10’000 Hours | DigitalVision | Getty Images Bonds take on a bigger role in retirement, as investors take chips off the table to protect their nest egg. Unfortunately, it’s easy to get tripped up — namely, by chasing returns and taking too much risk, according to financial advisors. “Bonds are the single biggest mistake I
Month: January 2022
An artist’s rendition of an ION spacecraft deploying satellites in orbit. D-Orbit Italian space transportation and services company D-Orbit announced Thursday plans to go public via a SPAC, in a deal that values the venture at $1.4 billion. The merger with special purpose acquisition company Breeze Holdings is expected to close in the second or
Experian, one of the big three credit bureaus, has launched a new feature on its app that allows consumers with “invisible” credit histories to build a credit report, using transactions not typically included in scoring. Experian says its new program, Experian Go, targets the nearly 50 million consumers who have a nonexistent or limited credit
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on June 5, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency exchange FTX saw its valuation swell to $32 billion in a new funding round announced Monday, highlighting continued appetite for the sector even as investors grow wary
In this article WCLD NOW Bill McDermott, CEO of ServiceNow. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Maybe cloud investors just needed a little reassurance. Following a brutal stretch that’s seen one cloud computing index tumble 38% from an all-time high in November, two key members of the group — ServiceNow and Qualtrics — delivered optimistic numbers on
In this photo illustration a TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages in the background. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images When TikTok creator Boman Martinez-Reid first got an email from Creative Artists Agency he ignored it. As an Ontario native, he saw the acronym CAA and assumed it was
U.S. President Joe Biden returns to the White House on Jan. 24th, 2022. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images More than a year into his first term, Loren Ewing is disappointed that President Joe Biden hasn’t moved to forgive student debt. She remembers his vow on the campaign trail to deliver “immediate
(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) On this day last year, investors watched in amazement as GameStop shares surged to a record high of $347.51. The stock had skyrocketed amid a trading frenzy brought on by retail investors swapping stock tips — and related memes — on social media. Professional investors also got
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion during the Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, August 31, 2019. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A book belonging to Ruth Bader Ginsburg sold for over $100,000 on Thursday in a blockbuster
Freeman H. Shen, Founder, Chairman & CEO of WM Motor, speaks during Fireside Chat on Day 2 of CNBC East Tech West at LN Garden Hotel Nansha Guangzhou on November 28, 2018 in Nansha, Guangzhou, China. Dave Zhong/Getty Images for CNBC International BEIJING — Covid-related restrictions have increased production costs for Chinese electric car start-up
Statues stand outside a Deutsche Bank AG branch in Frankfurt, Germany. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Deutsche Bank on Thursday defied market expectations to post a profit for the fourth quarter of 2021, as investment bank revenues rose. The German lender said profit attributable to shareholders came in at 145 million
In this article MGM A Ladbrokes betting shop, operated by Entain Plc, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images In a crowded gambling landscape, technology increasingly gives operators an edge. Global sports betting and gaming company Entain said Monday it is launching Ennovate, an innovation lab
US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with private sector CEOs in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 26, 2022. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images The Biden administration has said that student loan payments will finally restart in May. Many people aren’t taking that message
In this article SHOP-CA FB UBER HUBS NOW People wear protective masks in front of Uber Technologies Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The latest bout of market volatility has been nothing short of stomach-churning for short-term investors. Indeed, a sell-off
The highly transmissible omicron Covid-19 variant has some travelers thinking twice about air travel again. While travel bookings are surging this year, some people are sticking with one of the biggest trends to have emerged from the pandemic: the road trip. “With driving you can significantly lower your risk of exposure when interacting with large
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Panayiotis Tzamaros | ullstein bild via Getty Images Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has given an ominous warning about the volatile cryptocurrency market, comparing it to the subprime mortgage crisis of the late 2000s. In an opinion piece for The New York Times on Thursday, Krugman said he’s “seeing uncomfortable
In this article MCD Signage outside a McDonald’s Corp. fast food restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to report its fourth-quarter earnings before the bell Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv are expecting: Earnings per share: $2.34 expected
Going out is not only less common these days, it’s also a lot more expensive. In general, the prices that consumers pay for goods and services recently notched their largest year-over-year jump since 1982. Gas prices, alone, are up a whopping 58.1% over the past year, and that’s just to get to where you are going.
Kate Quick, 43, said that her student loan debt causes stress and anxiety for her and her family. Courtesy: Kate Quick When Kate Quick, 43, finished her master of fine arts degree at the University of Alaska Fairbanks 22 years ago, she had taken out about $30,000 in loans. Now, she owes nearly $48,000, even
NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images One hedge fund got the GameStop trade just about perfectly right last year — buying it under $10 and selling when the meme stock peaked. The sell signal it used? An Elon Musk tweet. That’s how 2021’s top-performing hedge fund Senvest Management was able to notch $700 million in
There’s a reason videos of people eating copious amounts of crab legs rack up millions of views on Youtube. People love watching almost as much as they love eating them. In fact, there are entire channels dedicated to devouring crab of all types. But not all crab legs are created equal. Snow crab legs are
Logo on an Apple store is seen in Arlington, Virginia, January 27, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Apple — Shares of the tech giant jumped more than 5% following a strong quarterly report that showed its largest single quarter in terms of revenue ever. Apple beat analyst estimates
In this article CMCSA Brian Roberts, CEO, Comcast, speaks with Jim Cramer, on CNBC’s “Mad Money” from Philadelphia, September 6, 2018. David A. Grogan | CNBC Comcast is set to report earnings for the fourth quarter of 2021 before the bell on Thursday. Here are the key numbers: Earnings: 73 cents per share expected, according
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after beating the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium. Mark J. Rebilas | USA TODAY Sports | Reuters Legendary quarterback Tom Brady is retiring from the sport after 22 seasons, ESPN reported Saturday. Brady, a seven-time Super
Anna Mascall pictured in front of the Easton, Pa., home she recently purchased. “To be able to say I own a home, I kind of did the American dream,” she said. Courtesy: Anna Lee Mascall After years of renting, Anna Mascall, 30, decided she wanted to buy her own home. Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit,
In this article HOOD Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev attend Robinhood Markets IPO Listing Day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Robinhood clawed back its major losses on Friday as investors looked past disappointing guidance from the company and rallied around progress on new product developments. Shares of
MARK RALSTON | AFP | Getty Images Sure, the chance of your ticket hitting the Mega Millions jackpot is tiny — roughly 1 in 302 million. Nevertheless, it’s worth considering what you’d do if you manage to beat the odds. For Friday night’s drawing, matching all six numbers pulled would mean landing $421 million. The
Coinbase launched its own debit card in an effort to promote the use of cryptocurrencies in payments as well as investing. Coinbase Visa said during its recent earnings call that customers made $2.5 billion in payments with its crypto-linked cards in its fiscal first quarter of 2022. That was 70% of the company’s crypto volume
In this article HOOD Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of Robinhood rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq on July 29th, 2021. Source: The Nasdaq Stock-trading app Robinhood gave a bleak revenue forecast for the first quarter of 2022 on Thursday as its latest earnings report showed a decline in users. Shares of Robinhood tanked
The storefront of Mark Shriner’s small business, The Coffee House, in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. Courtesy: Mark Shriner Mark Shriner needed help. It was spring 2020, and his coffee shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, was at risk as the Covid-19 pandemic forced small businesses like his to close their doors. So he sought assistance from the federal
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