President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. WSJ’s David Harrison breaks down what to know about the deal and its path through Congress. Photo illustration: Kaitlyn Wang
In March, the Federal Trade Commission warned of an increase in AI voice scams.
Retail healthcare is a growing area of interest for many companies, as healthcare moves into the home and both retailers and traditional companies eye a piece of the nearly $4 trillion health industry pie.
In 2020, billionaire investor Ray Dalio famously claimed that "cash is trash." He later elaborated that cash is not safe because "it will be taxed by inflation." But as time passed, Dalio's view on cash has made a U-turn. "Temporarily, right now, cash I think is good ... and the interest rates are fine. I don't think it will be sustained that way," he said at the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore last week. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve has implemented significant interest rate hikes
Generally, only very low-income taxpayers escape the Social Security tax altogether. Eleven states do tax Social Security benefits. One more state, Colorado, taxes only Social Security benefits received by residents under age 65.
In a big shift, anyone who took in more than $600 a year from reselling tickets could be in for a tax surprise.
Grantham opined about his experience driving a Tesla, the biggest bubble in world history, and why real estate is in a global bubble.
Time is running out for U.S. lawmakers to avoid a government shutdown. Here's how that could affect Social Security recipients.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has implemented 11 interest rate hikes in the last 18 months. While the Fed decided to leave its benchmark interest rates unchanged at its latest meeting, CNBC's Jim Cramer does not believe that the central bank is done with hawkish moves. "Labor's still tight, housing's tight, mortgage rates are high ... they've doubled and it hasn't affected housing at all. We have 3.8% unemployment, inflation rate close to 4% — the Fed's targeting 2%," Cramer said during Wednesday's "
Walt Disney hosted a parks-focused analyst meeting at Walt Disney World, where speakers included CEO Bob Iger, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro, and ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro, as well as a number of other executives. On the stock, we have found investors mostly on the sidelines this year as the company works to define its strategic future, but like shares at this level and expect in the next six to 12 months that major questions around Hulu, an ESPN investment, and a linear sale (or not) will be answered, which should give investors more confidence in long-term value creation at the company.
Overall, this year has seen a solid turnaround from last year’s losses. The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are both showing year-to-date gains, of 16% and 27% respectively. That holds, even as the last few weeks have been disappointing; the S&P is down ~4% this month, and the NASDAQ is down 6%. One thing is clear: tech stocks powered the year’s gains, riding high on the surge of interest in artificial intelligence tech, AI, which burst into prominence with ChatGPT’s release last November. AI has transfo
Long-term care for seniors is one of the biggest gaps in America's safety net. For many of us, as we get older we will require longer and better care. In some cases, this can mean a health aide or other … Continue reading → The post How to Protect Your Parents' Assets From Nursing Homes appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.
Tesla stock round-tripped recent gains with Q3 deliveries set to fall. BYD is close to seizing the all-electric BEV crown.
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The Russian leader has attempted to shield the worst effects of the war from his countrymen, but prices for the fuels have been reaching record levels domestically.
The problem isn't the outlook for earnings at utilities and makers of consumer staples. Higher yields on Treasury debt are hurting the shares.
Who says higher interest rates are bad for S&P 500 stocks? A select group is thriving even as the Federal Reserve hikes.
Even China's population of 1.4 billion would not be enough to fill all the empty apartments littered across the country, a former official said on Saturday, in a rare public critique of the country's crisis-hit property market. China's property sector, once the pillar of the economy, has slumped since 2021 when real estate giant China Evergrande Group defaulted on its debt obligations following a clampdown on new borrowing.
Several factors can shrink your monthly Social Security benefits payment. Here are three of the most common.
The higher future interest income from new purchases of fixed-income securities was scant compensation for the principal losses on previous holdings, however. Have we reached that point again, with a benchmark 10-year Treasury yield near 4.5%, a level not seen since 2007? Others demur, however, noting the risk of further yield increases (and price declines) isn’t worth it, especially when significantly higher returns are readily available on risk-free short-term instruments such as Treasury bills.
The auto workers strike is filled with wildcards. The UAW has never before conducted walkouts at all three Detroit automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis at once. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is driving that strategy, and has broken with the Detroit union’s traditions in other ways as well.
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