Tesla ‘Blade Runner’ pickup truck could be so futuristic that it leaves buyers cold

Some on Wall Street were sounding skeptical about the new Tesla Inc. pickup truck, the Silicon Valley car maker's first foray into the top car segment in the U.S. Chief Executive Elon Musk has called the all-electric truck a “'Blade Runner' pickup truck,” “out of a sci-fi movie” and unrecognizable from the pickups that have been sold in the past decades. Roughly one in five vehicles sold in the U.S. January through October was a pickup truck, up from 17% of the vehicles sold in all of 2018, according to Edmunds.

• Tesla’s ‘Cyberpunk’ Pickup Truck Debuts This Week. What You Need to Know.

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Disadvantages of Roth IRAs Every Investor Should Know

A Roth IRA is a tax-exempt retirement savings account that holds investments that you choose using after-tax money. If you're thinking about opening an account, consider the disadvantages of Roth IRAs first. Roth and traditional IRAs are excellent ways to stash money away for retirement.

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Former ConsenSys executive says Bitcoin will increase ‘stability for the average person’

Kavita Gupta, the former managing partner of ConsenSys' venture arm, recently appeared on the stage of TED to give a talk on cryptocurrencies, marking one of the few times this topic is discussed on a public forum facing hundreds of millions of viewers every year, according to Gupta. TED released the video of Gupta's speech on Monday. The speech focused on replacing current monetary systems around the globe with cryptocurrencies.

This former top Obama official says one silver bullet would raise $500 billion in personal-income tax

It wouldn't take much to rake in a lot of tax money, according to research published Monday by former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, a high-profile economist who served in two Democratic presidential administrations. The federal government could have $535 billion more in its coffers in the coming decade if the Internal Revenue Serviceaudited returns as often as it did back in 2011 — when audit rates were higher than they are now — and focused those audits on millionaires and billionaires, Summers said. “Under-reporting is more than five times as high for individuals who earn $10 million or more annual than it is for those who make under $200,000 a year,” Summers wrote.

14 High Dividend Stocks You Can Count On

It's easy to chase high dividend stocks — and even easier to lose money on them if they fall. There's a better way to find high dividend yields you can count on to make you money — which includes stocks like REIT Store Capital, a slew of banks like PNC Financial and pet pharmacy Petmed Express. What's an investor looking for high dividend stocks to do then?

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  International Bancshares Corporation's (NASDAQ:IBOC) 2.6% Dividend Yield Looks Pretty Interesting

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  Top Ranked Income Stocks to Buy for November 18th

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HP Board Rejects Xerox Takeover Offer

HP Inc. s board unanimously rejected Xerox Holdings Corp. s unsolicited takeover proposal, saying the $22-a-share offer is too low.

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  Computer giant HP rejects takeover bid

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AT&T Stock Falls On Downgrade, Entertainment Group Called A Cancer

The rally in AT&T stock looks done, according to an analyst who downgraded the telecom and entertainment conglomerate on Tuesday to sell. AT&T stock fell on the news. Craig Moffett, analyst at MoffetNathanson, downgraded AT&T to sell from neutral.

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  Has AT&T overpromised? Stock gets hit with a downgrade

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  AT&T Stock Drops On Downgrade To “Sell” By Wall Street Analyst

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Elizabeth Warren doesn’t even need to win the presidency to wreak havoc in the stock market, Pimco warns

That's John Studzinski, Pimco's managing director and vice chairman, joining a long line of Elizabeth Warren critics whose livelihood is tied to Wall Street. If she does get the nomination, markets will be nervous about that,” he told CNBC in an interview Tuesday at the East Tech West conference in China. Unlike other notable investors, such as Leon Cooperman, Paul Tudor Jones and Steve Cohen, to name a few, Studzinski didn't quantify Warren's potential effect on the market, other than to warn of a “material” impact.

U.S. and China Are Really Testing the Water, Says Port Shelter’s CEO

Richard Harris, chief executive officer at Port Shelter Investment Management, discusses the U.S.-China trade talks and his outlook for the negotiations and the markets. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.

Democrats will avoid the real causes of the student loan crisis at Wednesday’s debate

The real cause of the student loan debt crisis is clear: Liquidity provided by the federal government enables colleges and universities to raise their prices. Ten Democratic presidential competitors are preparing to out-promise one another. As you enjoy some popcorn, keep three things in mind during the Student Loans Round.

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How to Withdraw Money From Your 401(k) Early

Withdrawing Money Early From Your 401(k) The method and process of withdrawing money from your 401(k) will depend on your employer and the type of withdrawal you choose. Withdrawing money early from your 401(k) can carry serious financial penalties, so the decision should not be made lightly. It's really a last resort.

