Month: April 2022

Most people worry about their financial future and yet basic financial education is excluded curriculum from high school to university Building Financial Confidence The need for individual confidence in personal financial planning has never been more paramount. Managing debt, navigating ever changing economic conditions, investment risks, rising inflation, and the increasing need to build a
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Putin’s requirement that its “enemies” purchase Russian energy with rubles is of no economic consequences for the ruble or anything else. NATO will reject this symbolic diktat, effectively imposing a ban on Russian energy — NATO’s unused economic sanction. Putin is again shooting Russia in the head. Is Putin an evil genius as everyone believes?
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With interest rates rising, the corresponding increase in mortgage rates is beginning to make itself felt in housing markets across the United States. While rising mortgage rates make borrowing more expensive and reduce affordability, they can also dampen demand by dissuading potential buyers from actively shopping for a home, according to the Mortgage Reports. The
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As more cutting-edge investment products work their way into the marketplace, there’s growing fear retail investors and even professional brokers are getting in over their heads. Former SEC attorney David Gorman, who’s now a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, contends complex products designed for profits are creating unprecedented risks and U.S. regulators are taking notice.
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Tax returns are piling up at the Internal Revenue Service, and millions of taxpayers are experiencing refund delays beyond the typical 21 days or fewer for e-filed returns electing a direct deposit refund. The IRS even issued a press release cautioning taxpayers not to count on getting a refund by a certain date, especially when
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Jack Rapke, the film producer behind such box-office hits as Cast Away, The Polar Express and What Lies Beneath, is listing his home in the Beverly Hills Post Office area for $10.5 million. Rapke, who in 1997 co-founded production company ImageMovers with director Robert Zemeckis, purchased the 8,100-square-foot architectural estate in 2004 for $5.75 million,
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Wall Street has been beefing up hiring for digital asset teams. But some employees are walking away from name-brand institutions in search of more risk, and potentially, more reward. JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are among the firms with dedicated groups for cryptocurrency and its underlying blockchain technology. JPMorgan has one of the
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By Lazetta Rainey Braxton, Next Avenue As a “preacher’s wife” (so vividly portrayed by Whitney Houston in a cinematic classic), I have witnessed many funerals where confusion and animosity clouded a celebration of life due to the proper lack of estate planning. Specifically, when there is no will in place, all hell tends to break
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