These money and investing tips give you tools for the stock market’s ‘January Defect’

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MYGAs and Fixed Index Annuities Are Popular. What to Consider.

Rising rates have made annuities of all stripes more interesting investments, but two in particular are worth a hard look right now. Multi-year guaranteed annuities—MYGAs, for short—are the insurance ...

Crypto companies accused by SEC of offering unregistered securities

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The cryptocurrency lenders Genesis Global Capital and Gemini Trust were accused of selling unregistered securities through a sche...

Airline stocks fall after Delta’s weaker-than-expected guidance

Airline stocks fell before market open Friday after Delta Air Lines Inc. gave weaker-than-expected guidance for the first quarter. The carrier’s fourth-quarter results beat analysts’ top and bottom li...

Bank of America’s Subramanian says S&P 500 earnings risk a 10% drop in 2023

“ ‘We are likely to see some downward revisions [to earnings] and our forecast for profits growth for 2023 is $200 for the S&P 500. That would mean about a 10% decline in earnings peak to trough.’...

Here Are the Best Tech ETFs for 2023

For the first time in three years, it’s dead easy to pick a basket of tech stocks for the year ahead. After giant double-digit gains from 2019 through 2021, the Nasdaq Composite Index ended 2022 down ...

Bitcoin spikes above $21,000: is the crypto bear market over ?

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, spiked above the $21,000 mark on Saturday. The move has encouraged crypto investors who have been shaken by the collapse of several high-p...

Inflation has fallen. Is it time to buy inflation protected bonds?

Good news, especially for retirees: Inflation has fallen. The official rate has just tumbled to 6.5% — down from 9.1% last June. And while 6.5% is still a hefty hike in prices, that’s just the annual ...

Tanking Biotech Stocks Will Mean a Big Year for Deals. Who Could Benefit.

Nearly two years after biotechnology stocks began to tumble, executives at small and midsize companies in the space are finally accepting that share prices aren’t bouncing back anytime soon. With real...

SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini for Offering and Selling Unregistered Securities

The SEC also revealed that Genesis and Gemini generated assets worth hundreds of dollars from hundreds of thousands of investors. On the 12th of January, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC...

Opinion: The days of IRS forgiveness for RMD mistakes may soon be over

Katie St. Ores has a 100% track record of getting her tax clients out of paying the steep penalty for missing a required minimum distribution from their retirement funds. That amounts to only two hous...

Here’s How Genesis and Gemini May Have Violated The Crypto Securities Laws 

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against Genesis Global Capital LLC and Gemini Trust Company LLC for unlawfully offering securities to a large number of investors th...

Genesis and Gemini Charged for Selling Unregistered Securities

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday charged cryptocurrency firms Genesis and Gemini for allegedly selling unregistered securities. The charges relate directly to ‘Ea...

SEC charges Gemini and Genesis for selling unregistered securities

SEC charges Gemini and Genesis for offering lending services via the Earn program The commission previously charged BlockFi for similar offerings The United States Securities and Exchanges Commission ...

Citigroup Reports Earnings Friday. Here’s What Wall Street Expects.

Citigroup is in the midst of a yearslong turnaround. On Friday, Wall Street will see how successful the bank’s efforts have been. Like most of its peers, Citigroup (ticker: C) is expected to post a dr...

SEC Files Complaint Against Gemini and Genesis for Allegedly Selling Unregistered Securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Genesis Global Capital and Gemini Trust Company for allegedly selling unregistered securities to retail investors in the US. ...

SEC Charges Genesis And Crypto Exchange Gemini For Offering Unregistered Securities

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against crypto lender Gemini and Genesis for selling unregistered securities through Gemini’s “Earn” scheme. The SEC claims that Earn enab...

SEC charges Genesis and Gemini with selling unregistered securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged crypto firms Genesis and Gemini with allegedly selling unregistered securities in connection with a high-yield product offered to depositors....

Digital Securities Bill seeking Bitcoin Bond gets approval in El Salvador

El Salvador took one more step closer to embrace cryptocurrency, especially bitcoin (BTC), based economy. The Central American country is now going to soon issue the bitcoin bonds after the bill gets ...

SEC charges Gemini and Genesis with unregistered securities offering

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Genesis Global Capital LLC and Gemini Trust Company LLC for the unregistered offer and sale of securities to retail investors through a Gemini crypto len...

‘My adviser insists this is a good, low-risk investment.’ I’m semi-retired at 63 with $2 million saved. My financial adviser wants me to sink half my money in an annuity. Should I do it?

I’ve never been a big fan of annuities, but my advisor insists this is a good low risk investment vehicle. Is a variable annuity a good option for me? Getty Images Question: I am 63 and semi-retired. ...

Silvergate Faces Another Securities Law Class-Action Suit

On January 10, a class-action lawsuit was brought against Silvergate Capital, which is the parent corporation of Silvergate Bank and the operator of the Silvergate Exchange Network. The lawsuit was fi...

China Is Opening Fast. Don’t Miss the Rebound for Stocks.

Chinese authorities’ abrupt pivot away from zero-Covid policies has been matched by the quick shift in investor sentiment about Chinese stocks from the bearishness of the past year. As the world’s sec...

Peter Thiel Revealed as an Investor in FTX. Even the Best Get Burned.

Peter Thiel has made some fantastic bets in his career, from PayPal to Facebook to Palantir FTX cannot be counted as one of them. Thiel, one of Silicon Valley’s most high-profile investors, was reveal...

Home prices to tumble over 25% from peak levels in ‘overheated’ markets, says Goldman

Credit researchers at Goldman Sachs now expect home prices in several “overheated” metro areas to fall over 25% from peak levels. Metro areas included in their forecast were San Jose, Austin, Phoenix ...

Why Thursday’s U.S. CPI report might kill stock market’s hope of inflation melting away

A mild stock market rally to kick off the new year will be put to the test Thursday when investors face a highly-awaited U.S. inflation reading which could well help determine the size of the Federal ...

Is the SEC Going to Force Cryptocurrencies into Registering as Securities?

For a very long time, it has been unclear whether cryptocurrencies should be treated as commodities or securities. And everyone is aware of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s position on t...

Jamie Dimon Is Changing His Tune About an Economic Hurricane. He’s Not Alone.

After a difficult 2022 for investors, there may be rays of light peeking through at the start of the new year. Take heart from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. He clarified Tuesday that maybe he should...

NY Business Examines Core Scientific Securities Fraud

A legal company located in New York has said that it has initiated an inquiry into whether or not Bitcoin miner Core Scientific and its leadership may have possibly participated in securities fraud an...

Core Scientific under investigation for potential securities fraud, following…

An NY-based securities class action firm is investigating Core Scientific for potential securities fraud. The investigation is to determine whether the actions of the company led to a decline in its s...

‘Our kids say our small house is embarrassing’: My husband and I earn $160K, have $1 million in retirement savings, cook at home and drive an old Honda. Are we missing out? 

I’m a pretty fortunate person who lives a pretty fortunate life, and our annual household income at $160,000 is high compared to the rest of the world. However, we are still pretty frugal — we cook at...