These 15 Dividend Aristocrat stocks have been the best income builders

The S&P Dividend Aristocrats deserve more coverage. Those are companies that have raised their dividend payouts consistently over the years — they’re dividend royalty, as it were. As a group, they...

Metropolitan Bank Is Fleeing Crypto. Bitcoin Investors Should Be Worried.

Metropolitan Bank Holding (ticker: MCB), one of the earliest banks to delve into digital assets, says it’s closing out the part of its business that catered to crypto firms. It’s a development that sh...

Suze Orman says to be ‘very, very careful’ before you do this — but for some people it can be a savvy money move

Suze Orman has a message about HELOCs: “Please be very, very careful if you are considering borrowing against the equity in your home. It is very risky.” Anna Webber/Getty Images Home equity lines of ...

Coinbase, MicroStrategy and Other Crypto Stocks Fly. Why Gains Could Continue.

Shares in companies exposed to the cryptocurrency space tore higher on Monday. Many of these stocks are beaten down and widely bet against by traders, which means that gains could be accelerated throu...

Get Up to 50% of Annualized Returns When You Stake LYO Credit 

Staking LYO Credit tokens on LYOTRADE, a licensed crypto exchange that offers a variety of staking services, enables you to receive up to 50% per year.  Staking is a type of consensus mechanism of blo...

8 places you may earn between 3%-7% or more on your money right now (and psst: some have guaranteed returns)

Where exactly should you put money to — at least somewhat — stave off inflation? We asked certified financial planners and experts to share their thoughts. Getty Images Though inflation has cooled a b...

Why a stock market obsessed with the Fed’s inflation fight should focus on Main Street jobs in 2023

Fortunes on Wall Street this year could hinge less on what’s happening to high-paid workers in San Francisco’s reeling technology sector and more on a familiar part of American life: the working class...

Coinbase Has Been on a Wild Ride This Week Thanks to a ‘Short Squeeze’

Coinbase Global and other beaten-down cryptocurrency stocks ripped higher on Wednesday, only to fall sharply on Thursday. Analysis of the wild ride suggests that “short squeeze” dynamics in a volatile...

Trump Seeks Credit For McCarthy’s Speakership After Former MAGA Leaders Ignored Him

Topline After a historic and painstaking 15 rounds of voting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) thanked former President Donald Trump for helping him “get those final votes” to win his bid for House spea...

6 value stock picks for 2023 from successful money managers

Following a down year for the stock market, there is no shortage of recession predictions for 2023, especially as the Federal Reserve has signaled it will continue to raise interest rates to fight inf...

Turning 72 or 73 this year? Here’s what to do about your required minimum distributions

Anyone turning 72 years old in 2023 is getting a birthday present from Congress – one more year to push back their required minimum distributions from their retirement accounts.  As part of the Secure...

CES 2023: AMD, Nvidia, auto applications get the hype, but analysts say this one chip maker ruled

As CES 2023 draws to a close, much of the attention in the chip world was lauded on companies like Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Nvidia Corp. but a lower profile chip maker appears better positioned...

One Iowa credit union is offering a 6% APY on its 1-year CDs. 3 reasons to consider opening one right now

If saving more money is on your list of 2023 financial resolutions, you might be thinking about where to put your savings and the fastest way to grow your funds. For some savers, a certificate of depo...

Improving Credit Scores For Rental Housing, Not Banning Them, Is The Answer

Good credit is powerful for individuals in the economy; improving credit scores helps while banning … [+] the use of scores doesn’t solve underlying poverty. getty Across the country, worr...

I am 60 and plan to retire in March. I have $113K in my 401(k) and no other savings, but  I will get an early retirement package of 9 months salary. Should I get a pro to help me? 

Question: I am accepting an early retirement offer from my long-term employer of 24 years. In March of 2023, I will retire and receive nine months of salary as well as my benefits. During this time I ...

Silvergate Stock Dives as Bank Run at Crypto Firm Wipes Out Years of Profits

Shares in Silvergate Capital lost almost half their value on Thursday after the cryptocurrency-focused bank revealed an enormous loss resulting from a struggle to raise cash as deposits plunged in the...

‘I can no longer be an executive at a high level’: Workers with disabilities, including long COVID, are finding their place as companies become more flexible

Dana Pollard started a new job at the end of 2022, after spending three years recovering from a 2019 stroke. Pollard, 56, lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife. After the stroke, he could not reco...

‘A friend advised me to find a husband’: I’m nearly 50 and close to retiring. Would it be a mistake to marry and commingle my finances?

I’m a single female in my late 40s with no children. At 50 years old, my federal agency will allow me to retire with a full pension. I’m planning to, as I have a significant amount saved in my thrift ...

Apple Has Been a Problem for PayPal. This Analyst Says That’s Changing.

PayPal Holdings suffered big losses in 2022. The stock still faces several challenges, but one seems to be resolving, according to a Mizuho analyst.  Shares of the payment company (ticker: PYPL) fell ...

‘Am I crazy?’ I’ve paid my fiancée rent for 9 years and spent $10,000 improving her home. She’s also listed on my health insurance. What would you do?

I have a situation that is causing a lot of issues in my relationship. We have been dating for 17 years, have lived together for close to nine years and have been engaged for six.  When I moved into h...

Opinion: It’s time to buy I-bonds again. Here are 3 ways to maximize your $10,000 inflation-fighting investment.

The once-obscure Treasury investment soared in popularity last year because of its enticing inflation-adjusted rate, which peaked at 9.62%. That leapfrogged bank deposit accounts and completely trounc...

As 2023 Dawns, Guidance On The Technology-Neutral Tax Credit Under The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Is Needed

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) stands silently during a press conference on the the Inflation … [+] Reduction Act at Glynwood Boat House on August 17, 2022 in Cold Spring, New York. Getty Imag...

I want to retire in 4 years on $3,100 a month. Is this enough, and do I need a pro to help? 

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m retiring in four years at $3,100 a month income, per my calculations. How can I stretch this amount as far as possible, and should I hire a professional planner ...

Nvidia in Pact With Foxconn to Build Autonomous Cars

Getting a jump on the parade of announcements to come at this week’s CES tech trade show in Las Vegas, the graphics and AI chip company Nvidia gave an unofficial virtual keynote presentation Tuesday m...

‘2022 has been the scariest year of my adult and professional life’: One mortgage broker reveals how the housing slowdown upended financial security.

When mortgage rates hit 7% in the fall, Austin-based mortgage broker Aaron Kovac was a little spooked.  After a stunning rise in home sales amid ultra-low interest rates, “the market just went absolut...

My wife and I live ‘an average life’ in the Bay Area making $320K. Last year, we bought a house for $200K over asking — now we don’t want to live in it. Should we get professional help?

Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I was a victim of FOMO during the housing market craziness and bought a house for $200,000 over the asking price. Now house prices are coming back to reality, and I ...

The 12 Best Income Investments for 2023, According to Barron’s

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

Credit Suisse Suggests 2 Stocks to Buy

The conventional wisdom is saying that after the high inflation and severe market losses of 2022, we’re in for a rough ride going forward. But there are always contrarian voices, giving alternate opin...

Do these 15 things in 2023, and you’ll be significantly richer

Make 2023 the year you commit to saving more. Getty Images I wrote about saving money a lot in 2022, and that meant I saw a lot of ways that people suggest you save money. Most of them, quite frankly,...