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Here’s where the 60/40 could really fail you. But a better option may be under your nose.
Only once in the past 100 years have America’s long-term savers done worse than they did last year. Only in 1974 — the year of Watergate, OPEC embargoes, gas lines and recession — did the standard, be...
I’ll inherit $40,000 from my grandmother. Should my husband and I boost our kids’ college savings accounts, or pay off credit cards and student loans?
After a terrible battle with dementia, my grandmother died a few weeks ago. She did not leave much, but I will — along with my siblings — receive about $40,000 in life insurance. I am trying to figure...
Opinion: The Biden Classified Docs Mess Is Another Example of His Crypto Hypocrisy
Biden has just provided crypto traders with another searing example of his hypocrisy. The example comes in the form of the dozens of classified documents that have been discovered in his house and per...
Here come the 5% CDs
Don’t touch that dial. If you’re looking for certificates of deposit, the interest rates on offer should be—here’s hoping—heading higher following the latest inflation numbers out Tuesday morning. Rea...
Will you regret that Roth conversion when you get a huge tax bill?
If you took advantage of the down market in 2022 to convert some of your IRA to a Roth, you’re about to get a reality check of how much that will cost you when you file your tax return. Tax-saving str...
The hunt for stocks with rising dividends: These fund managers have a strategy to keep your payouts growing
The broad stock-market rally so far in 2023 might make it easy to forget what a rough ride investors faced last year. It was a time when some active strategies focused on dividends, good cash-flow tre...
These money and investing tips can build your portfolio’s offense and defense
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AI is dominating the action in the stock market right now
OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, is receiving billions of dollars in funding from Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.20%. The rollout of this new technology has been followed by similar efforts by Alphabet Inc...
Opinion: The Resilience of Bitcoin Is Truly Astounding
We are beginning to sound like a broken record at this stage, but it’s worth mentioning again that 2022 was arguably the worst year for the crypto space. Bitcoin, for example, lost more than 70 percen...
Sell your Bank of America shares now, says KBW
Shares of the largest U.S. banks have been performing well so far this year, but David Konrad of Keefe, Bruyette and Woods believes the party is over for Bank of America Corp. Konrad downgraded Bank o...
15 dividend stocks whose 5% to 10% yields appear safe in 2023 and 2024 by this analysis
Corrected dividend stock screen table, because Hanesbrands had eliminated its dividend on Feb. 2. See note above table. If you are investing in dividend stocks, the last thing you want to see is a com...
‘And then 2022 happened’: I borrowed $500,000 from friends and family to invest in the stock market, foolishly promising a 10% return. Can I avoid legal action?
Dear Quentin, I am a budding options/futures trader with my own sole proprietor investment business. Heading into 2022, I took on a large cash infusion of $500,000 from friends and family under the g...
How to retire rich — even if you just got wiped out
The Wall Street Journal published an article over the weekend about all the millennials and Generation Z “zoomers” who have fled the markets after getting crushed in the 2022 rout. One was 25-year-old...
‘I am watching my inheritance evaporate’: My brother and sister constantly hit our parents up for money. What can I do to stop this?
I am 46 and single. I have a good job and own my own home but live modestly. I have been fortunate not to have had to ask my parents for anything over the years. My brother and sister, by contrast, ha...
Using Blockchain for Illicit Content Causing a Divide in Opinion
Blockchain technology has seen a surge in adoption across the globe, given the censorship and immutable features. But the same perks can also be used to promote store illicit or copyrighted content. W...
Ray Dalio’s Opinion on Bitcoin and Crypto Has Shifted – Here’s What He Has to Say
Ray Dalio, an American investor and hedge fund manager, has appeared in a CNBC interview and talked about crypto. When asked about his updated opinion on the assets, Dalio said something that made it ...
Jobs report tells markets what Fed chairman Powell tried to tell them
Oh dear. A lot of investors just learned again, the hard way, the old rule: When someone tries to tell you something about themselves, listen. On Wednesday afternoon Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Po...
Experts Predict Future Regulation of Crypto Exchanges by 2025, With Split Opinion on Similarity to Traditional Finance – Regulation Bitcoin News
Following finder.com’s reports on bitcoin and ethereum predictions, the product comparison site polled 56 specialists in the fintech and cryptocurrency industry to gauge their thoughts on future regul...
Wall Street to Jerome Powell: We don’t believe you
Do you want the good news about the Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell, the other good news…or the bad news? Let’s start with the first bit of good news. Powell and his fellow Fed committe...
‘My stepmother has been less than ethical’: I suspect my stepmom removed me as beneficiary from my late father’s life-insurance policy. What can I do?
Dear Quentin, My dad passed away in March 2019. My stepmom told me I had an inheritance from my dad. She ceased communication with me after my dad passed away. I reached out to the Department of Fina...
Opinion: A Republican-Led House Will Diminish the Biden Anti-Crypto Agenda
Not long ago, the Republican dominated House of Representatives passed a bill to decrease funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by $70 billion. The bill is slated to wipe out support for the ...
These 2 dividend-stock ETFs are more like growth funds in disguise. Can either still work in your income portfolio?
Quality-stock and dividend-focused strategies shined during the market declines of 2022, rebounding from what investors may have found to be disappointing performance during the previous long bull mar...
Opinion: The Fed expects a ‘soft landing’ and no recession for the economy. We could get stagflation instead.
I am especially wary of economists — that includes Federal Reserve members and well as former Fed members — who are quick to see a soft landing for the U.S. economy. Soft landings are rare. Former Fed...
Opinion: 2023 Is Already Looking Like Another 2019 for Bitcoin
At Live Bitcoin News, we’ve talked about how 2022 was reminiscent of 2018, which at one stage, was considered the worst year for bitcoin and crypto. We also mentioned that given the patterns and the s...
These money and investing tips can warm your portfolio when stocks cool
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Let’s Recap Tech Stocks After 2000 (Opinion)
The last year saw the fall of the Terra-Luna ecosystem, BlockFi, Celsius, Voyager Digital, 3AC, and Alameda-FTX. But it’s not the end of cryptocurrency. Like the Internet after the Dot Com bust, crypt...
The Way Americans Retire Has Changed Forever. Saving a Nest Egg Isn’t Enough.
About the author: Martin Neil Baily is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton. He is the co-author, with Benjamin H. ...