High net-worth individuals are increasingly seeking smaller properties for investment. Younger millionaires want properties less likely to be impacted in the decades ahead by extreme weather and climate change. Well-heeled Americans tend more and more to seek homes in foreign locations, among them Central America, Asia, Mexico and Canada. And with an eye toward growing
Month: November 2022
In this article LI NIO XPEV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Xpeng said deliveries of its newly launched G9 SUV surged in October from September, despite a drop in the brand’s overall monthly deliveries. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric car startup Xpeng delivered about half
In this article UBER Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at a product launch event in San Francisco, California on September 26, 2019. Philip Pacheco | AFP via Getty Images Uber reported a third-quarter loss Tuesday but beat analysts’ estimates for revenue and gave strong fourth-quarter guidance. Its shares closed the day
In this article INTU MTCH AMD ABNB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Airbnb logo is seen on a little mini pyramid under the glass Pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris, France, March 12, 2019. Charles Platiau | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Airbnb — The lodging stock
In 1999, director Brad Bird’s movie “The Iron Giant” hit theaters. It was a commercial failure, costing an estimated $70 million to make and earning only $23 million at the box office worldwide. The experience reportedly left Bird wondering if he was cut out to make it in the film industry. He had no idea
Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images As inflation has pushed the cost of living higher, those eligible for Social Security retirement benefits may be tempted to claim benefits sooner than they had planned. Social Security beneficiaries stand to get a record 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment in 2023 that will help them contend with higher costs. But
It is Medicare open-enrollment season. And retirees are confronting the usual confusion about what to do. Perhaps the biggest question: Should I enroll in a Medicare Advantage managed care plan or in traditional, fee-for-service Medicare? Like almost everything in the world of insurance, the answer is: It depends. In 2022, almost half of all Medicare
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about who can get new COLAs, how soon spouses can apply for spousal benefits and how filing early can affect spousal and survivor’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry answers
“The holiday season is tougher than other times of the year and has been noted to be more stressful,” says Dr. Ashley Zucker, a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, California. “Some of the most common causes are financial strain, feeling over-scheduled, and increased pressures at work to get things done by the end of
Wall Street’s worried China’s draconian Covid-19 restrictions — which have weighed heavily on the world’s second largest economy for nearly three years — could drag down earnings at Estee Lauder (EL) and Starbucks (SBUX) when the two U.S. companies report this week. At the Club, we’ve also tempered our expectations given the heavy exposure of
In this article BP.-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Shares of BP are up over 45% year-to-date. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Oil and gas giant BP on Tuesday reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit, supported by high commodity prices and robust gas marketing and trading. The British energy major posted underlying replacement cost
In this article IT DECK JNJ ABMD PFE GT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A traveller waits for an Uber rider at Midway International Airport on May 09, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Uber plans to cut spending and hiring in an attempt slow the company’s plummeting stock price, which is down nearly 50 percent
In 2018, I started experimenting with side hustles to pay off my $40,000 of debt in credit cards and student loans. Today, I’ve accomplished that goal — and more. In 2021, I built enough income streams to quit my $98,500-per-year engineering job and work on my businesses full-time. At 28 years old, I am my
Jetcityimage | Istock | Getty Images The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday announced Series I bonds will pay 6.89% annual interest through April 2023, down from the 9.62% yearly rate offered since May. It’s the third-highest rate since I bonds were introduced in 1998, and investors may lock in this rate for six months by
November is National Entrepreneur Month. With studies showing 30% of new businesses are started by people above the age of 50, you might be wondering how they do it. One of the biggest challenges entrepreneurs face, after coming up with their idea, involves financing that new business. If you’ve been working for some time, you’ve
Former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, now with Alliantgroup, discusses the need to identify the agency’s next leader and how the IRS should use its additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. 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
Two-year old start-up Way will announce later today the close of their Series A round totaling $20 million with a valuation of $100 million. Tiger Global led the round with several other participants including MSD Capital, the Michael Dell–founded private investment firm which has a strong presence in the real estate technology landscape. In the
[The webcast is scheduled to begin at 9:26 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Tuesday is set to launch the first Falcon Heavy mission in over three years, a towering rocket that is the most powerful currently in operation. SpaceX’s rocket is
In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Vials containing the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are displayed before being used at a mobile vaccine clinic, in Valparaiso, Chile, January 3, 2022. Rodrigo Garrido | Reuters Pfizer on Tuesday raised its 2022 earnings guidance after booking a strong third quarter that
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Abiomed (ABMD) – Abiomed stock soared 51.6% in premarket trading after agreeing to be acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in a nearly $16.6 billion deal. J&J will pay $380 per share for the maker of heart, lung and kidney treatments, and will