Will Biometrics Be the Future of Payments? Tech companies Apple and Google, major influencers of consumer behavior, have done the heavy-lifting when it comes to biometrics acceptance. Their tech tools and ubiquitous smartphones have primed consumers to use their fingerprints or faces to access their devices. In addition, user IDs, PINs and passwords have become… More
Topline Fed officials on Thursday reiterated calls for aggressive policy to combat stubbornly high inflation—fueling expectations for bigger rate hikes amid a stock-market selloff that’s seen major indexes hit new lows for the year—and some analysts project that the losses could only deepen. Morgan Stanley’s bear case scenario? Another 18% plunge.getty Key Facts Real interest… More
residential power distribution with safety equipment per local codegetty The Utilities Sector Select Sector SPDR Fund is having a tough September after the Fed began the interest rate hikes. The fund hit its high price of the year early in the month up there above 77 and has now descended to 68 in about 2… More
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2019/11/14: Immigration Court building entrance at 26 Federal … [+] Plaza in New York. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)LightRocket via Getty Images An appeal of a Tax Court decision by a taxpayer who was found by the Tax Court to owe $90.86 should have an interesting story… More
|Getty Images Key Takeaways Leaving cryptocurrency and the metaverse out of your portfolio entirely could mean missing out on two of the largest potential growth markets of a generation. A snapshot look at META, U, MSFT, RIOT, SQ, NVDA and Q.ai’s bitcoin breakout kit. Cryptocurrency and the metaverse are new and unproven markets, meaning riskier… More
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue getty Sharon Greenfelt Kersten, a 70-year-old publicist, loved the $1,900-a-month Fort Lauderdale, Florida, two-bedroom rental house where she lived and worked. But in November 2021, her landlord told her he planned to raise the rent by roughly 40%, to $2,800 monthly. “I absolutely could not afford that,” says Kersten. So,… More
Ramp Cofounders Karim Atiyeh (left) and Eric Glyman (right) founded the corporate credit card startup just three years ago and launched it right as the pandemic started to spread across America.Ramp and Romina Hendlin Three-year-old fintech Ramp is the latest startup aiming to cash in on the buy now pay later boom—adding a similar service… More
MONTREAL, QC – JULY 05: A detailed view of the Honda logo on a jersey during the quarterfinals at … [+] the 2022 NHL Gaming World Championships at the Bell Centre on July 5, 2022 in Montreal, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/NHLI via Getty Images) NHLI via Getty Images Honda Motor stock (NYSE: HMC) has… More
Pay less attention to stock prices and more to what your portfolio companies are earning. Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway (Photo by Chip Somodevilla)Getty Images Is the bear market about to resume? Maybe. But even if it doesn’t, there will be a big correction at some point and then another and… More
New IRS changes would require some non-spouse beneficiaries to take RMDs and deplete the inherited … [+] IRA under the 10-year rule. getty The passing of the 2019 Secure Act changed the rules about when non-spouse beneficiaries must begin taking money from inherited retirement accounts. Starting in 2020, instead of stretching withdrawals over your lifetime,… More
FILE – Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at an event where Vice President Kamala Harris … [+] announced the cancelation of all federal student loans borrowed by students to attend any Corinthian Colleges, June 2, 2022, at the Department of Education in Washington. The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans… More
Topline Shares of Hong Kong fintech firm AMTD Digital continued to plunge on Thursday, crashing for a second day in a row after rising more than 21,000% since its July IPO, with experts calling it a new meme stock and warning investors to stay away from the stock as its valuation looks like “an absolute… More
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP Over the last 50 years, seasonality and relative strength have proven valuable in successful portfolio management. Seasonality is very effective with most stocks. For example, Archer Daniels Midland ADM has risen 80% of the time over the last 42 years from August through December. Holding the stock… More
A stock photo of a Red Audit stamp on a 1040 US individual income tax return. Photographed at 50mp … [+] with the Canon EOS 5DSR and the 100mm 2.8 L lens. getty The rules for substantiation of charitable deductions are very strict with extra layers when a donor advised fund or property donations are… More
(Photo by Derrick Warren/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) Getty Images When most Americans think of Social Security, they think of the old age pension program. But the program is much more than that and should be strengthened for coming generations. It’s a true safety net. Do you know how it works and what it covers? Retired workers and… More
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