Month: October 2022

Brandon Bell | Getty Images It’s no secret that higher prices are taking a bite out of household budgets. They also appear to have made some people change their retirement savings habits: Inflation has caused 54% of adults to either reduce or stop their contributions, according to a new report from Allianz Life. Additionally, 43%
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In this article PINS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians pass in front of Pinterest signage displayed outside of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pinterest shares soared over 12% in extended trading after the company reported third-quarter earnings. Here’s how the company did. Earnings: 11 cents per
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In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations on revenue and earnings per share.  However, Apple came up short versus revenue expectations in core product categories including the company’s iPhone business and services.  Apple shares rose over 1% in extended trading. Here
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Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Source: Twitter The New York Post on Thursday said an employee was responsible for posts on its website and Twitter account that included racist, violent and sexually explicit headlines about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden. The posts were removed shortly thereafter, and the News Corp.-owned New York tabloid
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Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards The average cost to attend a private college in 1970 was about $3,000 a year. Today, it costs more than $50,000. How we got to this point, and its seemingly endless consequences on families and U.S. society, are the issues explored in Will Bunch’s new book, “After the Ivory Tower
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In this article MRK CSG.N-CH SNBR META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Meta Platforms — The Facebook parent slumped 22.4% after issuing weak guidance for the current quarter and missing earnings estimates for the
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In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT McDonald’s on Thursday said traffic to its U.S. restaurants is growing, helping the fast-food giant top analysts’ expectations for its quarterly earnings and revenue. The company is bucking a trend seen by other chains, which have reported shrinking traffic after raising menu prices. Many restaurants, including McDonald’s and its
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Bradley Williams “absolutely hated” his first job after graduating from college. The 28-year-old said the office environment wasn’t for him — and he quit in three months. Williams’ girlfriend, Cazzy Magennis, had just finished her degree at the University of Exeter, where they met. While their friends were starting their careers in London, Williams and
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nd3000 | iStock | Getty Images Despite signs of a cooling housing market, home prices are still relatively high, resulting in bigger down payments.  Over the past year, average down payments in the country’s 50 biggest metros have grown by more than 35%, according to a LendingTree report, based on 30-year fixed-rate mortgage data from
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In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Ford DETROIT – Ford Motor recorded a net loss of $827 million during the third quarter, weighed down by supply chain problems and an investment in autonomous vehicle unit Argo AI. Still, the automaker narrowly beat Wall Street’s subdued expectations
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Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on April 26, 2022. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The nation’s consumer watchdog is upping its efforts to clamp down on so-called junk fees that some banks charge consumers. The Consumer
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Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Oct. 21, 2022. Source: NYSE Professional stock pickers are still betting that the U.S. economy could skirt a recession, according to Bank of America analysis. Actively managed mutual funds have maintained their pro-cyclical stance with overweights in consumer discretionary and industrials, while having a sizeable underweight in consumer staples,
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In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, in July 2021. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images Meta reports third-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what analysts are expecting: Earnings: $1.89 per share, according to Refinitiv Revenue: $27.38 billion, according
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Mstudioimages | E+ | Getty Images Americans now expect they will need $1.25 million to retire comfortably, according to a new study from Northwestern Mutual. That figure represents a 20% increase from the $1.05 million respondents cited last year. That’s not necessarily good news for individuals who have seen their retirement savings decline in the
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The logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google outside the company’s office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. Thomas Peter | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Alphabet — The search engine parent dropped 5.8% after Alphabet missed third-quarter earnings expectations, and reported a decline in YouTube ad revenue. Alphabet earned $1.06 per share
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In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alphabet shares dropped about 7% in extended trading on Tuesday after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings and revenue for the third quarter and said it would significantly decrease headcount growth. Earnings per share (EPS): $1.06 vs. $1.25 expected, according to Refinitiv estimates. Revenue: $69.09 billion
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The Biden administration announced Tuesday it is making permanent changes to its public service loan forgiveness plan to make it easier for borrowers to have their loans forgiven. “Our team has worked to turn public service loan forgiveness from a promise broken into a promise kept,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said during a
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Kikoncos | Getty Images It’s Sunday morning, and my kids are checking player reports to evaluate their fantasy football lineups. They chatter about wins and losses from the previous week and rumors about a reserve player that looks ripe for a break-out. During the NFL games, they check their phones for player stats to determine
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