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The $7,500 EV tax credit may be tougher to get starting in March
Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images Getting a $7,500 tax break for the purchase of a new electric vehicle will likely get harder in a few months — meaning prospective buyers who want the financial incentiv...
Why naked short selling has suddenly become a hot topic
Short selling can be controversial, especially among management teams of companies whose stocks traders are betting that their prices will fall. And a new spike in alleged “naked short selling” among ...
Tax season kicks off as IRS begins to deploy $80 billion in funding
kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images Tax season kicked off for individual filers Monday with a bigger IRS customer service team and enhanced technology as the agency begins to deploy its nearly $80 billi...
High egg prices due to a ‘collusive scheme’ by suppliers, group claims
Eggs for sale at elevated prices in New York on Jan 21, 2023. Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Egg prices soared to historically high levels in 2022 — and one group is alleging the trend i...
Here’s how to report Roth IRA conversions on your taxes
If you made a Roth individual retirement account conversion in 2022, you may have a more complicated tax return this season, experts say. The strategy, which transfers pretax or non-deductible IRA fu...
I’m about to get $130,000 from a lump sum pension payout, what do I do with it?
I am about to receive a lump-sum payout from a pension plan I was in. It’s around $130,000. Need some advice on the best way to invest this money. I am turning 60 in April and don’t have a 401(k) or I...
What Is Taxable Income (With Examples)?
Contents What Is Taxable Income? Taxable income is the amount of money, in earned income and unearned income, that creates a potential tax liability. What Is Earned Income? Earned taxable income is an...
How to read a balance sheet and a company’s finances
Contents While a company’s income statement presents the latest results of a company’s operations, other financial statements can present how a company is performing using other factors. T...
How to Read Stocks: Charts, Basics and What to Look For
If you’re just getting into investing, there are a few things you should understand at the outset. While picking a brokerage and a couple of stocks to get started are key on your investment jou...
I-bond strategies: Answers to your questions about Series I bonds
Most people are still new to investing in I-bonds, and so it’s not surprising that they have a lot of questions about the basics. As a new year begins, the situation is even more complicated by strate...
Retirement may be bad for your brain. Is working longer the solution?
When we retire from our jobs we may be giving up more than staff meetings, desk lunches and a paycheck. The social interaction and mental challenges found through work can be good for our mental healt...
Google bonus delay offers lesson in windfall spending
A pedestrian strolls on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, on Jan. 27, 2022. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Change to bonuses addresses 2023 uncertainty Google employees who...
House prices slumped by 10% in San Francisco, Redfin says — and prices are also falling in these cities
Even as mortgage rates come off of recent highs, buyer demand remains constrained. And that’s affecting home-list prices, according to a new report. The report by Redfin RDFN, +8.45%, which tracked ho...
Should you add $30,000 to your retirement with an after-tax auto Roth conversion?
If you are saving up to the employee limit in your workplace retirement accounts and looking to add more, you’ll be glad to hear that employers are making it easier than ever to make extra after-tax c...
‘I have $30,000 in my savings account’: I’m 56, unemployed and single. I invented products that will cost $20,000 to bring to market. Should I do it?
Dear Quentin, I am a 56-year-old divorced woman who has raised four children as a single parent. I made the decision at a young age to give birth to all of my children, and I was the sole provider for...
This simple, no-sweat portfolio makes money in all markets
Well now. This is interesting. Very interesting. And—potentially — very profitable. Especially if you want your savings to go to work and make you money in all environments—booms and slumps, crashes a...
Why overconfidence bias may cost investors
Prasit Photo | Moment | Getty Images Your investment ego may be costing you big bucks. “Overconfidence bias” is the behavioral principle of overestimating one’s financial acumen. And...
Here’s why Citigroup’s stock stands out among the biggest U.S. banks
The “big six” U.S. banks have all reported their fourth-quarter results, wrapping up a difficult 2022, when soaring interest rates forced a decline in several areas of business. Citigroup Inc. C, -1.7...
‘They continue to climb.’ You can now earn upwards of 4% on a savings account. Here’s where.
Are you earning enough on your savings account? Getty Images/iStockphoto Nearly half of Americans don’t know what their current savings account interest rate is, according to a Capital One survey cond...
Apple CEO Tim Cook asked for — and got — a major pay cut this year. Is there ever a time when some of us should accept one too? The answer is ‘yes.’
In an SEC filing, Apple announced that CEO Tim Cook will receive a big pay cut in 2023, and the filing noted that he requested the cut. mandel ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The new year is ba...
Amid inflation, more middle-class Americans struggle to make ends meet
As inflation spiked, Americans in the middle class were particularly hard hit. For them, prices increased faster than their income, according to a September report by the Congressional Budget Office. ...
Intel stock’s dividend sticks out among chip makers. But a cut may be coming.
Semiconductor stocks have been on a tear so far this year, following a difficult 2022. But now that we’re in the thick of fourth-quarter earnings season, investors will be questioning whether or not I...