Calculating 401(k) gains due to dollar cost averaging. getty Increasingly, I see people who have not had dollar-cost averaging or systematic saving from their 401(k) explained to them. A human resources director told me a story of employees who had stopped contributing to their plan because of the market volatility they were sensing during the… More
Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images The monthly and weekly S&P cycles have bottomed. The 1-4-10 year cycles bottom in the first week of October. The current correction does not appear to be complete in terms of price but the cycles are bottoming. Here are two more stock recommendations for… More
Itâs nice to read a feel-good story like the one about an Arkansas man who found a massive 9-carat diamond in a public state park in Arkansas. Thirty-three year old Kevin Kinard found the 9.07 carat whopper in the Crater of Diamonds State Park on Labor Day. It is the second-largest ever found at the park,… More
Macro view of a shiny golden bar. Fine gold ingot close up. Financial success, business investment … [+] and wealth concept. 3D illustration Getty It made news earlier this year when Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B revealed the purchase of Barrick Gold stock. Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger are not known as gold bugs in the global… More
Market Forecast: Stormy Weather Ahead? Photo credit: Shutterstock Despite some attempts to rally, the markets have continued to decline throughout September. As they are now well below the peak where they started the month, what should we expect going forward? Letâs take a closer look at the market forecast. âNormalâ Declines? First, letâs put the… More
Topline Shares of athletic apparel retailer Nike surged by nearly 10% on Wednesday, a day after the company reported financial results that crushed expectations thanks to booming online business during the coronavirus pandemic. Nikeâs digital sales rose 82% last quarter, even as many of its stores reopened. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Key Facts… More
Global economy pandemic fear and economic coronavirus fear and Stock market fears getty When the coronavirus pandemic emerged, fear rose, and stock prices plummeted. In fact, stocks fell faster than at any time in history, reaching a bottom March 23, six weeks after it peaked. In response, the U.S. government, along with the Federal Reserve,… More
What would be a $2 million home in Mountain View, California getty On September 15, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1885 (AB1885) which increases the creditor homestead exemption for personal residences in the Golden State. The new homestead will have a baseline of $300,000 but can be as high as… More
close up photo of one hundred dollar note, money background getty Each of these stocks pays a dividend of greater than 3% â which is significantly more than U.S. Treasury bonds or notes are paying right now. Obviously, an investor in an equity is taking on more risk than purchasing government-guaranteed rates but some may… More
Investors risk losing assets from increased cyber attacks on financial advisors and broker-dealers, the Securities and Exchange Commission warned today. The increase is coming in a form of hacking called âcredential stuffingâ which the SEC said is emerging as a more effective way for attackers to gain unauthorized access to customer accounts and/or firm systems… More
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about how spousal benefits are calculated when filing after FRA, how the Parisi case can affect benefit amounts when the family maximum that can be claimed on a single record is involved and filing with two exes. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University… More
Topline The market fell sharply on Thursday as tech stocks continued to struggle, while conflicting timelines on a coronavirus vaccine and uncertainty around the next fiscal stimulus bill from Congress also weighed on investors. Stocks were under pressure again on Thursday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Key Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1%, nearly… More
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about potential effects of Social Security’s earnings test on spousal benefits, whether benefits lost to the earnings test are repaid and getting retirement benefits after survivor benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc,… More
The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics â strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Molson Coors Beverage presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of the coverage… More
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP The S&P 500 is likely to close this month at a lower price than that of the August 31 close. The month has been bearish historically, especially so in Septembers ending in zero and in election years. Below, we see the average price change in options expiration… More
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