But the auto industry is warning that the vast majority of EV purchases won’t qualify for a tax credit that large. That’s mainly because of the bill’s requirement that, to qualify for the credit, an e...
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Inflation Reduction Act extends $7,500 tax credit for electric cars
David Madison | Photodisc | Getty Images A federal tax break that’s available to car buyers for going electric may work differently starting next year. Under the Inflation Reduction Act — which ...
Credit card rates hit the highest average monthly rate in 24 years, new data shows
Prices across the globe are continuing to rise at their fastest rate in more than 40 years, driven by energy and food costs. Similarly, credit card usage and credit card borrowing is increasing at an ...
This is the ‘Jay Leno rule’ of saving money. You don’t have to be rich to do it
Comedian Jay Leno Getty Images/iStock Comedian Jay Leno has openly shared that while collecting two salaries — one from his ‘Tonight Show’ hosting gig and one from the 150 annual comedy shows he’d app...
Why the S&P 500’s ‘bounce within a bear market’ could fizzle before it hits 4,200
Add another voice to the growing chorus of naysayers about the staying power of the recent rally in U.S. equities. The stock market’s rally since the Federal Reserve’s last jumbo rate hike in late Jul...
Nvidia is hit by another ‘crypto hangover,’ and that isn’t the only problem
While in high demand and short supply for the first two years of the pandemic, Nvidia Corp.’s gaming cards have been hit by declines in three separate pandemic booms in 2022: Personal-computer sales, ...
What Caused Nvidia’s Shortfall? Gamers or Crypto Mining?
Text size Nvidia has been hurt by fading pandemic-era demand for gaming graphics cards. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia warned on Monday that shortfalls in its gaming segment revenue would hamper ...
Upstart stock drops after earnings, but CEO says he’s ‘confident’ in value of AI lending
Upstart Holdings Inc. delivered a lower-than-expected revenue forecast for the current quarter, but its chief executive expressed confidence in the performance and value of artificial-intelligence-dri...
How top-selling electric vehicles will be affected by new tax credit
In a big win for Democrats, Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act brings the bill to the House, where the bill is expected to pass. If all goes as planned, the legislation could be in front of...
4 questionable, but legal, things some financial advisers do with your money
Is your financial adviser ethical? Getty Images/iStockphoto There are many people out there who will offer to give you financial advice. And while most of them are ethical and trustworthy, sometimes y...
Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...
Before Crypto Lender Celsius Crashed, CEO Alex Mashinsky Was Known for Big Ideas and Battles
For some 30 years, Alex Mashinsky barreled into whatever was the hot technology of the time, promising revolutions in long-distance calling, airport rides and, most recently, crypto. He often left a t...
Stock-market investors wrestle with ‘boomflation’ after hot July jobs report
The worry instead turned to what a rip-roaring labor market and surging costs for everything means for stocks and bond portfolios, particularly if it turns into a mix of higher growth and inflation wi...
Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...
Argo mined 22.4% more bitcoin in July than in June — and sold 887
Bitcoin miner Argo mined 22.4% more bitcoin in July compared with June. It also sold 887 BTC in July, at an average price of $22,670 per coin. The company used a majority of those revenues to reduce i...
The Fed Is About to Ramp Up Balance-Sheet Shrinkage. It May Get Dicey.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, shown during a postmeeting press conference late last month, has suggested balance-sheet shrinkage may go on for up to 2½ years. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Text size There i...
Is Your Credit Score Affected by Crypto Loans?
Despite being widely used and rapidly entering the norm, cryptocurrency loans continue to perplexmany people. Reading a Figure crypto-backed loans review can help you better understand why this new te...
Average credit scores in the US are at a record high — but these states are below the curve
Average credit scores in the US are at a record high — but these states are below the curve Every state in the union increased its average credit score last year, recent data shows, despite rising inf...
I hired a financial planner, but they’ve already lost $70K. What should I do?
Is a big loss a reason to ditch your financial planner? Getty Images/iStockphoto By ALISA WOLFSON Question: I recently rolled my retirement pension and 401(k) into one account, managed by a financial ...
Warren Buffett says this is the ‘biggest mistake’ people make with their money (and psst: it has to do with savings)
Warren Buffett johannes eisele/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Warren Buffett, the infamous 91 year-old Oracle of Omaha, is worth roughly $100 billion dollars — and could clearly spend frivolously. ...
Block’s Earnings Beat Estimates but the Stock Drops. Here’s Why.
Text size Jack Dorsey co-founded Block and remains its chair but is no longer CEO. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Block said Thursday that Bitcoin revenue at its Cash App unit dropped 34% in the second quart...
‘I’m stuck in a penny-pincher mindset’: My spouse and I bought a home, but he only wants to buy high-end items. How can we agree?
Dear Quentin, My spouse and I spent years saving for a new house, and living well below our means. It may sound weird, but now that we have a new home, we feel overwhelmed by the prospect of spending ...
I started the year with $3.85M but ‘have watched my accounts drop 20%.’ When I asked about it, I got ‘unsatisfactory’ answers from my financial adviser. That said, he ‘by and large has done well for me.’ What’s my move?
Do you have the right communication going on with your financial adviser. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I have watched my accounts drop 20% this year, which is better than the market, but startin...
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Refi is the new DeFi. If there was ever a time for the crypto skeptics to ask regulators to tighten their screws, it is now, says Ashley Taylor Buck, the co-founder of ReSource. ReFi could be the answ...
10 defensive stocks that can also provide you with growth and dividends over the long term
The S&P 500 Index has rallied 10% since June 22 from a deep decline, but there are different schools of thought about whether investors are out of the woods yet. Mark Hulbert has called the recent...