When you fill out a credit card application, you are usually given an option to add an authorized user to your account. You may wonder if there are any benefits to adding a user to your credit card. There are very few benefits for you, the primary cardholder, when adding an authorized user to your… More
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Chevron were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $5.36), with the stock changing hands as low as $106.28 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market’s total… More
Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq … [+] MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Coinbase Global Inc., the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is set to debut on Wednesday through a direct listing, an alternative to a traditional initial public offering that has only… More
Topline As inflation fears rattle the market, billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller is placing the blame on the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented efforts to bolster the economy, blasting the central bank’s ongoing pandemic stimulus efforts as “the most radical policy” since World War II—one that could ultimately destabilize the U.S. dollar and tank asset values… More
Coinbase employee Daniel Huynh holds a celebratory bottle of champagne as he photographs outside the … [+] Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York’s Times Square, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Wall Street will be focused on Coinbase Wednesday with the digital currency exchange becoming a publicly traded company. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ASSOCIATED PRESS Coinbase is expected to… More
getty It’s anyone’s guess what stocks will be trending one week to the next. Some weeks, pharmaceutical companies rule, while the rest of the market collectively drools (over their enviable bottom lines and soaring stock prices). Others, tech stocks steal the show with their flashy microchips and confusing cloud computing jargon. Today, the one thing… More
Stock market or forex trading graph in graphic concept suitable for financial investment or Economic … [+] trends business idea and all art work design. Abstract finance background getty This week, I’m reiterating three more stocks: Alphabet, Inc (GOOGL), Intel Corporation (INTC), and Skechers USA, Inc. (SKX). Still Undervalued Figure 1 shows the performance of… More
High angle view of a young woman checking the stock market on smartphone, having breakfast at coffee … [+] shop. Business on the go concept. getty Recap From March’s Picks On a price return basis, the Dividend Growth Stocks Model Portfolio (+1.9%) underperformed the S&P 500 (+5.4%) by 3.5% from March 26, 2021 through April… More
getty Q.ai’s deep learning algorithms have identified several of the top US Low Volatility Smart Beta ETFs based on fund flows over the last 90-days, 30-days, and 7-days. We’ve rated one ETF as Best, two as Good, three as Caution, two as Poor, and one as Worst. Sign up for the free Forbes AI Investor… More
getty While last week was full of major corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve meeting, this week is no different with another flurry of corporate earnings. Cryptocurrencies are also surging, with Ethereum breaking through $4,000 over the weekend. This week in the markets comes after an extremely disappointing April Jobs report from the Labor Department,… More
Looking to upgrade your living space by selling your current property and buying a new one? Keep … [+] these considerations in mind. getty Homebuyers are opting for more living space than they have in recent years. In 2020, homes that sold over four weeks leading up to mid-August were 3.7% larger (or 1,772 square… More
. Build It and They Will Come Buyers are being pitted against buyers. With new home lots in metro areas across the U.S. in short supply and with demand (and prices) soaring, it is not uncommon to hear sales agents remark that the housing market is “just nuts” when discussing residential real estate over the… More
Back when photos took up 1 shoebox and not 1 terabyte. getty All good things come to an end. Or, I should say, all good free things eventually start to charge. Starting June 1st, Google GOOG will start counting high-quality photos against a user’s 15GB storage cap, which also includes other Google services as well… More
Best Worst Buttons getty Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sure are easy to buy. There’s an ETF for just about anything we can think of—stocks, bonds, commodities, growth, value, sectors, industries and, of course, high yield. Dividends are our beat here at Contrarian Outlook. And ETFs keep us busy, because for every income investing angle, there is… More
Ask Larry Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about divorcing and remarrying after 60 to allow survivor’s benefits from a previous marriage, temporarily avoiding the deeming provision even if you were born after 1/1/1954 and how Social Security uses earnings histories to calculate benefit amounts. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at… More
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