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Did Your Employer End 401(k) Matching? Here’s 1 Major Reason to Keep Contributing
It’s rough out there. With much of America still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate is the highest it’s been since the Great Depression. But even many Americans that still have jobs are seeing pay and benefit cuts because 401(k) matching rules...
Only 7% Work in Retirement — Plan Now So It’s a Bonus, Not a Lifeline
Working in retirement is a great way to stretch your savings out, especially if you haven't had a chance to save as much as you wanted — but don't count on it. There are a lot of benefits to maintaining a less strenuous part-time position after hanging it up at your...
1 Tech Hedge Play for 7% Dividends in This Uncertain Market
Has this market gone too far, too fast? Is another crash coming? And what the heck should we be buying now? I’ll dive into all three questions today, and I think my answer to that last one will intrigue you: It’s a tech-focused closed-end fund (CEF) paying...
Why Preparing Now for 2021’s Social Security COLA Is Crucial
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting all aspects of life and after months of stymied economic activity, your Social Security COLA (cost-of-living adjustment) is likely to be nonexistent in 2021 because of the ongoing pandemic. The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has...
Play Options on a Bullish Breakout With a Pro — and Bank Big Profits
Most folks have a tough time buying stocks at their highs. We have Warren Buffett’s “buy low, sell high” adage in the backs of our minds. And nobody likes the feeling of potentially “overpaying” for anything. But as is often the case with successful investing, what...
1 Tech Hedge Play for 7% Dividends in This Uncertain Market
Has this market gone too far, too fast? Is another crash coming? And what the heck should we be buying now? I’ll dive into all three questions today, and I think my answer to that last one will intrigue you: It’s a tech-focused closed-end fund (CEF) paying...
Marijuana Market Update: Don’t Buy Aurora, Buy These Pot Stocks Instead
Prosperity Research's Marijuana Market Update is a podcast featuring Banyan Hill Publishing's top cannabis analysts, who break down the latest industry news and investment advice. On this week's episode, Matt Badiali is back and ready to talk about Aurora Cannabis...
The Bull & The Bear: Debunking the Difficulty Myths of Options Trading
To most, investing seems hard. It’s probably why only a small percentage of Americans actually play the stock market outside of say a 401(k), which is mostly passive investing. Perhaps one of the biggest misnomers related to investing surrounds options. Options...
You Don’t Need a ‘Vaccine Playbook’ — 1 Way to Trade This Sideways Market
It's been another wild up-and-down week in the U.S. stock market, and many investors may be trying to figure out the best way for trading during market volatility like this. It all started Monday, when Moderna Inc. (Nasdaq: ) revealed a...
Increase in Prices, End of Splits Show Stocks are for Trading, Not Investing
In the early 1990s, a popular trading strategy was to buy stocks priced near $100 a share, and buyers expected stock splits so the price would be attractive to small investors. When a stock splits, the company increases the number of shares outstanding by giving more...
One Snapshot Flashes Caution for Tech Investors in the Months Ahead
There’s been a surprising shift in U.S. stock market leadership that tech investors should take note of. Technology — led by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Microsoft and Google — has been the darling sector for stock market investors. I don’t need to get into...
Hong Kong as We Know it Ends With US, China on Brink of New Cold War
The Hong Kong we’ve known for generations is gone....
Opening Bell: Friday Morning’s Top News and Stocks to Watch
U.S. stock market futures were fairly flat as tensions between Washington and Beijing added to investor’s fears over a slower economic recovery, plus stocks to watch today in the Money & Markets Opening Bell. The Top Story On Friday, the Chinese central government...
Closing Bell: Wall Street Flat Amid Increased U.S.-China tensions
Stock market indexes were mostly flat to finish off a week of good gains as investors started to pull back amid growing U.S.-China tensions and continued uncertainty surrounding the economic recovery, plus more in today’s Closing Bell on Money & Markets. The Top...
Closing Bell: Stocks Slip on Renewed US-China Tensions
A day after hitting two- and three-month highs with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, respectively, Wall Street’s main stock indexes retreated slightly as sentiment was jarred by renewed U.S.-China tensions and concerns of a slow economic recovery, plus more in today’s...
Stock Prices Reflect More Fed Intervention, not Reality of Hardships Ahead
Week 10 of the Quarantine SALTA, ARGENTINA — Yesterday, we decided to take the five-hour drive up to the city of Salta. After 10 weeks of Deep Freeze, things are beginning to thaw. Salta province has no active cases of the coronavirus. It — along with a few other...
