Space Needle and Mount Baker, Seattle. engelhardt.zenfolio.com | Moment Open | Getty Images The kids are all right in Washington state. At least that’s what Wealthfront, an investment management firm that provides robo-advisor services, found when it analyzed 201,486 of its clients across the country over the course of the year. Millennial investors — that
Month: December 2019
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that
Martin Barraud | Getty Images A majority of Americans say the economy is only benefitting the wealthy, despite record-low unemployment and rising wages. A poll by Pew Research Center found that 69% of Americans say the economy is helping the wealthy, while hurting the poor, those without college degrees and the middle class. Responses also
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made it clear the central bank will not move on interest rates unless it sees a significant and persistent move in inflation, which has been stubbornly below the Fed’s target. Markets took Powell’s comments as dovish, meaning the Fed is leaning toward an easing policy and keeping interest rates low
Scott Mlyn | CNBC Home Depot on Wednesday forecast fiscal 2020 sales growth below Wall Street expectations, three weeks after the home improvement chain cut its 2019 sales forecast. The company said last month that its One Home Depot strategy, which aims to improve the online and brick-and-mortar businesses, was not yet generating as much
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, as well as three other Democratic Presidential hopefuls Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Gov. Jay Inslee and react to questions during the Daily Kos/Netroots Nation candidate forum, at the Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, on July 13, 2019. Bastiaan Slabbers | NurPhoto | Getty Images A new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton
The Federal Reserve‘s decision Wednesday to keep interest rates steady put the cap on a tumultuous year for consumers. After raising the federal funds rate nine times in three years, with the last hike just one year ago as financial markets were melting down, concerns about a slowing economy and a looming U.S.-China trade war
PeskyMonkey | iStock | Getty Images The bull market in U.S. stocks rolls on. From the trade war between the U.S. and China and the slowdown in global economic growth, to Britain’s messy exit from the European Union and the potential impeachment of President Trump, nothing has dampened the enthusiasm for stocks. The American economy
A General Electric (GE) sign is seen at the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 6, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters General Electric shares rose after a new analyst at UBS assumed coverage on the troubled conglomerate with a buy rating. “We believe the stock is at a positive inflection point
The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed higher yet again. With no one hitting all six numbers on Tuesday, the top prize is an estimated $340 million for Friday night’s drawing. And while the odds are stacked against hitting the jackpot — your chance is 1 in about 302 million — at some point, someone will
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady following its two-day meeting this week and indicated that no action is likely next year amid persistently low inflation. Concluding a year that saw the central bank take down its benchmark rate three times, the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday met widely held expectations and
Chevron is writing down as much as $11 billion worth of assets, and it could cost the entire market. S&P Dow Jones Indices’ Howard Silverblatt said that depending on the final charge, it could reduce 2020’s overall S&P 500 earnings by $1.32 per share. Currently, the median EPS estimate for next year’s S&P 500 earnings
Pedestrians seen walking past Canadian athletic apparel retailer Lululemon in Shanghai. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Lululemon on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and sales that topped analysts’ estimates, as more shoppers around the world picked up its yoga pants and sports bras. And its men’s business continued to grow. But
Alistair Berg | DigitalVision | Getty Images It’s officially crunch time for older savers who must take mandated withdrawals from their retirement accounts. Individuals who turned 70½ this year — and those who are older — are responsible for taking required minimum distributions from their individual retirement accounts and from each of their 401(k) plans.
Veteran trader Art Cashin told CNBC on Tuesday that investors are wary of positive U.S.-China trade reports after having been let down in the past. “This market has had its heart broken time and time again,” said Cashin, director of UBS floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks have reacted wildly to reports
Champion golfer Jack Nicklaus known as ‘The Golden Bear’ wearing his Rolex Day-Date ref. 1803. SOURCE: Jim Mandeville Nicklaus Companies Golf legend Jack Nicklaus’s gold Rolex sold at auction Tuesday evening for $1 million. The Golden Bear’s Rolex, which he wore for over 50 years and during 12 of his majors, sold Tuesday night at
Pedestrians pass a GameStop store in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of GameStop tanked more than 20% during extended trading after the video game retailer reported a large third-quarter earnings miss. GameStop posted a loss of 49 cents per share excluding certain items on
Gerrit Cole #45 of the Houston Astros reacts against the Washington Nationals in Game Five of the 2019 World Series at Nationals Park on October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. Patrick Smith/Getty Images SAN DIEGO – The New York Yankees have won the Gerrit Cole sweepstakes, according to multiple reports. When super-agent Scott Boras held
New York, New York E+ | Getty Images There are three weeks left in the year, and House Democrats are taking a last shot at ending the $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions. Rep. Thomas Suozzi, D-N.Y, along with Reps. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., and Mike Thompson, D-Calif., proposed the “Restoring Tax Fairness for
Howard Marks, Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital David A. Grogan | CNBC Investors should take some risk off the table in 2020 given some of the challenges the market faces, billionaire investor Howard Marks said on Tuesday. “The economic expansion and the bull market are old,” Marks told CNBC’s Wilfred Frost. “Valuations are above average. There’s a
Desmond Chang has spent much of the past year in steaming kitchens and pungent food production facilities scattered around Chengdu — arguably the city with the spiciest cuisine on the planet. In all-night sessions over hotpots and baiju (a potent alcoholic spirit), he conspired with local residents Xu Fan and Yang Wen to make this
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, left, hands his mobile phone to Michelle Smith, assistant to the board and director at the Federal Reserve, before a House Budget Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Could the Twittersphere be influencing the Federal
Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden attend an NCAA basketball game between Georgetown University and Duke University in Washington, January 30, 2010. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A woman who had a love child by Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, is demanding that he formally divulge how much he earned from
Lauren Schaefer, 31, was managing events for the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism when she quit to start her own wedding coordination company. Source: Lauren Schaefer When Lauren Schaefer started planning weddings, she never imagined it would become a full-time job. The 31-year-old worked in the events management industry for 10 years before she
James Gorman being interviewed in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2016. David A. Grogan | CNBC Morgan Stanley is cutting roughly 2% of its workforce due to an uncertain global economic outlook, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The job cuts at the investment bank, the world’s biggest equities trading firm and a leading
At the Dead Sea, travelers slather thick, mineral-rich mud onto their bodies and bake under the sun. In India, hot stones are strategically placed along the spine. From Iceland to New Zealand, people luxuriate in steaming natural hot springs. And in Morocco? Travelers are buried alive in sweltering hot sand in the name of health
A customer uses a Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank, automatic teller machine (ATM) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Justin Mott | Bloomberg | Getty Images Vietnam’s banking sector is an attractive investment opportunity because it is generating a lot of capital and growing fast, according to a senior banker at J.P. Morgan.
A customer pulls into a McDonald’s restaurant in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s black franchisees are choosing to leave the chain as the disparity in performance between their restaurants and their white counterparts grows, Business Insider reported Monday. The average cash flow of black franchisees is much less than the
Jim McGuire | Getty Images A new proposal in Congress aims to resurrect an old tradition: mailing Social Security statements to your home. Since 2011, the Social Security Administration has cut back on the number of paper statements it puts in the mail in order to save money. A new bill, called the Know Your
Jordan Siemens | Getty Images When Tara Unverzagt started her own financial planning firm, South Bay Financial Partners, in 2014, she already had a head start. That’s because Unverzagt’s mother, Janet Tussing — one of the first female certified financial planners — was retiring and passed along her book of business. Those clients ranged from
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