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? Letās take a closer look at the market forecast. āNormalā Declines? First, letās 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. Nikeās digital sales rose 82% last quarter, even as many of its stores reopened. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Key Facts… More
getty The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) was set up in 2001 to protect consumersā savings in the event their bank or building society went bust. It can also protect mortgages, investments and insurance products. Here we explain all you need to know. What is the FSCS? The Financial Services Compensation Scheme was introduced under… 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
As the Euro is jostled by the Yuan/Renminbi and squeezed by the dollar, the lack of true world scale home-grown new economy enterprises has come to haunt the European psyche. The Europeans had the most negative reaction to Libra. They are acutely aware of the lack of true world-scale social media companies nurtured and created… More
getty Women are being urged to think about their long term savings as research reveals almost five million females in the UK over the age of 50 think they won’t have enough to live on in retirement. The figures are from a report ā Finances after 50 ā published by financial services provider SunLife. It… 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% ā 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 ācredential stuffingā 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
Quickfire Questions is a Forbes Advisor UK series in which business leaders share exclusive insight on their background, the secrets of their success, their hopes for the future, and what they would do if they were handed a magic wand Asaf Navot has found that, the harder he works, the luckier he gets Home Made… 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 ā 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
(Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images A new lawsuit filed last week against student loan giant Navient NAVI is seeking the cancellation of private student loan debt that the borrowers allege is fraudulent. In the lawsuit, Jorge Villalba, a former student of the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute, argues… More
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