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7 red flags that signal it may be time to dump your financial adviser
Getty Images/iStockphoto In these trying financial times, more Americans are leaning on financial advisers for money advice. While in 2020, 22% of Americans said a financial adviser was their most tru...
Defense Stocks Rose With the Ukraine War. Then a Tight Proposed Budget Set Them Back.
Elias Stein Text size Defense stocks took a surprising blow after a proposed defense budget was released last week. The Biden administration asked Congress for $773 billion to fund defense for fiscal ...
Robinhood, Brokerage of Gen Z, Millennials, Faces Several Crises
Robinhood (HOOD) – Get Robinhood Markets, Inc. Class A Report has long presented itself as a platform that wants to democratize finance for all. The brokerage saw itself as the new wind that wo...
Fed’s Williams says could begin reducing balance sheet as soon as May meeting
The Federal Reserve may begin reducing its balance sheet as soon as its May 3-4 policy meeting to address the level of U.S. inflation that have become “particularly acute,” New York Fed chair John Wil...
Toyota Keeps a Crown Coveted by GM, Ford
What if the big winner of the difficulties that the automotive industry is currently going through was Toyota (TM) – Get Toyota Motor Corp. Report? The Japanese vehicle manufacturer seems to be...
Are State Tax Refunds Taxable?
For those who itemize their deductions, it’s one of the stranger parts of the tax code. First, you get to take a deduction of your state and local taxes, then all of a sudden the next year you get a F...
Bearish Bets: 3 Well-Known Stocks You Should Consider Shorting This Week
Each week we identify names that look bearish and may present interesting investing opportunities on the short side. Using technical analysis of the charts of those stocks, and, when appropriate, rece...
This Stock Looks Really Cheap, Until You Look Under the Hood
The lure of actually living on the open road is a big attraction to recreational vehicle owners. But you really have to want to pay $600 to fill your RV gas tank for that trip to Vegas. So, is there m...
Value Investing Is Back. But How Do You Choose the Right ETF?
Value investing is coming back. Over the past decade, growth stocks have outpaced value shares, which usually have lots of tangible assets relative to their market value. In those 10 years, the S&...
TurboTax: 5 Hidden Ways to Boost Your Tax Refund
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio While Americans may disagree on how the government spends their taxes, at tax time, many of us are looking for ways to pay no more than we owe — or ev...
GameStop to the Moon On Stock Split?
After a harsh end to the first quarter on Thursday, GameStop (GME) – Get GameStop Corp. Class A Report stole the headlines after the close. That’s when the company announced that it plans to sp...
Stock Splits Flood Market, and Investors Hope for Gains
Stock splits are all the rage this year. First, Alphabet (GOOGL) – Get Alphabet Inc. Class A Report announced a 20-for-1 split in February. Then Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Repo...
U.S. government bonds just suffered their worst quarter of the past half century: Here’s why some investors may not be fazed
U.S. government bonds just finished their worst quarter since at least 1973, yet some investors aren’t likely to be put off from buying Treasurys again given rising risks of a U.S. recession within th...
Microsoft Loses Executive to Crypto as Talent War Heats Up
This is a big catch for the crypto sphere. Binance, the largest crypto platform in terms of trading volume, has managed to poach great talent from Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Microsoft Corporation R...
Cathie Wood Sold Tesla Stock. She Is as Bullish as Ever.
Text size Tesla stock remains the biggest position in Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF. Courtesy of ARK Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF sold about 22,000 Tesla shares Thursday, according to her...
Stick to Companies That Reward You From Their Positive Cash Flows
When I think I have seen the depths of fecklessness from our current monetary policy regime, I often find an even deeper part of the pool. This morning it was a paper by two Fed employees entitled (Do...
So, your stock portfolio is down 5% this year? Congratulations, you’re an investing genius
From sovereign bonds to crypto to tech stocks, the quarter that just ended was a rough one for investors. In fact, it was the worst quarter for stocks and fixed-income assets since Q1 2020, the infamo...
Should I use a 401(k) or an IRA to save for retirement? A traditional account or the Roth version? Here’s what to know
You can save on taxes while saving for retirement by using an IRA or a 401(k). But deciding the best account is not always straightforward. There’s also the Roth option for both, meaning four choices,...
Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation Has Had a Bad Year. Why It Could Get Even Worse.
Text size Cathie Wood’s success in 2020 made her one of the most high-profile fund managers. Alex Flynn/Bloomberg Investors in ARK Innovation ETF, Cathie Wood’s flagship exchange-traded fund, sh...
The Rally in Gladstone Land Can Continue to Grow
By BRUCE KAMICH Apr 01, 2022 | 08:45 AM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: LAND In his “Homework” segment of Thursday’s Mad Money program, Jim Cramer followed up on a few stocks that...
DeFi Protocol Inverse Finance Suffers $15M Hack
Blockchain security firm PeckShield raised an alert on Sunday that DeFi protocol Inverse Finance has been exploited with hackers draining around $15 million. According to findings by the security firm...
Palo Alto Networks Continues to Reward Investors: Here’s Where It Could Go Next
In his first “Executive Decision” segment of his Mad Money program Thursday evening, Jim Cramer spoke with Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) , the cybersecurity c...
Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF Cut to Negative At Morningstar
Updated at 10:39 am EST Ark Innovation (ARKK) – Get ARK Innovation ETF Report edged higher Friday, outpacing gains for the broader Nasdaq Composite, following a downgrade from Morningstar for s...
Your 401(k) Statement Will Soon Have Lifetime Income Estimates. What to Know.
Participants in 401(k)s should begin seeing a “lifetime income illustration” on their statements this year, getting an estimate of how much guaranteed monthly income their current account balance woul...
Burger King Gets Sued Just Like KFC and Starbucks Did (You Won’t Believe Why)
There’s nothing like biting into a burger that you saw in an ad and feeling the taste not of umami but of bitter disappointment. The cheese is not as stretchy and the lettuce isn’t as cris...
Microsoft/Activision Deal Hits a Potential Game Changer
When it comes to supremacy in the video game industry, anyone familiar with it knows that it’s an intense, endless battle, fought with tooth and nail. While many companies have tried to enter th...
Missed the Dip in Stocks? Where to Find Yields of 3% to 6%.
I sneezed, and missed the buying opportunity in stocks. The S&P 500 was down 13% at one point this year. It ended the first quarter with a loss of just 4.6%, including dividends. But all of the ba...