Month: May 2020

For the second time in 12 years, the U.S. economy and financial markets are facing an unexpected crisis of uncertain proportions. While the 2008 financial crisis and the current coronavirus pandemic are very different in character, both have produced extraordinary volatility in financial markets. Both downturns have also presented major challenges for financial advisors as they
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Warren Faidley | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has battered Americans’ household finances, but another major threat lies around the corner: hurricane season. Only 15% of adults polled by the American Institute of CPAs have created a disaster plan to protect their household finances. The organization, which represents accountants, polled 2,050 U.S. adults in the
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State and local governments need federal funding for K-12 education.  Otherwise, severe budget cuts will damage the economy, undermine our long-term prosperity, and increase inequality and discrimination. Striking teachers are joined by parents and students on the picket line outside Dahlia Heights … [+] Elementary School in the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, California on
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People sit on terrace tables at cafe in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Sweden is starting to look like a global outlier in its response to the coronavirus. Bloomberg As Sweden’s Nordic neighbors look to reopen borders and lift travel restrictions, worries over Stockholm’s controversial approach to the coronavirus has increased concerns that
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Whether unemployed or still working, many Americans are looking for extra funds during the coronavirus pandemic. About 14% of those with retirement savings have taken money from accounts such as 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts to meet that need. Another 13% of those with savings say they’re planning to make use of their retirement funds.
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TOPLINE As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cracks down on financial misconduct related to the coronavirus pandemic—from insider trading and misuse of federal funds to advertising fake cures and price gouging on medical supplies, the agency is seeing a surge in tips and whistleblower complaints, according to Reuters. An increasing number of whistleblowers and
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Businesses need to evaluate insurance coverage and decide whether to file a claim for losses arising … [+] from Covid-19. Getty Contrary to what you may think, your company’s insurance policy may cover pandemic-related losses. Most commercial property insurance policies include what’s broadly referred to as “business interruption coverage.” Right now every business wants to
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Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) leaves the U.S. Capitol after voting in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2020. Erin Scott | Reuters Federal prosecutors are still investigating stock sales by Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina in advance of a coronavirus-fuelled share price plunge, but are dropping investigations of such sales connected to three other senators: Kelly
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Growing up, Elon Musk read plenty of books but was especially inspired by science fiction.  The genre motivated him to create “cleaner energy technology or [build] spaceships to extend the human species’s reach” in the future, according to the book “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future” by Ashlee Vance. With these goals in mind, Musk
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