In this article ZNOG Tourists crowd in to the Midway Geyser Basin on July 14, 2021 at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Yellowstone is one of many national parks seeing record numbers of visitors this summer. Natalie Behring | Getty Images News | Getty Images Cadillac Mountain in Maine’s Acadia National Park is among the country’s
Month: August 2021
Shoppers walk in front of a Walmart store in San Leandro, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As earnings season draws to a finale, investors’ eyes are focused on how the second half of 2021 will look. Be it a contagious new Covid-19 variant causing lockdowns,
Before my wife and I got married we had the “money talk”. Since we were relatively young, and neither of us had that much money, the talk was pretty short. We discussed how much we were making, our projected future income, and how we would handle the small nest eggs we had each accumulated before
Today’s column addresses questions about taking reduced retirement benefits before later spousal benefits, whether there’s a best time of the year to retirement and the potential availability of spousal benefits after a divorce. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more
There are fun expenses that come with any vacation you’re flying off to — that souvenir t-shirt, a fancy dinner or even a poolside cabana rental — but forking over a fortune to park your car at your home airport while you’re away isn’t one of them. Travelers departing major U.S. airports can often expect
Lots of people have had to cancel trips in recent weeks as a midsummer resurgence of the pandemic pushed Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations to record highs in many states. Now, the nation’s central bankers are in the same boat, and it might be a signal that mortgage rates could be staying near historic lows in
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves after speaking about refugee programs for Afghans who aided the United States during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S. August 2, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | Reuters The U.S. State Department was hit by a cyberattack and notifications of a potentially serious breach were made
Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of ARK Investment Management LLC, speaks during the Sooner Than You Think conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Images ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood on Thursday defended her innovation-focused strategies in the wake of
The fields of behavioral finance and economics have been around for decades. They represent bodies of knowledge that have been applied, for better and for worse, by many. But they’re only now entering the mainstream. The oversimplified lesson could be summarized as the following: You’re all a bunch of irrational dummies. But at least one
The real estate market is booming and many buyers are looking for a new home. One key reason the housing market is prospering is low mortgage rates. But there are other factors would-be homeowners need to consider when deciding whether now is a good time to buy. To help, members of Forbes Real Estate Council
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division patrol Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. U.S. Air Force | Reuters The Biden administration has told commercial U.S. airlines that it could order them to help in the Afghanistan evacuation, according to a person
In this article NVDA BJ KSS VSCO BBWI The Macy’s Inc. logo is displayed on a monitor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Macy’s — The retail giant saw
The ultimate goal for a Roth IRA is for it to qualify for tax-free distributions. Spouse beneficiaries must take care to choose the option that leads to tax-free distributions. A dilemma faced by spouse beneficiaries of IRAs is whether they should move the amounts to Beneficiary IRAs or their own IRAs. For inherited Roth IRAs,
lisegagne | E+ | Getty Images So far, two monthly payments totaling $30 billion have gone out to American families with kids through the new enhanced child tax credit benefit. For families that have eligible children but haven’t signed up — likely those that don’t traditionally file a tax return — there is still time
Ready to leave the hubbub behind? This idyllic 13-acre retreat is set above the Lake of the Woods in Bigfork, Montana. If you’ve never heard of the lake, that’s not by accident. In fact, it’s a big part of the appeal. The quiet lake encompasses 61 acres and sits at an elevation of about 3,000
In this article OLO DIN Rosario Granieri, owner of Pizza Secret, demonstrates how a QR code menu works at Pizza Secret on July 27, 2021 in the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic ushered in the instantaneous, widespread use of QR
In this article 3333-HK A banner promoting the Emerald Bay residential project outside the China Evergrande Centre in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong, China, on Friday, July 23, 2021. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese authorities called for indebted property giant Evergrande to resolve its debt risks during a
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Managing Editor America’s retirement savings system is a mess (that’s a technical economic term). “System” is actually too grand a word for the ad hoc retirement savings plan edifice that has been built up over years. To be sure, the system works reasonably well for those on the payroll of
Miracle Messages founder and CEO Kevin F. Adler, right, with community ambassadors Beverly Stevenson and Brian Whitten in San Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images More than six years ago, Kevin F. Adler walked the streets of his San Francisco neighborhood with an unusual purpose: He wanted
San Diego’s demographics continue to skew younger, as more and more life sciences, technology and telecommunication companies are choosing to locate in San Diego and expand operations. Qualcomm, the multinational telecom and semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in San Diego, employs a force of young well-paid engineers and computer science grads with advanced degrees. The University of
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- …
- 33
- Next Page »