original commercials for Miller Lite Beer started in the 1970s. Sports stars like Mickey Mantle, entertainers like Rodney Dangerfield and others took part. One of the key lines in many of those commercials went something like this: “…and it has 1/3
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about potential effects of stopping work years before filing for Social Security, suspending benefits, language to use when filing a restricted application, retroactive benefits and retirement benefits before survivor’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic
The 13th century fortress, the Château de Vibrac, which sits in the Grand Cognac Region, is in state … [+] of disrepair. Dartagnans Non profit association Adopte un château and heritage preservation start-up Dartagnans.fr have organized the collective purchase of a medieval French castle. The 13th century fortress, the Château de Vibrac, which sits
Tim Seymour shopping for a Christmas tree on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Source: Tim Seymour On a Saturday morning earlier this month, I went out with my daughter on the annual urban pilgrimage to buy a Christmas Tree in New York City. My son was too busy on his iPad to care (AAPL all-time highs).
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 just crossed 3,200 for the first time ever, hitting its seventh round-number milestone of 2019, a year that has a good chance at being one for the record books. With less than two weeks left in 2019,
Cruise ship anchored off the shore of Grand Cayman Island, Royal Caribbean cruise liner Mariner of the Sea MyLoupe | Universal Images Group | Getty Images (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, .) There’s still time for investors to beef
Young couple is checking their finances with a smile on a face. Man is using smartphone, while woman … [+] is writing down. Getty Are you worried about a market meltdown in 2020? Fair enough–stocks went straight up for an entire decade, making a pullback more than due as we head into the 20s. Now,
Just in time for the holidays, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement (SECURE) Act was signed into law on Friday, December 20, 2019. The Act, which was the most significant piece of retirement legislation introduced in over a decade, includes provisions to help individuals save more for retirement and achieve financial security. The SECURE
Say goodbye to these trends. Deborah Flōden on Unsplash In 2019 we saw lots of interior design trends change. We said goodbye to dark wood cabinets (finally) and bid adieu to grey. But now, it’s officially the end of a decade of design. Whether you’re planning major renovations in 2020 or buying a new home, it’s
Micah Young | E+ | Getty Images 2019 has been a record year for store closures in retail. In the U.S., retailers this year have announced plans to shut more than 9,300 locations. That’s up more than 50% from the total announced closures in 2018, which amounted to 5,844, Coresight said. Previously, the record was
Integrated circuits on a circuit board. The semiconductor industry has been in focus during the U.S.-China trade war. filonmar | E+ | Getty Images When top-rated analyst Stacy Rasgon initiated his coverage on semiconductors in June 2009, little did he know a sea change was on the horizon. “I launched right at the bottom with
dimid_86 | Getty Images Where some see a mark of regret, Soliton sees a market opportunity. As more and more tattoo-bearing millennials age into their 30s, dermatologists are experiencing an uptick in tattoo regret syndrome. However, tattoo removal treatment has remained largely the same for decades, an expensive and painful procedure that can lead to
Image Source | Getty Images Student debt is leading job seekers to seriously consider positions at employers that offer loan repayment assistance as a benefit. Outstanding education debt has outpaced credit card and auto debt. The average college graduate leaves school $30,000 in the red today, up from $10,000 in the 1990s. Student loan assistance,