Damir Khabirov | iStock | Getty Images How high would you score yourself when it comes to feeling comfortable with your current financial situation? If you’re like most, you wouldn’t give yourself very high marks, according to a survey from TIAA. The financial services company set out to evaluate Americans’ financial wellness – defined as
My experience this past year conducting a forensic investigation of the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio on behalf of the 20,000 member-strong Ohio Retired Teachers Association has convinced me that Facebook groups can be a powerful force to combat looting of America’s pensions by Wall Street. In Ohio, two Facebook groups, Ohio STRS Members
CoreLogic, a global property information provider, today released its monthly Loan Performance Insights report for October 2021. For October, 3.8% of all mortgages in the United States were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure), representing a 2.3 percentage point decrease compared to October 2020, when it was 6.1%. To
In this article LE LULU ANF AEO URBN A “now hiring” sign is posted on an Urban Outfitters store in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retail executives presenting at the ICR conference this week are detailing how the highly contagious omicron variant is denting sales and leaving stores and distribution
In honor of Tax Notes Talk’s 200th episode, we review some of our favorite interviews and discussions from the last 100 episodes. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: celebrating 200 episodes. Yes, this is our
In this article LVS ACI JNPR RIVN ILMN Offices of Illumina, in San Diego, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Illumina – Illumina shares surged 12.7% a day after the biotechnology company issued a 2022 revenue outlook that topped consensus expectations. The company also highlighted strong demand for
Shane Evans, interim CEO of fintech platform MX. Courtesy: MX Fintech start-up MX has named Shane Evans its interim CEO as the company prepares for an initial public offering or possible sale, CNBC has learned. Evans, who joined the Utah-based start-up in 2019 as chief revenue officer, is replacing founder Ryan Caldwell, who will become
A woman looks at an NFT titled “CURIO CARDS (EST. 2017)” on Sept. 28, 2021, at Christie’s auction house in New York. TIMOTHY A. CLARY | AFP | Getty Images In the digital realm, all taxes aren’t necessarily equal. Amid a cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (NFT) boom, wealthy owners may pay a different tax rate
Morsa Images | E+ | Getty Images Tax season begins on Jan. 24 and filers should expect delays as the IRS combats a backlog and limited staffing, Treasury officials say. The IRS still had not processed 6 million individual returns already submitted by taxpayers as of Dec. 23, according to the agency, and the situation
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about whether having reduced income before filing will reduce retirement benefit rates, potential effects of pensions based on income not taxed by Social Security and benefits potentially available after remarriage. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning,
What better residence for a world class windsurfer than one with trails descending right to the ocean? The Hawaii estate of the legendary Robby Naish, which includes a half-mile of rocky coastline, is for sale at US $15 million. On Maui’s North Shore, the 73-acre property encompasses Kealii Point is set between Uaoa and Pilale
Demonstrators holds a banner with ‘Covid slave ticket’ written while they protest against the compulsory vaccination campaign against SARSCoV2, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty Images New research from the organizers of the annual Davos gatherings in the Swiss Alps warns of inequalities stemming from the coronavirus pandemic that could flare domestic
In the late 19th century, state and local tax officials employed private tax investigators — known as “tax ferrets” or “tax inquisitors” — to facilitate the collection of general property taxes. Compensated using a bounty system, these private sector collectors were expected to shore up flagging fiscal systems. And to some extent, they did. But
An elderly couple walk past a sign in front of Shimao Tower, developed by Shimao Group Holdings Ltd., in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese real estate developer Shimao Group Holdings pushed back Tuesday on reports of default and sales of prime property. Shimao
Georgijevic | E+ | Getty Images The start of the year is the perfect time to review your retirement savings, including pre-tax versus Roth 401(k) contributions. Roughly 86% of 401(k) plans offered a Roth account in 2020, up from 75% in 2019, according to the Plan Sponsor Council of America. While pre-tax deposits offer a
The American Bar Association this weekend invited me to talk to lawyers and law professors about Social Security. They had two major questions that I believe are shared by almost all Americans. Question 1: Does spending more on Social Security mean we will spend less on children? To think that increasing or maintaining Social Security
While sheltering in place during the pandemic’s depths, Americans sought diversions. For many, that meant pet adoption. Some 48% of Millennial and Gen Z folks indicated they intended to adopt in 2021. But ever since those pets and owners bonded, life has been anything but stable. First, many pet owners returned to the office, leaving
Veru: “Veru is in [Phase 3] for a very important breast cancer indication. They just got fast-track designation by the FDA this morning. It’s at $5. It made no sense that the stock didn’t go up to me. I thought it should’ve been up on the news.” Nio: “Nope. Not recommending that. Not recommending any
My trademark as a tax blogger is “stuff I find interesting”. Not surprisingly a bit of that stuff is not that interesting to a very large number of people. Much as I appreciate the discerning elite of my readers, I sometimes like to reflect on what seems to be of the most interest. Here is what my readership
Market bull Julian Emanuel sees a dot-com era dynamic that could shatter the S&P 500’s record highs. In his first TV interview since starting at Evercore ISI, Emanuel told CNBC’s “Fast Money” an emotionally charged public could drive the index to 5,509 this year. “They really haven’t committed sort of every last dollar in the