Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images Why drivers are spending more to buy a new vehicle The average new-car transaction in July was $45,869, according to the J.D. Power/LMC Automotive forecast. That’s ...
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Investors flock to green energy funds as Congress passes climate bill
The expansion of renewables comes at a time when concerns about the speed of the planet’s shift away from fossil fuels have been heightened following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Imaginim...
WeWork’s Adam Neumann secures millions in funding for his new company Flow
Adam Neumann is back. The billionaire businessman who founded office-sharing company WeWork Inc. WE, -4.70% is back with another company called Flow, a residential real estate company attempting to ad...
‘I fear that between the two of us, that’s not enough.’ We want to quit working in 10 years, but only have about $175K saved. Do we need professional help?
Some things to consider if you’re thinking about hiring a financial adviser. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m 54 years old and have an IRA account with $27,000 in it, but it’s been decreasing ov...
If you really want to be rich, you need to do this, says Mark Cuban
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Advertising Week New York Uncredited Recently, we came across a simple piece of money advice from billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on his Maverick blog that we felt r...
Do I Need A Financial Advisor Or Should I Go It Alone?
Do you need a financial advisor? The answer depends on different factors — the complexity of your finances, how comfortable you are managing investments, where you are in your wealth journey, and wher...
Inflation Reduction Act would send $80 billion to the IRS. Tax experts say it may not be enough to help the backlogged agency.
For roughly a year, Jonathan Baer watched a paper folder full of tax-related paperwork slowly grow as he chronicled his effort to claim his 2020 tax refund. The attempts included upwards of 40 phone c...
Public Pension Systems Join Those Stung by Crypto Crash
Listen to article (2 minutes) Among the investors who bet on cryptocurrency over the past year are pension funds that manage public workers’ retirement savings. Now those funds are navigating the cras...
Meme-Stock Investors Are Back! Sort of, Anyway
Individual investors have waded back into the stock market after laying low through the worst of this year’s selloff. But don’t call it a comeback yet. So-called retail investors in the last two week...
How to feel rich and get more out of life
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Duke Energy Sees a Bright Future for Nuclear Power
I figured I’d put the uranium rods near the basketball hoop. Water from the nearby garden hose would serve as both the coolant and the moderator, slowing the neutrons enough to keep my chain reaction ...
Morgan Stanley’s Kathy Roeser: Prepping for the Next Bull Market
Morgan Stanley advisor Kathy Roeser has found herself using the word “cloud” quite a bit this year, as in the cloud that’s been hanging over the economy and markets. While acknowledging the gloom, she...
8 employment fields that advertise the most signing bonuses
Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images Employers are using signing bonuses at an elevated rate to attract talent — and there are ways workers can capitalize on the trend. A signing bonus is a fin...
Which Are Morningstar’s 10 Most Undervalued REITs?
While real estate investment trusts have rallied over the past eight weeks, the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs index remains down 12% in 2022 through Aug. 10. Rising interest rates have dented REITs, which ...
Billionaire Mark Cuban Takes Surprise Stance on Controversial New Tax
No subject is more controversial in economic circles right now than taxes. Tensions heighten even more when the specific subject is a new tax aimed at businesses. Simply put, the business community ha...
Have stocks bottomed? Not until this ‘gorilla’ in equity markets budges, warns BofA
Households, not hedge funds or major corporations, represent the biggest class of owners of the U.S. stock market. That matters because households, the “placid gorilla” in U.S. stocks, haven’t cut and...
Oil prices are down, but energy companies’ earnings estimates keep rising — these stocks are cheap
Oil prices have fallen from a peak earlier this year. But energy companies’ earnings estimates have kept rising on stronger demand and low capital spending. Below is a screen of large-cap oil stocks a...
Why home prices can stay high, complicating the Fed’s battle against inflation
Sky-high housing prices still threaten to complicate the Federal Reserve’s inflation fight, even as America’s market for single-family homes shows signs of cooling in response to sharply higher intere...
Grocery prices in July had largest price increase since 1979 — with one food staple rising by 38% on the year
The rise in the cost of living cooled in July, but not for grocery prices. The price of food at home rose 1.3% from June to July, marking a 13.1% increase compared to last year. It was the largest pr...
Travel costs fell in July. Here’s how you can score a good deal
Fluxfactory | E+ | Getty Images Travelers saw prices fall for big-ticket pieces of their vacation budgets in July, offering at least a temporary reprieve after soaring costs earlier this year. Airfare...
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...
How to save on groceries amid food price inflation
To feel the effects of inflation, just go to the supermarket. Although inflation, overall, began to ease last month along with gas prices, food costs climbed 1.1% in July, bringing the year-over-year ...
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 ...
Opinion: Inflation report brings 2 pieces of good news for retirees and retirement savers
Retirees and those seeking secure income got two items of very good news this week, though you may only have heard about one. July’s inflation came in below fears (although a debate now rages on what ...