null Getty It’s been a terrific year for one specific group of funds—and that means, if you’re one of many people who own them, you need to be very careful. I’m talking about senior-loan (also known as floating-rate) funds, which have made big gains in 2019. That’s lulled many folks into a false sense of
Put more into your piggy bank with tax-planning strategies for capital gains. Getty Let’s say you own stock that may generate a big capital gain when you sell it. It could be shares in Apple or Amazon that you purchased a long time ago, founder’s stock in a startup that turned into a hot IPO
Every week, we wrote ads. Depending on how well you were doing as an agent, you got either one, two, … [+] or three ads. Getty When did “advertising” morph into “marketing?” And precisely how well is either working for real estate in 2019? When I entered the residential brokerage business in the fall of
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Tesla Inc., speaks during an event at the SpaceX launch facility in Cameron County, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Bronte Wittpenn | Bloomberg | Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO — In a conversation with the top U.S. Air Force officer on space
Peloton CEO John Foley, center, celebrates his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 in New York. Mark Lennihan | AP Peloton Interactive reports earnings for the first time since going public before the bell Tuesday. The company, which sells connected fitness equipment and subscriptions to stream its workout classes, made its
Jamie Dimon is wading into the ongoing feud between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and American billionaires including money manager Leon Cooperman. Dimon, himself a billionaire thanks to his decades running some of the biggest U.S. lenders, was asked by CNBC’s Wilfred Frost if presidential hopeful Warren was anti-business. “You really have to ask her what she
Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren lashed out at billionaire Leon Cooperman on Monday for his stake in student loan servicer Navient and stressed the importance of forgiving student debt. “I care about an entire generation of students being crushed by student loan debt — deferring their
Some Robinhood users have been manipulating the stock-trading app to trade with what they’re calling “infinite leverage.” The cheat code was being shared on social media site Reddit, with one trader claiming he took a $1,000,000 position in stock using only a $4,000 deposit. Through Robinhood Gold, the start-up’s subscription service, users can borrow money
Photo by Hero Images via Getty Images If you’re planning on punching in at your job well into your 60s, pay close attention to your workplace benefits. That’s because if you mismanage them, it could cost you. The over-65 crowd is expected to become a growing share of the workplace in the future. The labor
Put more into your piggy bank with tax-planning strategies for capital gains. Getty Let’s say you own stock that may generate a big capital gain when you sell it. It could be shares in Apple or Amazon that you purchased a long time ago, founder’s stock in a startup that turned into a hot IPO
null Getty There’s no question that the world of news is changing. The chances are that you’re accessing this piece from your mobile device, a departure from the way that we consumed our news a decade ago. Now, the news landscape may be changing again. Once deeply connected to for-profit organizations, media outlets are considering
Exterior of One Steuart Lane, poised to become the newest build in San Francisco’s ultra-luxury … [+] residential market. Binyan Studios San Francisco, Calif. — Paramount Group, Inc. and SRE Group Ltd., today unveiled a first look at final renderings of the highly anticipated new luxury waterfront community, One Steuart Lane, located in San Francisco’s
Boeing can handle the settlements it’s likely to pay to airlines over the forced grounding of its 737 Max jet, the company’s new chairman told CNBC on Tuesday. “There’s no question there will be a fair number of settlements,” said David Calhoun, a Blackstone executive and longtime Boeing board member. “Our company and our balance
Kate Spade bags on sale at Macy’s in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC The owner of the Kate Spade and Coach handbag brands on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that beat Street estimates, but sales missed expectations due to weakness at Kate Spade. Tapestry also gave a fresh outlook for fiscal 2020. The company said
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: – The company formerly known as Coach for its latest quarter, 3 cents a share above estimates. Revenue was slightly below forecasts, but comparable-store sales were stronger than analysts had been forecast. – The drugmaker reported quarterly profit of $6.67 per share, 31 cents a share
A Beyond Burger, a vegan veggie burger, is seen at the Vedang fast food restaurant in the Mall of Berlin on May 18, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. With fast food chains such as Burger King, Chick-Fil-A, Taco Bell and Dunkin’ Donuts now offering ‘fake meat’ versions of their main meal options, the vegan burger industry
This fall, resist the temptation to just re-elect all of last year’s workplace benefits. Employers are rolling out their benefits packages for 2020, and that means it’s time for you to choose your health-care, life insurance and disability coverage for the new year. Failure to pay attention means you could miss out on valuable opportunities
Will the maximum social security benefit be increasing in 2020? Getty There is some good news and some bad news for workers near the top of the Social Security payroll tax levels. For 2019, the top-level is $132,900 or more. The bad news is that more of your income will get hit with Social Security
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I’m constantly hearing from heirs of reverse mortgage holders who are wondering what they should do now that the last borrower on the loan has passed or had to move to assisted living. Many heirs have no idea what their options or obligations are or how long they must do them. If you have a