Beware of the Bear? Photo credit: Shutterstock. Although the market saw a brief recovery, it now seems the decline has resumed and we may well reach the 20 percent bear market threshold for the S&P 500. But if we do get to an official bear market, how much lower can we go—and when will it… More
. In this article I present the strategy used by James O’Shaughnessy, influential investor and president of the investment advisory firm O’Shaughnessy Capital Management. Read on for how we identify stocks possessing the key characteristics O’Shaughnessy utilizes for this strategy and 25 current stock ideas from our Growth II screen. The Universe O’Shaughnessy establishes two… More
Topline Stocks fell and rates on government bonds surged on Wednesday as investor concerns about a slowdown in economic growth continued to weigh on markets, while oil jumped to a 13-week high on the back of climbing U.S. gas prices. Stocks will struggle for direction until there are “clear signs” that the Fed is taming… More
Close up of estate tax return getty Should you file a federal estate tax return for your spouse’s estate even though the value of his or her assets is less than the estate tax exemption? For answers, we asked Bruce Bell, an attorney at the Chicago office of Schoenberg Finkel Beederman Bell Glazer. Larry Light:… More
Navient (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Navient has agreed to cancel $3.5 million of student loans. Here’s what you need to know. Student Loans Navient, one of the nation’s leading student loan servicers, has agreed to student loan debt cancellation for, in the words of New… More
Traders work on the floor of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on May 29, … [+] 2018 in New York. – US stocks retreated early Tuesday, following European markets lower as political turmoil in Italy and Spain accentuated worries about the eurozone. About 10 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones… More
Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Sam Bankman-Fried on stage at the Crypto Bahamas conference. Trustnodes Poker chips, high stakes, and big money. Throughout last week, a few yards away from the Caribbean’s largest casino in the Bahamian capital, Nassau, about 2,000 people gathered at the Baha Mar resort’s convention center to discuss cryptocurrencies and the… More
WASHINGTON, DC April 28, 2022: President Joe Biden calls on a reporter during questioning in the … [+] Roosevelt Room of The White House on Thursday April 28, 2022. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post via Getty Images President Biden touted student loan forgiveness initiatives that will benefit hundreds… More
According to NextEarningsDate.com, the Under Armour UAA UAA next earnings date is projected to be 5/6 before market open, with earnings estimates of $0.05/share on $1.32 Billion of revenue. Looking back, the recent Under Armour earnings history looks like this: UAA tickertech The company has an impressive long-term earnings per share chart: UAA tickertech And… More
Closeup of Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation. The IRS has reintroduced Form 1099-NEC as the … [+] new way to report self-employment income instead of Form 1099-MISC as traditionally had been used. getty Stop the presses. Reports are in that tax compliance is more challenging for “independent workers” than for W-2 employees. The Independent Economy Council… More
Business Man with a credit card Photo by rupixen on Unsplash We live in a world filled with countless empty, consumeristic promises. Sometimes it feels like our entire economy is fueled by manufactured discontent: To get the girl, buy this cologne. To be the life of the party, get this television. To impress your friends,… More
Grandfather and his grandkids getty Adequately funding your retirement should be your first priority, but what if you also want to contribute to your grandkids’ education? We asked Larry Mathis, CEO of Mathis Wealth Management in Phoenix, Ariz., to explain how to do both. Larry Light: Is it true that one of the best things… More
Introduction Hard money is considered asset-based lending. It gets its name from the fact that borrowers have to offer hard assets as collateral on the loans they obtain. In most cases, the asset is the piece of property being obtained with loan proceeds. Lenders take a good, hard look at properties in making their approval […] More
A pedestrian walks in front of Citibank’s office in the financial district of Makati suburban Manila … [+] on November 18, 2008. Asian shares fell November 18 on mounting fears of an extended global recession after US banking giant Citigroup announced 50,000 job cuts, about 20 percent of its global workforce from its peak level… More
Commencement ceremonies at the Harvard Business School campus in front of Baker Library, in Boston, … [+] MA on May 29, 2014. (Photo by Rick Friedman/rickfriedman.com/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images Paranoia is frequently a combination of overdeveloped self-importance, a need to explain perceived patterns in life, and confirmation bias. But there are… More
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