This JBL Bluetooth Speaker is 20% off Post-Prime Day

The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Finding the right Bluetooth speaker is a tricky game of balance — you want high-quality sounds to feel like the band is performing right next to you, but you also don’t want to… Continue reading This JBL Bluetooth Speaker is 20% off Post-Prime Day

How Short Sales and Foreclosures Affect Your Taxes

For information on the third coronavirus relief package, please visit our “American Rescue Plan: What Does it Mean for You and a Third Stimulus Check” blog post. Whenever you sell a home, you need to calculate your capital gains to determine whether you owe any tax. If you engage in a short sale or your… Continue reading How Short Sales and Foreclosures Affect Your Taxes

Housing Blues Continue to Play: Unaffordable Mortgages

Soaring home prices and mortgage rates, along with a lack of supply, have hammered the hopes of many potential home buyers, and the outlook remains bleak. Just ask Beth Ann Bovino, chief North American economist for S&P Global Ratings. “We think a typical U.S. first-time buyer now finds that owning a home is too expensive,… Continue reading Housing Blues Continue to Play: Unaffordable Mortgages

If you’re reacting to volatility after it occurs, you’re already behind

How can investors help navigate high market volatility? Prepare for bear markets before they even begin A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photo by REUTERS/Brendan McDermid files Any financial adviser will likely tell you that their job is considerably easier in a bull market. The phrase “a rising tide… Continue reading If you’re reacting to volatility after it occurs, you’re already behind

Noah Solomon: Why the Fed might not save stock markets this time

Markets may be in store for additional pain Publishing date: Jul 19, 2022  •  14 hours ago  •  4 minute read  •  5 Comments The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo One of the single largest contributors to booms and busts is the tendency of investors to suffer periodic bouts of long-term… Continue reading Noah Solomon: Why the Fed might not save stock markets this time

Stock Market Today: Dow Spikes 754 Points Despite IBM, J&J Earnings Slumps | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today Communication services stocks led a broad rally on Wall Street, with Netflix (NFLX) surging ahead of its Q2 earnings report.Stocks shot higher out of the gate Tuesday – and never looked back. Despite a mixed batch of corporate earnings reports and lackluster housing data, today’s rally was broad-based, with all 11 sectors… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Dow Spikes 754 Points Despite IBM, J&J Earnings Slumps | Kiplinger

Do You Have Gun Stocks in Your Funds? | Kiplinger

ESG Investors looking to make changes amid gun violence can easily divest from gun stocks … though it’s trickier if they own them through funds.Mass shootings in the U.S. have become a quotidian part of American life. Just as the public was struggling to understand the May rampage at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that… Continue reading Do You Have Gun Stocks in Your Funds? | Kiplinger