401(k) vs. IRA: An Overview Saving for retirement is one of the most important financial goals that we need to achieve in our lifetime. The choice of which retirement savings account can help accomplish that goal. Whether it’s a 401(k) offered by an employer or an individual retirement account (IRA) that you established on your
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A disclosure document can be important for both home buyers and sellers. When an owner sells a property, they are typically required to disclose information in a written document. The requirements vary based on state and local laws. In general, a disclosure document is supposed to provide details about a property’s condition that might negatively affect its
SpaceShipTwo “Unity” on the runway after an aborted spaceflight test on Dec. 12, 2020. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic’s stock fell in premarket trading on Monday after the space tourism company cut short its latest spaceflight test mid-launch on Saturday due to an engine ignition issue. “The flight did not reach space as we had been
2020 was full of surprises for investors, and many of them were unpleasant. From the coronavirus bear market to a massive drop in oil prices, 2020 offered lots of ways to lose money. Given this situation, it’s unsurprising that many exchange traded funds (ETFs) also failed to perform well. Key Takeaways From the coronavirus bear
Packs of 2019 Topps cards spread out across a table. Sam Rega Interest in collecting and values have seen a steady uptick for the last decade with prices really starting to rise at quicker rate somewhere around 2016 or 2017. With the onset of the pandemic at the beginning of this year, card collecting reached
Why is getting student loan help quickly so important? It’s not just the worried feeling in the pit of your stomach when you’re falling behind on your loan payments—or seeing a near-future date when you will. Miss enough payments and you could face serious consequences. Along with damage to your credit score, you could have
Signage is displayed outside the Campbell Soup Co. factory in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Cole Burston | Bloomberg | Getty Images This week, Wall Street looked to Washington as lawmakers tried to reach an agreement on a coronavirus relief package before the end of the year. Both sides of the aisle appeared far from striking
The exchange-traded funds (ETFs) below offer diversified investment in European government bonds, with hedging in non-European countries, particularly Japan. ETFs are funds that contain many securities that usually track an underlying index, such as a bond or stock index. European government bonds tend to carry more risk than U.S. government bonds, depending on market conditions and
In a classic lesson of buying low and selling high, CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday recommended investors trim their holdings in a number of speculative stocks he recently said are worth owning. After some of the stock picks put up triple-digit gains in a short timeframe, he advises trading at least the cost basis, or
What Are Stock Exchanges? A stock exchange does not own shares. Instead, it acts as a market where stock buyers connect with stock sellers. Stocks can be traded on several exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the Nasdaq. Although most stocks are traded through a broker, it is important to understand
Jeffrey Ubben Source: BusinessWire Activist Jeff Ubben thinks the market is mistakenly underappreciating Strategic Education because it is a for-profit education company. His firm, Inclusive Capital, has a more than 5% stake in Strategic Education. Since early June, the stock is down more than 40%, while the S&P 500 has rallied more than 12%. For-profit
What Is a No-Deal Brexit? With the Dec. 31, 2020, deadline for a trade agreement between the European Union and United Kingdom approaching, the risk of a “no-deal Brexit” is mounting. When the U.K. initiated Brexit—its exit from the EU—on Jan. 31, 2020, the Withdrawal Agreement provided 11 months for negotiating a new trade relationship and
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on “The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress” on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 1, 2020. Susan Walsh | Pool | Reuters The Federal Reserve heads into its meeting next week in a familiar place, with a teetering economy that could be in
Every year, millions of Americans patiently wait for weeks to receive all of their necessary tax forms in the mail, dutifully gather them together and prepare their returns, and wistfully contemplate what they could have done with the dollars that went to Uncle Sam and their state governments. But not everyone is subject to this
Jim Cramer Scott Mlyn | CNBC CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday sharply criticized how investment bankers handled the recent initial public offerings for companies such as DoorDash and Airbnb, two tech companies that saw major pops in their stocks after they began trading this week. “I don’t want to say that the market is broken,
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law March 18, 2020 as the second major legislative initiative designed to address COVID-19. So far, three coronavirus stimulus bills have been signed into law with a fourth currently in the planning stages. The Act, which is effective April 1 through December 31, 2020, addresses the impact of COVID-19
With stimulus talks at another standstill and vaccine momentum in the rearview mirror, U.S. equity markets fell today, bringing the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq off their record highs. The losses were mild with technology and stay-at-home stocks leading the declines. This article is an excerpt from our free The Market Sum newsletter. Sign up here to
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour seen docked with the International Space Station on July 1, 2020. NASA Morgan Stanley held its annual space summit virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but analyst Adam Jonas told CNBC that hundreds of investors and observers participated in the event on Tuesday as interest in the space industry
As a technology, blockchain is quickly becoming unrivaled. Although the Internet has long been familiar with other peer-to-peer applications for file sharing, music streaming, and more, the idea that these types of networks can provide their own security and resources has only been around since 2008. In the decade since its inception, blockchain was mostly
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., gestures while speaking during a Bloomberg Television interview at the JPMorgan Global Markets Conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Christopher Morin | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase has a set of policy recommendations for ways President-elect Joe Biden can prevent a