2020’s Crash Was the Fastest Ever. Dismal Numbers Prove it Won’t Be the Shortest
Unprecedented is still a popular word. Almost everything that’s happened in the past couple of months was unprecedented. We’ve never seen the global economy shut down before. We’ve never seen 39 million Americans lose their jobs in less than two months. We’ve never...
Opening Bell: Thursday Morning’s Top News and Stocks to Watch
Stock market futures trended downward as tensions between the U.S. and China compounded investor worries that a global economic recovery may be slower than expected, plus stocks to watch today in the Money & Markets Opening Bell. The Top Story Tensions between the...
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Hyperinflation Now? Argentina Hints at America’s Fast-Approaching Future
Week 10 of the Quarantine SAN MARTIN, ARGENTINA — Time is speeding up. Things we expected to take decades are happening in just days, months, weeks… And here in Northwest Argentina, we get a sneak preview of the fast-approaching future… What do we see, exactly? The...
A Sector of the Housing Market Is Booming. Profit Now With This ETF
On the surface, considering the housing sector of the economy, things aren’t looking so good. Economic activity is so low that we are in the midst of a recession. Millions of Americans continue to be out of work due to businesses closing because of the coronavirus...
Forget Inflation Theories. This Chart, Markets Provide the Best Economic Forecast
Economists rely on theory. That sounds like a nice job right now. Imagine being paid to think about how to get back to work instead of making hard decisions about potential risks and rewards. One of the things economists are thinking about is inflation. Some believe...
Dangers of a W-Shaped Recovery Can’t Be Ignored After Fed Chief’s Testimony
The federal government has pumped billions of dollars through various efforts in an attempt to stabilize the economic recovery in the U.S. Congress passed a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package and the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to near zero again...
We Are in a Generational Economic Cycle. Better Lock in That Mortgage Rate
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. – William Pitt the Younger, former British prime minister SAN MARTIN, ARGENTINA — “No pure-paper money has ever survived a complete interest rate...
Government Bankruptcies — the Real Second Wave of Coronavirus Casualties
While we’ve spent weeks locked in our homes under some version of house arrest, voluntary or otherwise,...
Headwinds for Bank Stocks Leave Little for Investors to Crave
While bank stocks fueled a rally Thursday morning on Wall Street, their future may be a bit less certain. The rally by banks helped erase a 450-point drop in premarket trading and pushed all three stock market indexes up after a rocky start to the trading day. Bank of...
Did Your Employer End 401(k) Matching? Here’s 1 Major Reason to Keep Contributing
It’s rough out there. With much of America still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate is the highest it’s been since the Great Depression. But even many Americans that still have jobs are seeing pay and benefit cuts because 401(k) matching rules...
Only 7% Work in Retirement — Plan Now So It’s a Bonus, Not a Lifeline
Working in retirement is a great way to stretch your savings out, especially if you haven't had a chance to save as much as you wanted — but don't count on it. There are a lot of benefits to maintaining a less strenuous part-time position after hanging it up at your...
Why Preparing Now for 2021’s Social Security COLA Is Crucial
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting all aspects of life and after months of stymied economic activity, your Social Security COLA (cost-of-living adjustment) is likely to be nonexistent in 2021 because of the ongoing pandemic. The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has...
These 3 Social Security Mistakes Will Wreck Your Plans Amid the Pandemic
You may be looking for extra income after the novel coronavirus wrecked your retirement plans, but there are a few Social Security mistakes you should avoid before doing even more damage. The unemployment rate in the U.S. skyrocketed to nearly 15% in a matter of...
Don’t Miss this $57K Small Business Retirement Plan Deduction
If you’re like most small business owners, your main focus is simply getting business in the door. And with business conditions still extremely difficult in the post-coronavirus world, many small business owners are struggling to keep the lights on. But if your...
Analyze Your Expenses Now to Boost Your Retirement by $60K Over 20 Years
If there's one positive that has come out of the whole coronavirus ordeal, it's that I've had a chance to look at my own expenses and how they are hurting or helping my retirement goals. I'm still a long way off from exiting the workforce, and my retirement plan has a...
Don’t Get Your Social Security Facts Mixed Up — It Could Cost You
Keeping your Social Security facts straight is important to getting the most out of the benefits program that so many rely on in retirement. A lot of factors go into determining how much you'll receive every month from Social Security. Arguably two of the biggest...