Month: May 2023

Even as inflation shows signs of cooling, some investors may be fearing the worst about a potential looming economic downturn. A recent survey from Nationwide finds more than two-thirds of respondents — 68% — expect a recession within the next six months. Meanwhile, 62% of respondents believe the recession will be as severe or worse
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With all the talk lately about a looming recession, I’ve been thinking about strategies that retirees and pre-retirees can adopt to protect themselves from severe financial disruptions if the predicted recession lands on our doorstep. It reminded me of how my parents retired and recession-proofed their retirement. In the fall of 2008, I asked my
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You’ve probably heard about the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (LSG, H.R. 2811), which narrowly passed the House of Representatives last month. It features prominently in the ongoing debate over the federal debt ceiling. It’s the GOP’s wish list of spending cuts, totaling $4.8 trillion over the 10-year budget window, according to the Congressional
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The city of Vaughan, north of Toronto, Canada, is long on cultural and natural attractions. Known as the Woodland Residence, the modernist residence sits on a tree-surrounded lot in Vaughan. Barry Cohen Homes Canada’s Wonderland amusement park, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the quaint Kleinburg Village old town area, the 800-acre Kortright Centre for Conservation
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More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, returning to the office versus working from home still hasn’t settled down. There’s an ongoing tension around working from home between management’s need for innovation and discipline versus workers’ desires for more flexible arrangements and reduced commuting time. As urbanist and historian Dror Poleg likes to
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In today’s post-pandemic world, brick-and-mortar retail has surprisingly made an incredible comeback. At one point, as consumers stayed home and shopped online, the future of physical stores was called into question. Yet now many retailers are welcoming in customers who seek an experience or the chance to see and touch merchandise before making a purchase.
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In this article BABA BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of Alibaba, unveiled its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen during the 2023 Alibaba Cloud Summit on Tuesday morning. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba announced plans to spin off its cloud division as a separate, publicly traded company, while
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JGI | Blend Images | Getty Images The IRS is preparing to test a free online direct filing system for some taxpayers — and while pre-populated returns with certain details already filled in aren’t part of the initial plan, research shows it may be possible for certain filers. As directed by the U.S. Department of
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The IRS has announced more cost-of-living adjustments—these focus on changes affecting health savings accounts (HSAs), high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) The details can be found in Revenue Procedure 2023-23. Here’s a summary. HSA For calendar year 2024, the annual HSA contribution limit for taxpayers with self-only coverage under a high-deductible health
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In this article BOWL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Bowlero location at Chelsea Piers in New York City.  CNBC A Bowlero executive publicly addressed the sprawling federal discrimination probe the company is facing for the first time Wednesday after it reported another quarter of what it called record-breaking growth.  Brett Parker, the company’s
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