Especially at Christmastime many people are inspired to do good for others. What is most impressive is when people dedicate their lives to helping those less fortunate. This story in my Great Entrepreneur Series is about an executive who found a calling and built something truly important. Pete Brady and the Handy Dandy Handyman
Getty There’s no shutdown in the cards: Washington has finally passed a spending bill. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, includes a wide range of provisions from healthcare tax repeal to extenders. As expected, the Act included the repeal of three Affordable Care Act-related taxes: the so-called “Cadillac” tax on health insurance benefits, an excise tax
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The market’s blockbuster growth this year meant enormous gains for some tech leaders, but the rising … [+] tide certainly didn’t lift all boats. Patrick Semansky/ASSOCIATED PRESS Topline: The stock market’s explosive growth this year (the S&P has risen more than 27%) means that 2019 is
(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click .) Next year, maybe your holiday gifts will be delivered by drone. The world’s biggest players in logistics and packages are racing to make commercial drone delivery a reality, with Loop Capital Markets
Fans celebrate after making bets through FanDuel Sportsbook during Super Bowl LIII in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Feb. 3, 2019. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) States are increasingly pushing for the legalization
Eiffel Tower fireworks. Fred Dufour | AFP | Getty Images T’is the season to be gloomy, when the world’s prognosticators provide their competing lists of the coming year’s top risks. And there are plenty of candidates, from Iran to North Korea, and from American elections to global warming. Acting on the advice of Winston Churchill,
Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange. Bryan R. Smith | AFP | Getty Images (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click .) Many Wall Street analysts
Jetta Productions Inc Entrepreneurs hoping to pocket some tax deductions for 2019 shouldn’t forget a new 20% break. The qualified business income or QBI deduction made its debut in 2018, a feature of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new write-off allows owners of “pass-through” entities, including S-corporations and partnerships, to deduct up to
This article is part of a series; click here to read Part 1. The safety-first school of thought was originally derived from academic models of how people allocate their resources over a lifetime to maximize lifetime satisfaction. Academics have studied these models since the 1920s to figure out how rational people make optimal decisions. In
Getty Investors have a tax conundrum as we approach the end of 2019. Major U.S. stock indexes are hitting record highs. Bonds had a strong run in 2019. Gold has been a strong performer as well. The result is many investors have substantial gains on paper. Investors are wondering if they should sell investments with
New house open interior construction with 2 x 4s showing Getty Excerpts of this article appeared in the December 2019 edition of the Forbes Real Estate Investor. We recently initiated coverage on a new commercial mortgage REIT that pays monthly dividends. What’s interesting about this “new kid on the black” is that this company invests
LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers in action against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on December 18, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Jim McIsaac | Getty Images In a potential championship preview, the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks contest served Turner Sports well, as the nationally televised
A man dressed as Santa Claus walks the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The so-called Santa Claus rally is around the corner, a short boost in stocks that investors have enjoyed for decades. The stock market tends to have unusually strong performance during the final five trading days of
Michael Farr Scott Mlyn | CNBC Farr, Miller & Washington is a “buy-to-hold” investment manager, which means we make each investment with the intent to hold the position for a period of 3-5 years. Nevertheless, in each of the past twelve Decembers I have selected and invested personally in ten of the stocks we follow
Jennifer Adolfie, 33, with a steeply discounted Louis Vuitton bag she found on Poshmark. Source: Jennifer Adolfie You can save a shocking amount of money when you ditch the mall and shop at an online reseller. There’s another reason to do this around the holidays. You can also spare the planet — at least a
Change Concept, Road Sign theme. Getty The SECURE Act of 2019 has passed. This bill is the product of bipartisan effort, which should give thinking Americans a lead-in-the-gut realization about the sorry state of retirement preparedness and the importance of this issue. If the two sides of the aisle are working together, it might be
Getty Godot has finally arrived. With the flash of President Trump’s pen, the fabled bipartisan SECURE Act has become law. What took it so long to earn that presidential signature is a tale best left to the political pages. What you should be more concerned with is how the SECURE Act now changes your personal
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Serious silent professional keeping secret. Young black business woman standing at outdoor glass … [+] wall, applying index finger at mouth, making shh gesture. Conspiracy concept Getty Typically, when a home is listed for sale, the listing agent will advertise it on the multiple listing service
With Christmas and Hanukkah nigh, CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday outlined a wish list that he hopes the market will deliver investors in the new year. Six more trading days remain in 2019, and the “Mad Money” host deemed it a “fantastic year,” in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed almost 22%, the
Chinese President Xi Jinping Aris Messinis | Pool | Reuters Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on Friday the “phase one” trade deal is beneficial to both China and the U.S., according to state-run media agency Xinhua. “The first-phase economic and trade agreement reached between the U.S. and China is a good thing for the U.S.,