shapecharge | E+ | Getty Images It’d be surprising if you weren’t scared by recent headlines, yet how you responded to them as an investor will have major consequences for your long-term financial picture. Most recently, reports of a new Covid variant that could be more contagious and less affected by vaccines than other strains
Month: December 2021
Jose Luis Pelaez | Iconica | Getty Images As Congress wrestles over changes to the $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, many business owners already qualify for a workaround. Enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, the SALT cap has been a pain point
Social Security benefits are a major part of many American retirement incomes. As people are living longer, many more are working past the age of 70. If this is you, or maybe you in the future, you are likely wondering if working past the age of 70 will increase your Social Security benefits. How To
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about how stopping working before filing might affect benefit rates, when it can be possible to begin spousal benefits on a spouse’s record and becoming independently entitled to divorced spousal benefits before an ex files. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and
CoreLogic, a real estate data analytics provider, today released its Home Price Index report, highlighting October 2021 data. U.S. annual home price growth remained strong at 18% in October, the highest recorded in the 45-year history of the index. Nonetheless, monthly price growth has slowed from its April peak and signals a moderation in price growth that the
Travelers wearing protective masks receive nasal swabs from nurses at a COVID-19 test site inside Terminal B at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The rules of international travel are changing — again. The emergence of the omicron variant of Covid-19 in southern Africa
In this article KSS GCP MS UAL SAVE A jet from American Eagle, a regional branch of American Airlines (AA), takes off past other AA aircraft at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, December 3, 2021. Chris Helgren | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Airlines — Airline stocks
Betsie Van Der Meer | Getty Images Struggling to find last-minute holiday gifts that won’t be delayed by supply chain issues? One simple way to help children or relatives start investing is to gift them stocks or other financial assets. “If you’re looking at it as a Christmas gift or a holiday gift for a
In a previous Forbes post on inherited IRAs, I discussed the importance of making sure an RMD (required minimum distribution) was taken before the end of the year by a person inheriting an IRA (individual retirement account) if the IRA owner died and had not taken his or her required distribution for the year. The
As the year comes to an end, it’s important to start planning your 2021 taxes to reduce your obligations wherever possible. Thinking about your taxes before it’s time to file will allow you to make the most of the deductions and strategies available to you so you can minimize your tax burden. After another unprecedented
People love their pets. While fresh-cooked pet food and high-tech squeaky toys are gaining notice, designers and experts say in the age of COVID-19 and with more time at home, a growing segment of the nation’s animal lovers are building for the love of a pet. Johnathan Lower, a real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway
A Chinese flag flutters near the Olympic rings on the Olympic Tower in Beijing, China November 11, 2021. Carlos Garcia Rawlins | Reuters The U.S. on Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move that had garnered bipartisan support from critics of China’s human rights record. While U.S. athletes
In this article MDB Dev Ittycheria, CEO of MongoDB Adam Jeffery | CNBC Shares of database software maker MongoDB were up as much as 18% in extended trading on Monday after issuing fiscal third-quarter results. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: Loss of 11 cents per share, adjusted, vs. a loss of 38 cents per
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Monday after a rebound from a rollercoaster week as investors looked past the potential impact from the new omicron coronavirus variant. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose just 15 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were both little changed. The overnight session followed
Max Scherzer, left, and Will Smith of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate after beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in game 5 of the National League Division Series at Oracle Park on October 14, 2021 in San Francisco, California. Thearon W. Henderson | Getty Images Major League Baseball deal-making came to a screeching halt at
Petra Richli | iStock | Getty Images It’s a good time to make sure your house is ready for Old Man Winter to show up. Whether snow, ice, freezing or flooding, winter weather can cause a host of headaches for homeowners. And if you’re in a new house that you’re still getting to know, it’s
Let’s talk about the “4% rule,” originally from Bill Bengen’s seminal retirement distribution strategy research published in the Journal of Financial Planning in 1994. In his research, Bengen found that historically at that time, you could have taken 4%, adjusted for inflation each year from an investment portfolio of a 50/50 mix of large cap U.S. stocks and government bonds, and it would not have run out of money in a 30
BY DEFAULT, the IRS, brokerage firms, and most trade accounting programs use the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) accounting method. If you sell security A, its cost-basis is the first lot purchased — the first one “out” or sold. But there is another option called the Specific Identification (SI) accounting method. Assume you bought several lots of security
“If I hadn’t found Audley Square, we wouldn’t be sitting here having this conversation,” said John Caudwell, speaking from his home in Staffordshire, England, about his nearly decade-long search for the site of his next major project. Caudwell, who sold his company Phones 4u for an estimated $2.8 billion in 2006, has launched a luxury real
Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during visit to mobile vaccine bus on Castle Hill Avenue in the Bronx. Lev Radin | LightRocket | Getty Images New York City is imposing a vaccine mandate for all private sector employers as a preemptive measure to fight a surge of Covid cases this winter, Mayor Bill de Blasio
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