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Johnson & Johnson products on a shelf in a store in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters It was a busy week for Wall Street. Heavyweights like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Boeing and Tesla, among others, stepped up to report their earnings for the most recent quarter. However, some analysts and strategists were more focused on

If you have a traditional 401(k), you will have to pay taxes when you take a 401(k) distribution. That 401(k) money is subject to ordinary income tax. The amount you pay is based on your tax bracket, and if you’re younger than 59½, add a 10% early withdrawal penalty in most cases. That could put your tax

An employee works inside an Office Depot Inc. Susana Gonzalez | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: ODP Corp. (ODP) ODP Corp. is a provider of business services, products and digital workplace technology solutions to small and medium businesses. The company has a fully integrated business-to-business distribution platform of approximately 1,300 stores and online presence. The

If you’ve lost job-related health insurance in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, you need to take action quickly. A number of options have time-limited deadlines, ranging from 30 to 60 days from the loss of coverage, so it’s important to promptly secure the documents, such as proof of job and health insurance loss, that

GameStop mania took Wall Street by storm, thanks to a legion of retail traders glued to the WallStreetBets message board on Reddit. Shares of the struggling brick-and-mortar video game retailer skyrocketed 400% in the past week, closing out January with a whopping 1,625% gain. A band of amateur traders in WallStreetBets forum, whose members have

A college education is a top priority for many people, but the ever-increasing cost is putting it beyond many families’ financial reach. If you don’t have the savings to cover your or your children’s college education, you may need to check out your loan options. Key Takeaways You can obtain a student loan through the

The Robinhood website home screen on a smartphone. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Restrictions on Robinhood traders are still tight and getting tighter throughout the day on Friday, now only allowing GameStop holders to buy a single additional share. The stock trading app has also expanded its list of restricted stocks from 13

Elon Musk has been hailed as a genius. He’s also been dubbed a “modern-day Tony Stark.” And, at this point, few would deny that he’s a talented entrepreneur. However, some amount of his notoriety is the result of his antics, especially his performances on the social media platform Twitter. In 2018, on April Fool’s Day,

The war between hedge funds and retail investors over shares of GameStop has one logical conclusion, according to executives and traders of a major Wall Street firm. Shares of GameStop, the videogame retailer, have climbed more than 900% since the start of the year after members of a Reddit community called WallStreetBets banded together in

Visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk is the co-founder of PayPal (PYPL) and Tesla Motors (TSLA) as well as the founder of SpaceX. His astounding success has given rise to comparisons of Musk and Steve Jobs, Howard Hughes, Henry Ford, and Bill Gates. Amid an often difficult childhood, Musk developed a relentless work ethic (he is known to work

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said Robinhood’s move to stop trading in certain speculative names was in the best interest of the company and its millions of users. “In order to protect the firm and protect our customers we had to limit buying in these stocks,” Tenev told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin Thursday evening. “Robinhood is

Your paycheck and pay stubs contain a variety of information about your income and the amounts your employer deducts from it, such as for taxes and insurance coverage. One item you may notice is group term life insurance, or GTL for short. If you see GTL or a similar reference to group term life on

Mark Cuban on Thursday cheered the epic short squeeze in GameStop shares, telling CNBC he believes the contingent of investors hyping the stock on sites like Reddit have taken a page out of Wall Street pros’ own book. “It’s not the first time low float or heavily shorted stocks have been targeted,” Cuban said on

Finding relief for student loan debt becomes even more pressing if you’re one of the millions who have lost their job—or are earning less—because of the pandemic. Here’s some good news: It’s easier than ever to get payment relief for student debt right now, no matter what type of loan you have. We’ll explain the

A customer holds a GameStop shopping bag inside a store in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wall Street has been watching GameStop in awe as a band of Reddit-obsessed retail investors managed to push the stock up 1,500% in two weeks, squeezing out short-selling hedge funds. A wave of at-home

Former President Donald J. Trump’s administration had frequent clashes between the federal government and the states, in which he claimed maximum power for the executive branch but at other times deferred to the states in matters typically regarded as the responsibility of a national government. Some of the conflicts were set off by the COVID-19

JPMorgan Chase & Co. signage is illuminated at night at a bank branch in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, July 10, 2017. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 13. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images JPMorgan Chase is taking a page from the digital disruptors. The biggest U.S. bank

As renters struggle to make monthly payments due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, apartment owners are starting to feel the squeeze.  Owners of multifamily apartment buildings are falling behind on loan payments. Building income for some has been insufficient to cover bank loan payments due to the federal eviction moratorium and “tenants

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour seen docked with the International Space Station on July 1, 2020. NASA A pair of investors are joining the first fully-private flight to the International Space Station — not as financial backers, but as the passengers flying along. Houston-based start-up Axiom Space on Tuesday unveiled that real estate investor Larry Connor

The financial advisory field is rife with talented professionals who do a great job of managing their clients’ portfolios and developing strong, tax-smart strategies for retirement and other life events. Advisors’ real value lies in managing client behavior. Their mission is to keep their clients focused on their goals, even as their short-term objectives may change. It’s how