US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, DC on July 31, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell described the U.S. economy on Friday as being solid, noting the central bank must do what it can
Traders and financial professionals work at the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 6, 2019. Drew Angerer | Getty Images As volatility erupted everywhere amid fears of a recession, Goldman Sachs is advising clients to stick with stocks with stable earnings growth. The bank added a new
Claire Rhee is a third-year student at Stanford Medicine. Source: Claire Rhee Claire Rhee describes the experience of applying for medical school as “relatively cheap.” Between the Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT; application fees at 15 different schools; and other related expenses, she and her family spent close to $9,000. And that was before
A man wearing a Teamsters jacket attends a rally with retired members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and their supporters outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2016. The demonstrators are protesting a © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP It’s time to talk multiemployer pension plans again. After all, it’s October.
PLYMOUTH, NH – SEPTEMBER 29: Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at Plymouth State University (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) Getty Images This week, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders proposed raising the tax rates for large corporations where there are “exorbitant” pay gaps between top executives and rank-and-file workers. It is just the
Recently, California’s State Assembly passed a statewide rent control bill for all apartment units built more than 15 years ago. The Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482) is, as of this writing, expected to be signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom and will place a cap on annual rental increases of 5% plus
Nike: “I think it goes higher, why? Because they had one of the best quarters that I have seen in ages. And my congratulations to [CEO] Mark Parker, who will not come on this show and it’s beginning to really break my heart.” Huami Corp.: “There’s only one device company in the whole wide world that’s worth
Stocks will try to regain their mojo next week as China and the U.S. hold long-awaited trade negotiations in Washington. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.9% this week while the S&P 500 slid about 0.3%. Overall, the two averages posted their first three-week losing streak since August. Wall Street’s poor performance for the week
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos. David Orrell | CNBC Elizabeth Holmes, who once presided over blood-testing startup Theranos which was valued at $9 billion, can’t pay her legal bills in a class-action civil suit, according to her lawyers in the case at the law firm Cooley LLP. Cooley is handling a class-action civil
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The market is in a slow melt-up mode on Friday. There was a volume spike at 11:30 a.m. as European markets closed and as the S&P 500 passed the earlier highs of the day at 10:00 a.m. ET, a
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event in The Villages, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. EveEdelheit | Bloomberg | Getty Images A little-used Medicare option is getting a big push from the White House. An executive order signed on Thursday by President Donald Trump includes a call for
Photo by Hero Images via Getty Images You may feel ready to work beyond age 65. Your boss has a different story. Whether your retirement nest egg could use a little more strengthening or you’re looking to keep busy, there are plenty of reasons why you’d like to keep punching in. Your employer could probably
Courtesy of Ronald Long 2019 Influencer in Aging Ronald Long, the St. Louis-based director of Wells Fargo’s Elder Clients Initiatives team since 2014, created what’s become a key brokerage industry tool to protect older investors from elder financial elder abuse. Long and his team originated the “In Case of Emergency” form so advisers could contact
Many stock mutual funds can quietly rob unsuspecting investors by creating unnecessary taxes. This primarily occurs when mutual funds are held outside a tax-favored work retirement plan, individual retirement account or Roth IRA. To help understand why this occurs, it is important to first learn about how stocks that are not owned within a mutual
Low Down Payment sign lettering. Getty First time home buyers can put as little as 3% down and get conventional financing (no longer confined to the FHA only box). And there are no prohibitive restrictions; in fact if two people are buying a home, only one of them need be a first time buyer. Standard
A interview and Q&A with value investor and author, Joel Greenblatt. In this interview, Joel discusses how he values a business and the value investment strategy. Joel also talks about the decline in money being managed by active managers and how he weights and sizes stocks in his portfolio. ???? Books by Joel Greenblatt and
A cosplayer dressed as The Joker attends the New York Comic Con at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 03, 2019 in New York City. Dia Dipasupil | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images It’s a rainy October morning, barely past 9 a.m. in New York City, and already there is a line stretching
Costco Wholesale reported quarterly revenue below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as the U.S. hypermarket chain struggled to attract shoppers in the competitive grocery space. Costco and other U.S. grocers are slashing prices while investing heavily in stores and online operations to defend their share of the market as Amazon.com and Walmart expand aggressively. The
The Robinhood app on IOS and Android Source: Robinhood A move by major brokerages this week to scrap trading fees could be a direct hit to Robinhood, the start-up that kicked off the trend six years ago. Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade and E-Trade all announced this week that they would no longer charge for individual
It has become the two-word rallying cry at Sen. Elizabeth Warren presidential campaign events: “Two cents! Two cents!” Warren’s wealth tax, which taxes wealth over $50 million at 2%, has quickly become the energizing force of her campaign and helped propel her rise in the polls. Her surge not only speaks to the popularity of