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  FedEx to increase 401(k) employee match in 2021

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  It's Crucial to Enroll in Your Company's 401(k). Here's Why — and How to Do It

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This home mortgage disaster is ready to punish housing markets

According to Freddie Mac's quarterly refinance report, borrowers pulled out just under $1 trillion from their homes between 2004 and 2007. This total includes only prime first-lien conventional mortgages, and excludes subprime, other non-prime, and second mortgages. The peak of the cash-out refi madness came in 2005 and 2006, as the desire to turn equity into real cash spread to millions of U.S. homeowners.

India's state-run banks report fraud of more than $13 billion in 6 months

India's state-run banks reported fraud worth 958 billion rupees ($13.3 billion) from April to end-September of this year, the country's finance minister said on Tuesday, as the government struggles to help banks recoup losses. State banks reported 5,743 cases of fraud in the period, most of which had taken place over the last several years, although 1,000 cases worth 25 billion rupees had just taken place, Nirmala Sitharaman told the upper house of parliament. Measures included the freezing of 338,000 bank accounts of inoperative companies in the last two financial years and the enactment of a law with a provision to confiscate the property of those found to have committed fraud and who have fled the country.

This Is How Retirees Live on $1 Million

Another is to invest the money in a standard portfolio, typically one diversified with mutual fund, stock, and bond investments, then withdraw a fixed percentage of that portfolio each year to pay living expenses. Immediate Annuities The Good For retirees who worry about running out of money at some point, an immediate annuity offers perhaps the single most attractive feature of any retirement product: a fixed-income stream that is guaranteed for life—whether the purchaser dies the day after buying the annuity or lives to be 120. Immediate annuities are sold by life insurance companies.

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  Passing the Buck: The Hidden Costs of Annuities

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Has AT&T overpromised? Stock gets hit with a downgrade

The company is weighed down by slowing businesses that a more solid wireless business can't easily make up for, they said. We believe the time has come when the market will start paying attention to fundamentals again,” the analysts said. The more we peel back the layers of AT&T's various business segments, the more we worry that AT&T has overpromised.

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  AT&T Stock Drops On Downgrade To “Sell” By Wall Street Analyst

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  AT&T Stock Falls On Downgrade, Entertainment Group Called A Cancer

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When ‘idjits’ mock Warren Buffett, the stock market could be in trouble

With the bull market going strong and Berkshire (BRK)shares underperforming, analysts and investors alike questioned Buffett's lack of putting that money to work. In fact, earlier this year, one longtime shareholder decided to dump his entire Berkshire position because, as he put it, “thumb-sucking hasn't cut the Heinz (KHC)mustard during the Great Bull Market. CNBC summed up the head-scratching with this tweet on Sunday: But Gary Evans of the Global Macro Monitor blog says the fact that Buffett is getting criticized for his cautious footing should raise yellow flags.

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  Warren Buffett increases Apple stake despite selling some stock

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FedEx to increase 401(k) employee match in 2021

In a competitive labor market, FedEx plans to increase its 401(k) match for employees as a way to attract and retain talent. Patrick Fitzgerald, senior vice president of integrated marketing and communications for FedEx, detailed the plans to the Memphis Business Journal during a phone interview Monday, Nov. 18. Effective Jan. 1, 2021, FedEx Corp. will implement a new 401(k) plan for its U.S.-based employees that will have an up to 8% employer match across all of its operating companies.

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  It's Crucial to Enroll in Your Company's 401(k). Here's Why — and How to Do It

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9 Stocks Will Drive Dow To 29,000 (And Apple Isn't One Of Them): Analysts

These stocks are seen collectively adding 1,000 points to the Dow over the next 12 months. This is according to an Investor's Business Daily analysis of analysts' price targets tallied by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Turns out, all nine of these Dow stocks are also in the S&P 500.

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  Dow Jones Down On Home Depot Sell-Off; Will This Sector Produce New Stock Market Winners?

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Cisco Sues Ex-Employees Over Alleged Trade Secrets Theft

Shortly after resigning their jobs at Cisco this year, the three men joined an unidentified company that competes “in the IP telephony, headset, video, and collaboration space,” according to the complaint. Cisco claims that Wilson Chung, who was one of its principal engineers, downloaded more than 3,000 internal documents containing trade secrets, including information about the company's contributions to 5G technology and its design specification for a video-conferencing prototype, before he left in February. Chung is accused of recruiting another Cisco engineer, James He, to join the competitor.

3 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Yielding 5% — Or More

Buy a stock with a great dividend yield -- significantly higher than what the average S&P stock pays -- and you've gone a long way towards ensuring that your total profits in a given year are at least average, and maybe significantly above average. With this goal in mind, we've employed the Stock Screener at TipRanks to dig up for us a few likely candidates -- stocks paying generous dividend yields of 5% or better, and stocks scoring a "strong buy" rating from Wall Street analysts to boot. First up is oil and natural gas pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners, and of the three this one offers income investors the biggest dividend yield: 6.8%.

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